Tolbukhin

The original light, a wooden tower, was ordered by Peter the Great. The present tower, the oldest active lighthouse in northwestern Russia, was designed by A.D. Zakharov, a famous Russian architect.

Located on a tiny island about 7 km (4 mi) west northwest of the western tip of Ostrov Kotlin, the island on which Kronstadt is located. Accessible only by boat.

It is included in the register of objects of cultural heritage of regional significance, and, together with the forts of Kronstadt, is included in the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.

The island is the territory of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and access to it by unauthorized persons is closed (Site and tower closed).

About Chance Brothers.
After the Crimean War, a revival of maritime trade and shipping began in the Gulf of Finland. Ship captains and commanders became optical ships, which at that time were widely distributed on Europa lighthouse ships.

The Hydrographic Department responded to this request and
In 1867, in England on the Chance factory purchased a light-optical diopter apparatus of the 3rd category and a new metal lantern structure for it. The apparatus was an original oil lamp made in the lighthouse workshop of the Baltic Sea Lighthouse Directorate.
sea and demonstrated before the installation on the lighthouse tower at the Paris World's Fair.
Now the lighthouse, instead of a fixed light, had a rotating light with olophthal flashes every minute, at a distance of up to 9 miles. The height of the light from the base of the tower is 24.3 m, and from the sea level 29.5 m. In terms of light intensity, the lighthouse became the fourth in the Baltic after Dagerort (Kypu), Seskar and Riga (Daugavgriva).
The new apparatus was put into operation on June 29, 1868.