Russia · 19th century
Khunzakh Fortress ranks #8,051 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #138 of the 145 mapped in Russia. Founded 1867, it is older than 6% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how Russia compares in the castle statistics.
Khunzakh Fortress is a fortification built during the years of the Caucasian War in the 19th century to consolidate Russian power in Dagestan. The fortress is one of the largest and best-preserved objects of the cultural heritage of Russia in Dagestan.
Machine-translated from “Хунзахская крепость” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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