The Soviet Prison

During my visit, I met a man from Sweden. He said he had come over to this place to process his trauma. With tears in his eyes he told me that he had been stuck here for almost twenty years on suspicion of political espionage. While he only came to the country as a salesman... In 1828 Nicholas I of Russia mandated the building of the sea fortress to protect the sailing route to St. Petersburg, the capital of the Russian empire. It was completed in 1840. Over the years it has had different functions. In
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