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Azov Fortress

fortress and museum in Azov, Rostov Oblast, Russia
AdministrativeArea Fortress Q28667168

Facts

12 properties

Designation

Instance of
fortress
Heritage designation
federal cultural heritage site in Russia[12]

Location

Country
Russia, Russian Empire, Soviet Union, Tsardom of Russia, Ottoman Empire, Don Cossacks, Ottoman Empire[3][4][5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 47.116°, 39.422°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Azov[2]

Period and style

Inception
1475[9]
Architect
Ottoman Empire[6]
More facts +5
Owned by
Russia[7]
Appears in the heritage monument list
Q27602511[14]
Directions
в границах улиц: Советская, Ленинградская, Московская, Дзержинского, переулка Шмидта, переулка Щорса, хут. Задонье[13]
Occupant
Ottoman Empire[8]
Participated in conflict
Siege of Azov (1637–1642), Azov campaigns[10][11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Azov Fortress el Φρούριο του Αζάκ el Φρούριο του Αζόφ es Fortaleza de Azov fr forteresse d'Azov hu Azovi erőd ja アゾフ要塞 ru Азовская крепость tr Azak kalesi tr Azak Kalesi uk Азовська фортеця zh 亚速要塞
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Azov Alexeyevsky Gate 2.JPG ↗
EGROKN ID
611731308820006
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122yssm7
Kulturenvanteri monument ID
45643
Kulturnoe-nasledie.ru ID
6110021000
Wiki Loves Monuments ID
RU-6110021000

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🔗 Connections
Country 6
Russia, Soviet Union, Ottoman Empire, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia, Don Cossacks
Located in this place 2
Siege of Azov (1637–1642), Siege of Azov
Significant event 2
Azov campaigns, Siege of Azov (1637–1642)
Architect 1
Ottoman Empire
Instance of 1
fortress
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Azov
Occupant 1
Ottoman Empire
Owned by 1
Russia
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Summary

Azov Fortress is a fortress[1].

Related Entities

Don Cossacks Russia Russian Empire Tsardom of Russia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . docs.cntd.ru. docs.cntd.ru. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 47.1159560716246, 'lon': 39.4215810443183}
    Instance of → fortress
    Participated in conflict → Siege of Azov (1637–1642), Azov campaigns
    Architect → Ottoman Empire
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Moving Significant event to Participated in conflict"
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