Пороховой погреб №13

The excursion is conducted with or without a guide, at your request. (cost of guide services from 1600 rubles per 1 hour). The cost of transport for the excursion is from 1300 rubles per 1 hour. Minimum tour time is 3 hours.
 
Type of excursion: by minibus or other car.
Number of participants per 1 car: from 2 to 20 people. The car will pick you up from your accommodation. The cost of the route (for the whole car as a whole, price per group) may change depending on the chosen car. You can add other sights of our city to the excursion if they are located along the route (discussed individually). A car with a driver and a guide will accompany you the entire time you are on the tour. Upon completion, the driver will take you anywhere in the city you wish (to be agreed in advance). 
 

During this excursion, we can visit other excursions for free:
Novosiltsevskaya battery
Voroshilov battery

Powder magazine No. 13 is located near Cape Ekipazhny on Russian Island, has 5 tunnels and is the most capacious tunnel cellar in the Vladivostok fortress. It served as the Central Cellar for Russian Island.





Construction time
1912–1914


Main material
Rock tunnel, rammed concrete, bentonites


Name options
Powder magazine No. 13, Powder magazine No. 750


 
Availability


The territory and structures of the cellar are available for visiting







ENGINEERS
 




E.P. Protsenko
Military engineer, captain
Author of the standard design for the tunnel cellar of the Vladivostok fortress






N.N. Voronov
Military engineer, captain
Author of the cellar project No. 13






G.I. Nadarov
Military engineer, lieutenant colonel
 






 

The structure of Powder Magazine No. 13 was very original. Four tunnels 100–150 meters long with vaults up to 10–15 meters high were cut into the thickness of the mountain. Towards the end of the tunnel, a vertical ventilation shaft was broken through, covered with a metal mushroom-shaped roof. The vaults are lined with concrete. Inside each tunnel, a concrete building with a gable roof was erected in such a way that there was a gap between its covering, walls and vault. Each portal is equipped with an elbow draft and is also equipped with a vertical ventilation shaft, above which a fishtail-type air-weather vane was built. Its ventilation bell, mounted on a rotating circular chase, always turned its neck against the wind due to the presence of a “tail”. Thanks to this, the space between the walls of the inner building and the vault was ventilated by a natural flow of air and the inside of the barracks was completely dry. The air gap also protected the ammunition from detonation in the event of an explosion in a nearby tunnel. With the help of special hatches in the rear wall of the internal building, it could also be ventilated. Two cellars in the group were intended for storing shells: one for charges and one