Choose the correct answer
Name the Island where the Peter and Paul fortress stands?
- Chicken’s Island
- Hare’s Island
- New Island
- Nevsky Island
Who took an active part in designing the fortress?
- the wife of Peter the Great
- Ambassador of France
- King of Sweden
- Peter I
Which of the following names is not the name of one of the bastions?
What is the name of the bastion named in honour of Peter the Great?
- the tsar’s bastion
- the bastion of Peter I
- the emperor’s bastion
- the bastion of Peter the Great
What does the name of the building Kronwerk mean?
- a crown-shaped installation
- tsar’s castle
- army barracks
- a building for crown owners
What architect rebuilt the wooden fortress in stone?
- Alexandr Menshikov
- Domenico Trezzini
- Andrei Voronikhin
- Montferrand
Where was the architect of the stone fortress born?
- Russia
- Italy
- Switzerland
- France
When the fortress did help to protect a new city?
- after the Poltava battle
- only at the very beginning of the Northern War
- just at the end of the Northern War
- never
Who was the 1st prisoner of the Peter-and-Paul Fortress?
- Tsarevitch Aleksey, the son of Peter I
- Catherine the Great
- Menshikov
- Decembrists
Which of the Russian tsars and emperors are not buried in the Cathedral?
Where are the remains of the last Russian emperor buried in the Cathedral?
- at the southern wall
- near Peter I
- in the Catherine chapel
- nowhere: they have not been found yet
Where does the canon stand that has been marking the noon since the Peter I’s time?
- Tsar’s bastion
- Ioanovsky ravelin
- Naryshkin bastion
- Alekseyevsky ravelin