KANLI TABYA (BLOODY BASTION)

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Bloody Bastion, whose name was New Bastion when it was first built, was built in 1801-03.

 

New Bastion, which has important functions in defending Kars city from the south front against the invasion of the Russian armies, was used for defense purposes during the repelling of the Russian attack in 1828, the victory of Kars in 1855 and the Ottoman-Russian War of 1877-1878. In 1828, during the Russian raid on Kars, the soldiers were killed and the building was taken the name of Bloody Bastion.

 

The exhibition building, whose restoration started in 2015, was opened to service as the War History Museum of the Caucasus Front in 2017.