MUSEUMS. Kolomenskoye Estate
Bratsky Stockade Tower
The tower of the Bratsky Stockade was constructed by the
Kossaks near the river Angara in Siberia. It was a small fortress consisted of a
wooden stockade with four corner towers. In the second part of 17th century
Bratsky Stockade was a prison for well-known orthodox rebel archpriest Avvaakum.
One of the towers was delivered to Kolomenskoye in 1959.
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