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Castles in Russia
128 landmarks in the Castlemap atlas — every one on the interactive map.
See them on the map →The most famous castle in Russia is Kremlin, ranked #13 of 7,051 in the world — followed by Winter Palace and Putin's Palace.
The Castlemap atlas charts 25 castles, 59 fortresses, 35 palaces & châteaux and 9 ruins in Russia. They span more than 15 centuries — from Naryn-Kala (founded 501) to Putin's Palace (2005). Every one is plotted with its photo, founding date and story on the interactive castle map of Russia.
All 128 castles in Russia
- Kremlin
Fortress · 15th century · #13 worldwide · #1 in Russia
The Moscow Kremlin, commonly known as the Kremlin, is a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia.
- Winter Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #26 worldwide · #2 in Russia
The Winter Palace is a palace in Saint Petersburg that served as the official residence of the House of Romanov, the emperors of Russia, from 1732 to…
- Putin's Palace
Palace & château · 21st century · #120 worldwide · #3 in Russia
"Putin's Palace" is an Italianate palace complex located on the Black Sea coast near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
- Catherine Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #121 worldwide · #4 in Russia
The Catherine Palace is a Rococo palace in Tsarskoye Selo, located 30 kilometres south of St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Peter and Paul Fortress
Fortress · 18th century · #147 worldwide · #5 in Russia
The Peter and Paul Fortress is the original citadel of Saint Petersburg, Russia, founded by Peter the Great in 1703 and built to Domenico Trezzini's…
- Grand Kremlin Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #153 worldwide · #6 in Russia
The Grand Kremlin Palace is a building in the Moscow Kremlin. For much of the 19th century, it served as the official residence of the Russian…
- Königsberg Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #212 worldwide · #7 in Russia
Königsberg Castle was the seat of the grand masters of the Teutonic Order and of the dukes and kings of Prussia in the city of Königsberg.
- Saint Michael's Castle
Castle · 19th century · #213 worldwide · #8 in Russia
Saint Michael's Castle, also called the Mikhailovsky Castle or the Engineers' Castle, is a former royal residence in the historic centre of Saint…
- Alexander Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #251 worldwide · #9 in Russia
The Alexander Palace is a former imperial residence near the town of Tsarskoye Selo in Russia, on a plateau about 30 miles south of Saint Petersburg.
- Yusupov Palace on Moika
Palace & château · 18th century · #293 worldwide · #10 in Russia
The Palace of the Yusupovs on the Moika, known as the Moika Palace or Yusupov Palace, is a former residence of the Russian noble House of Yusupov in…
- Tsaritsyno Park + palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #303 worldwide · #12 in Russia
Tsaritsyno is a palace museum and park reserve in the south of Moscow. It was founded in 1775 as the summer residence of Empress Catherine II, but…
- Tauride Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #304 worldwide · #13 in Russia
Tauride Palace is one of the largest and most historically important palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Gatchina Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #311 worldwide · #14 in Russia
The Great Gatchina Palace is a palace in Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was built from 1766 to 1781 by Antonio Rinaldi for Count Grigori…
- Kremlin Senate
Palace & château · 18th century · #351 worldwide · #15 in Russia
The Kremlin Senate is a building within the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin in Russia.
- Vyborg Castle
Castle · 13th century · #362 worldwide · #16 in Russia
Vyborg Castle is a fortress in Vyborg, Russia. It was built by the Swedes during the Middle Ages around which the town of Vyborg evolved.
- Qazan Kremlin
Fortress · 16th century · #372 worldwide · #17 in Russia
The Kazan Kremlin is the chief historic citadel of Kazan, a city in Russia. It was built at the behest of Ivan the Terrible on the ruins of the…
- Marble Palace (Saint Petersburg)
Palace & château · 18th century · #399 worldwide · #18 in Russia
The Marble Palace is one of the first Neoclassical palaces in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Palace of Facets
Palace & château · 15th century · #19 in Russia
The Palace of the Facets is a building in the Moscow Kremlin, Russia, which contains what used to be the main banquet reception hall of the Russian…
- Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin
Fortress · 16th century · #20 in Russia
The Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin is a fortress in the historic city center of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.
- Oreshek Fortress
Fortress · 14th century · #21 in Russia
The Oreshek Fortress is one of a series of fortifications built in Oreshek on Orekhovy Island in Lake Ladoga, near the modern city of Saint…
- Anichkov Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #22 in Russia
The Anichkov Palace, a former imperial palace in St. Petersburg, stands at the intersection of Nevsky Avenue and the Fontanka River.
- State Kremlin Palace
Palace & château · 20th century · #23 in Russia
The State Kremlin Palace, previously and unofficially known as the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, is a large modern building inside the Moscow Kremlin.
- Mariinsky Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #24 in Russia
Mariinsky Palace, also known as Marie Palace, was the last neoclassical Imperial residence to be constructed in Saint Petersburg.
- Constantine Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #26 in Russia
Constantine Palace, also known as the Great Strelna Palace, is a Russian imperial palace built in 1720 and located in Strelna in St. Petersburg.
- Koporye
Fortress · 13th century · #28 in Russia
Koporye is a historic village in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located about 100 km west of St. Petersburg and 12 km south of the Koporye Bay of the…
- Novgorod Kremlin
Fortress · 11th century · #29 in Russia
The Novgorod Detinets, also known as the Novgorod Kremlin, is a fortified complex in Veliky Novgorod, Russia.
- Ivangorod Fortress
Fortress · 15th century · #30 in Russia
Ivangorod Fortress is a castle in Ivangorod, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It was built in the 15th century.
- Peterhof Grand Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #31 in Russia
The Peterhof Palace is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia, commissioned by Peter the Great as a direct…
- Korela Fortress
Fortress · 12th century · #32 in Russia
Korela Fortress is a medieval fortress in the town of Priozersk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
- Stroganov Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #33 in Russia
The Stroganov Palace is a Late Baroque palace at the intersection of the Moika River and Nevsky Prospect in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Menshikov Palace (Saint Petersburg)
Palace & château · 18th century · #34 in Russia
The Menshikov Palace is a Petrine Baroque edifice in Saint Petersburg, situated on Universitetskaya Embankment of the Bolshaya Neva on Vasilyevsky…
- Mikhaylovsky Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #35 in Russia
The Mikhailovsky Palace is a grand ducal palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located on Arts Square and is an example of Empire style…
- Summer Palace of Peter I
Palace & château · 18th century · #36 in Russia
The Summer Palace of Peter the Great was built in Saint Petersburg between 1710 and 1714 in the northeast corner of the Summer Garden, located on an…
- Por-Bazhyn
Ruin · 8th century · #37 in Russia
Por-Bazhyn is a ruined structure on a lake island high in the mountains of southern Tuva. The name means "clay house" in Tuvan.
- Pskov Krom
Fortress · 15th century · #38 in Russia
The Pskov Krom, also known as the Pskov Kremlin, is a citadel in Pskov, Russia.
- Naryn-Kala
Fortress · 6th century · #39 in Russia
Naryn-Kala is an ancient pre-Arab citadel, part of the Derbent fortress, connected to the Caspian Sea by double walls designed to block the so-called…
- Ostankino Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #40 in Russia
Ostankino Palace is a former summer residence and private opera theatre of the Sheremetev family, originally situated several kilometres to the north…
- Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #41 in Russia
Beloselsky Belozersky Palace is a rococo revival palace at the intersection of the Fontanka River and Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Yelagin Palace
Palace & château · 18th century · #42 in Russia
Yelagin Palace is a Palladian-style large villa on Yelagin Island in Saint Petersburg.
- Azov Fortress
Fortress · 15th century · #43 in Russia
The Azov Fortress is a fortified complex in Azov, Rostov Oblast, Russia, overlooking the Don River and the Port of Azov to the north.
- Balga castle
Ruin · 13th century · #44 in Russia
Balga was a medieval castle of the Teutonic Knights in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
- Vorontsov Palace (Saint Petersburg)
Palace & château · #45 in Russia
The Vorontsov Palace is a Baroque palace compound which occupies a large parcel of land located between Sadovaya Street and the Fontanka River in St.…
- Tula Kremlin
Fortress · 16th century · #46 in Russia
The Tula Kremlin is a fortress in Tula, Russia, which was constructed in the early 16th century.
- Vladimir Palace
Palace & château · #47 in Russia
The Vladimir Palace is the former palace of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, son of Alexander II.
- Petrovsky Palace, Moscow
Palace & château · 18th century · #48 in Russia
Petrovsky Palace or Petroff Palace, is a palace located in Moscow on Leningradsky Prospect.
- Suzdal Kremlin
Fortress · 13th century · #49 in Russia
The Suzdal Kremlin is the oldest part of the city of Suzdal, Russia, dating from the 10th century.
- Rostov kremlin
Fortress · 16th century · #50 in Russia
The Rostov Kremlin is an architectural ensemble of four complexes, built during the 16th and 17th centuries in Rostov, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.
- Astrakhan Kremlin
Fortress · 16th century · #51 in Russia
Astrakhan Kremlin is a fortress in Astrakhan, Russia. It is located on a hill on an island in the Volga Delta, between the Volga, the Kutum, and the…
- Smolensk Kremlin
Fortress · 16th century · #52 in Russia
The Smolensk Kremlin is a fortified complex enclosing the center of the city of Smolensk in western Russia.
- Tobolsk Kremlin
Fortress · #53 in Russia
The Tobolsk Kremlin is the sole stone kremlin in Siberia. It is located in Tobolsk, Tyumen Oblast, Russia.
- Amusement Palace
Palace & château · 17th century · #54 in Russia
The Amusement Palace is located at the Kremlin’s western wall. It is situated between the Commandant and Trinity Towers.
- Nicholas Palace
Palace & château · #55 in Russia
Nicholas Palace is one of several Saint Petersburg palaces designed by Andreas Stackensneider for the children of Nicholas I of Russia.
- Alexandrov Kremlin
Fortress · #56 in Russia
The tsar’s residence in the Alexandrovskaya village is an old Russian fortress which served as the actual capital of the oprichnina in the Moscow…
- Kikin Hall
Palace & château · 18th century · #57 in Russia
The Kikin Hall is one of the oldest buildings in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The diminutive residence was commissioned by Alexander Kikin in 1714.
- Catherine Palace (Moscow)
Palace & château · 18th century · #58 in Russia
The Catherine Palace is a Neoclassical residence of Catherine II of Russia on the bank of the Yauza River in Lefortovo, Moscow.
- Summer Palace (Saint Petersburg)
Palace & château · #59 in Russia
The Summer Palace is either of the two wooden Baroque palaces built by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli on Tsaritsa's Meadow behind the Summer Garden…
- New Michael Palace
Palace & château · 19th century · #60 in Russia
The New Michael Palace was the third Saint Petersburg palace designed by Andrei Stackenschneider for Nicholas I's children.
- Round Tower
Fortress · 16th century · #61 in Russia
Round Tower is a fortification at the market square of Vyborg. It was built in 1547–1550 by the order of Gustav I of Sweden as a part of the medieval…
- Friedrichstein Castle
Palace & château · 18th century · #62 in Russia
Friedrichstein Palace was a baroque palace near Königsberg, East Prussia. It was designed by Jean de Bodt, and constructed between 1709 and 1714.
- Kolomna Kremlin
Fortress · 16th century · #63 in Russia
Kolomna Kremlin is a fortress in Kolomna, Russia. The stone Kolomna Kremlin was built from 1525–1531 under the Russian Tsar Vasily III.
- Fortress of Izborsk
Fortress · 14th century · #64 in Russia
- Krasnaya Gorka Fort
Fortress · 20th century · #65 in Russia
Krasnaya Gorka is a coastal artillery fortress in Lomonosovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
- Zaraysk Kremlin
Fortress · 16th century · #66 in Russia
The Zaraysk Kremlin is a rectangular fortified citadel, built at the behest of Vasili III of Moscow between 1528 and 1531.
- Schaaken Castle
Ruin · 13th century · #67 in Russia
Schaaken Castle is a ruined castle originally built for the Teutonic Knights, in Nekrasovo, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.
- Kronstadt Fortress
Fortress · 18th century · #68 in Russia
The Kronstadt Fortress is an architectural and historical monument of the 18th–19th centuries in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Vovnushki
Palace & château · #69 in Russia
Vovnushki is a medieval complex with defensive Ingush watchtowers. It is a unique monument of Ingush architecture, which is part of the…
- Yam Fortress
Ruin · 14th century · #70 in Russia
Yam is a fortress and heritage site located on the eastern bank of the Luga river in Kingisepp, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
- Fort Ino
Fortress · 20th century · #71 in Russia
Fort Ino or Fort Nikolaevsky is an abandoned early 20th-century Russian coastal fortification situated on the northern shore of Neva Bay in the Gulf…
- Staraya Ladoga Fortress
Fortress · 9th century · #72 in Russia
- Derbent Fortress
Fortress · #73 in Russia
A Fortaleza de Derbente é uma fortaleza que faz parte do sistema defensivo Muro do Cáucaso, que protegia os povos da Transcaucásia e da Ásia…
- Fort Alexander I
Fortress · 19th century · #74 in Russia
Fort Alexander, also Fort Alexander I, or Plague Fort is a naval fortress on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland near St. Petersburg and…
- Meyendorff Castle
Castle · 19th century · #76 in Russia
Meyendorff Castle or Meindorf Castle is a Châteauesque architectural extravaganza constructed at the turn of the 20th century to Pyotr Boytsov's…
- Georgenburg Castle
Castle · 13th century · #77 in Russia
Castle, architectural landmark in Mayovka, Russia
- Fortress of Saint Dimitry of Rostov
Ruin · 18th century · #78 in Russia
The Fortress of Saint Dmitry of Rostov was a fortification structure of the Russian Empire.
- Post #1
Castle · 20th century · #81 in Russia
The Honor Guard Post at the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the walls of the Moscow Kremlin also known as Post No. 1 Russian:…
- Prince of Oldenburg Castle
Castle · 20th century · #84 in Russia
- Citadelle Pillau
Fortress · 17th century · #87 in Russia
Star fort in Pillau (Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
- Kremlin of Uglich
Fortress · 15th century · #89 in Russia
Kremlin, tourist attraction, architectural landmark in Uglich, Russia
- Vologda Kremlin
Fortress · #90 in Russia
- Trångsund Fortress
Fortress · 19th century · #92 in Russia
Trångsund Fortress is a naval fort by the Vyborg Bay in the town of Vysotsk, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
- Fort 5 - King Frederick Wilhelm III
Fortress · #93 in Russia
Форт № 5 — Король Фридрих Вильгельм III — военное фортификационное сооружение в Кёнигсберге, которое прикрывало шоссейную дорогу на Пиллау.
- Gerdauen Castle
Castle · 14th century · #94 in Russia
Castle in Zheleznodorozhny, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia
- Mozhaysk Kremlin
Fortress · #95 in Russia
Можа́йский кре́мль — не сохранившаяся белокаменная крепость в городе Можайске, важный западный форпост Русского государства.
- Bip Fortress
Fortress · 18th century · #96 in Russia
Мариенталь, неформально также Бибс или Бип, — двухэтажный замок с двумя башнями и внутренним двором у слияния рек Славянка и Тызьва в южной части…
- Gross Wohnsdorf Castle
Castle · 14th century · #98 in Russia
Castle in Kurortnoe, Pravdinsky District, Russia
- Kuznetsk Fortress
Fortress · 18th century · #99 in Russia
- Sujuk-Qale
Castle · #100 in Russia
Soğucak Kalesi ya da Sucukkale, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu'nun bugün Rusya Federasyonu'na ait Novorossiysk liman kentinde 1728 yılında kurduğu kaledir.
- Ufa Kremlin
Fortress · 16th century · #101 in Russia
Уфимский кремль — не сохранившееся до наших дней историческое укрепление в пределах Старой Уфы, располагавшееся на месте нынешнего Монумента Дружбы.
- Seraya Loshad Fort
Fortress · 20th century · #102 in Russia
Батарея «Серая Лошадь», с 29 августа 1919 года — форт «Передовой», с 1926 года — форт «Бухарин», с 1936 по 1953 год — форт «Красногвардейский», —…
- Omsk Fortress
Fortress · 18th century · #103 in Russia
Омская крепость — сторожевое укрепление Сибирской линии, ныне город Омск.
- Volokolamsk Kremlin
Fortress · #104 in Russia
Волоколамский кремль — несохранившаяся дерево-земляная крепость Волоколамска.
- Taganrog Fortress
Fortress · 17th century · #105 in Russia
Taganrog Fortress was a star fort-style fortress built during the reign of Peter the Great and re-constructed by the order of Catherine the Great.
- Zamok Borki
Castle · 20th century · #106 in Russia
- Gorodok (Zvenigorod)
Castle · #107 in Russia
Звенигородский городок — кремль города Звенигорода Московского, бывшая резиденция звенигородских удельных князей.
- Syzran Kremlin
Fortress · 17th century · #108 in Russia
The Syzran Kremlin is located in Syzran, Samara Oblast, Russia, on the Kremlin hill at the confluence of the Volga, Syzranka, and Krymza rivers.
- Chebaki fortress
Fortress · #109 in Russia
Chebaki fortress is an ancient mountain structure Sve fortress sanctuary from the Bronze Age, located on the right bank of the river Black Iyus on…
- Dzivgis Cave Fortress
Fortress · #110 in Russia
Дзивгисская наскальная крепость — комплекс оборонительных сооружений разной степени сохранности, расположенный в почти опустевшем североосетинском…
- Risbank Fort
Fortress · 19th century · #111 in Russia
Форт «Павел I» — памятник истории и архитектуры XIX века. Создан для защиты Кронштадта с юга, почти полностью уничтожен в 1923 году.
- Kremlin of Pereslavl-Zalessky
Fortress · #112 in Russia
Переславский кремль — несохранившаяся крепость древнерусского города Переславль-Залесский.
- Belgorod Fortress
Fortress · 16th century · #113 in Russia
Fortress, historic site in Belgorod, Russia
- Groznaya
Castle · #114 in Russia
Крепость Грозная — административный и стратегический центр левого фланга Кавказской линии, в долине реки Сунжа, основана в 1818 году.
- Zavolochye
Castle · 16th century · #116 in Russia
- Nazran Fortress
Fortress · 19th century · #117 in Russia
A Fortaleza de Nazran é uma fortaleza do exército imperial russo na cidade de Nazran.
- East Vyborg Fortress
Fortress · 19th century · #118 in Russia
Восточно-Выборгские укрепления — комплекс оборонительных сооружений к востоку от центральной части Выборга, расположенные на возвышенности…
- Taplacken Castle
Castle · 14th century · #120 in Russia
Castle, architectural landmark, destroyed building or structure in Talpaki, Russia
- Khunzakh Fortress
Fortress · 19th century · #121 in Russia
Хунзахская кре́пость — фортификационное сооружение, построенное в годы Кавказской войны в XIX веке для укрепления российской власти в Дагестане.
- Olonets Fortress
Fortress · 17th century · #123 in Russia
Олонецкая крепость — «порубежная крепость» у слияния рек Олонки и Мегреги близ главного населённого пункта Олонецкого погоста, Толмачёв Наволок и…
- Себежская крепость
Castle · #124 in Russia
Себежская крепость — исторические укрепления в Себеже Псковской области, располагавшиеся на вдающемся в Себежское озеро «Замковом» полуострове.
- Preobragenskaya Fortress
Fortress · 19th century · #125 in Russia
Преображенская кре́пость — русская крепость в селении Ботлих Дагестана, на реке Андийское Койсу.
- Rila Fortress
Fortress · #126 in Russia
Рыльская крепость — бывшее укреплённое ядро Рыльска. Город состоял из детинца и посада, разделённого на две части.
- Невельская крепость
Castle · #127 in Russia
Невельская крепость — несохранившаяся деревянная крепость Невеля Псковской области.
- Krasnyi Gorodets
Castle · 15th century · #128 in Russia
Кра́сный Городе́ц — несохранившаяся крепость Псковской республики на реке Синей, сооружённая в 1464 году для защиты границы с Ливонией.
Frequently asked questions
How many castles are in Russia?
The Castlemap atlas maps 128 landmarks (25 castles · 59 fortresses · 35 palaces & châteaux · 9 ruins) in Russia — a curated selection of well-documented landmarks from Wikidata, not a count of every fortification ever built.
What is the most famous castle in Russia?
Kremlin, ranked #13 of 7,051 worldwide in the atlas's fame ranking, founded in the 15th century.
What is the oldest castle in Russia?
The oldest dated landmark in the atlas in Russia is Naryn-Kala, founded 501. Earlier structures may have existed — this is the oldest with a documented founding year.
See also: the most famous castle in every country · the oldest in every country · medieval castles · castle statistics.
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