Fortress of Zaqatala

Zaqatala fortress — was built in 1830 in the area of the city of Zaqatala. A strong garrison equipped with cannons was kept in the fortress. Zaqatala fortress was a main stronghold in the establishment of a series of peasant uprisings against the tsarist regime. The tsarist regime exiled the revolutionary sailors of the armored ship Potyomkin, who had rebelled in June 1905, to Zaqatala and they were placed in Zaqatala fortress.[1]

Zaqatala fortress is protected by the state as a historical monument. Writer Qılman İlkin wrote the novel "Rebellion in the Fortress" about the revolutionary activities of the sailors kept in Zaqatala fortress, and based on that work the artistic film "Invincible Battalion" was made.

The area of the fortress is 9 hectares.