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- Western_Russian_fortresses abstract "During the 19th century, the Russian Empire built a system of permanent fortifications along its Western border, consisting of a chain of fortresses controlling strategic locations. Its purpose was to enhance Russia's military strength versus Prussia (later Germany) and Austria-Hungary.During 1830-1831 the Russian Empire under the rule of Nicholas I crushed the Polish November Uprising against Russian authority and abolished the constitution of the Kingdom of Poland, which until then maintained a large degree of autonomy. To maintain secure control over the lands of Congress Poland, now under direct Russian rule, and to suppress any future revolts that might occur here, Nicholas I assigned his prominent military engineers to design a reliable system of fortifications in this part of Europe. The endorsed project included construction of new fortifications and reconstruction of the old fortresses within 10–15 years.The project included 3 lines of fortresses:the first line, called the Defense line of the Kingdom of Poland, crossed Poland north-south, comprising the Modlin fortress, the Warsaw Citadel, the fortress in Ivangorod (presently Dęblin),the second line along the Bug River included Brest-Litovsk fortress,the third line was running north-south over 1000 km east of the first one across the present-day Latvia, Belarus and Ukraine, it comprised Dinaburg fortress in Dvinsk, today Daugavpils, Babruysk fortress, Kiev fortress.Due to the high costs the construction or reconstruction of some fortresses took much time and were not completed, besides rifled artillery with longer range and greater accuracy and explosive shells of greater destructive power demonstrated the vulnerability of existing permanent fortifications, when the French cities of Metz, Sedan, and Paris were taken during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.".
- Western_Russian_fortresses thumbnail Modlin_fort_xv_dzielo_lewobarkowe.jpg?width=300.
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- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageRevisionID "473274516".
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Austria-Hungary.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Babruysk_fortress.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Belarus.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Brest-Litovsk_fortress.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Brest_Fortress.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Bug_River.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Fortification_lines.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Forts_in_Russia.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_of_the_Russian_Empire.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Congress_Poland.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Daugavpils.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Daugavpils_fortress.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Dęblin.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Franco-Prussian_War.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Germany.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Kiev_Fortress.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Kiev_fortress.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Latvia.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Metz.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Modlin_Fortress.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Modlin_fortress.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Nicholas_I_of_Russia.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink November_Uprising.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Paris.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Prussia.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Russian_Empire.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Sedan,_Ardennes.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Sedan,_France.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Ukraine.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink Warsaw_Citadel.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink File:Liepaja_fortress_(battery_1)_(2).jpg.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLink File:Modlin_fort_xv_dzielo_lewobarkowe.jpg.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLinkText "Western Russian fortresses".
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLinkText "chain of fortresses".
- Western_Russian_fortresses wikiPageWikiLinkText "western Russian fortresses".
- Western_Russian_fortresses hasPhotoCollection Western_Russian_fortresses.
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- Western_Russian_fortresses subject Category:Fortification_lines.
- Western_Russian_fortresses subject Category:Forts_in_Russia.
- Western_Russian_fortresses subject Category:Military_of_the_Russian_Empire.
- Western_Russian_fortresses type Article.
- Western_Russian_fortresses type Article.
- Western_Russian_fortresses type Fort.
- Western_Russian_fortresses type Installation.
- Western_Russian_fortresses type Line.
- Western_Russian_fortresses comment "During the 19th century, the Russian Empire built a system of permanent fortifications along its Western border, consisting of a chain of fortresses controlling strategic locations.".
- Western_Russian_fortresses label "Western Russian fortresses".
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- Western_Russian_fortresses sameAs Q17099786.
- Western_Russian_fortresses sameAs Q17099786.
- Western_Russian_fortresses wasDerivedFrom Western_Russian_fortresses?oldid=473274516.
- Western_Russian_fortresses depiction Modlin_fort_xv_dzielo_lewobarkowe.jpg.
- Western_Russian_fortresses isPrimaryTopicOf Western_Russian_fortresses.