Место где Пушкина приняли за шпиона. The place where Pushkin was mistaken for a spy.

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Heading to Lanzheron Beach through Shevchenko Park, do not pass by the oldest Odessa landmark - the remains of the Khadzhibey fortress. It was founded in 1794 - a year before the founding of the city of Odessa, by the legendary Russian commander Alexander Suvorov. Over time, having lost its defensive significance, the fortress became Karantinnaya. Near its walls there was a village where travelers from newly arrived ships were accommodated, part of the village was "plague" - patients with suspected infectious diseases were isolated in it. Within the walls of the fortress itself, not far from the current monument to the soldiers-internationalists, there was a quarantine cemetery. Also on the territory of the Quarantine Fortress there were military barracks and a prison. One of the urban legends says that Pushkin almost ended up in the local dungeons.
While in Odessa, Alexander Sergeevich decided to visit his "brother Levushka", who served in the fortress, but the officer on duty mistook the poet for a spy. When the misunderstanding was cleared up, the officers, delighted by the visit of the metropolitan celebrity, staged a grandiose booze and even fired a couple of volleys from fortress cannons in honor of Pushkin. So, in the end, the same duty officer who wanted to arrest Pushkin for "espionage" ended up in the guardhouse.
To date, two towers have remained from the fortress - Powder (it stored gunpowder taken from ships) and Dead (it housed a morgue), - today it is called "Sentry", as well as part of the arcade Quarantine Wall.
It is interesting that a foundation pit was formed at the place where the land was taken from for the construction of defensive fortifications - the Chernomorets stadium is now located here, and on one of the surviving earthen ramparts located in the park on the Central Alley, the Alexander Column was installed. The remnants of the fortress have not frightened anyone with their gloomy history for a long time, and became a popular place for festivities back in the 19th century.
Beautiful views of the sea and the seaport open from the arcaded wall. Until recently, the remains of the fortress were in a deplorable state, but they were restored in 2014 on the occasion of the 220th anniversary of the Khadzhibey fortress. Suvorovskaya alley of the park, on which this attraction is located, was also put in order. Here the asphalt was replaced with paving stones, bike paths were laid and new benches were installed. It's worth watching! Have a nice holiday! : )