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Armoured Coastal Batteries No.30 and No.35

Armoured Coastal Batteries No.30 and No.35 Armoured Coastal Batteries No.30 and No.35 - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Armoured Coastal Batteries #30 and #35, commonly known in English as Maxim Gorky I and Maxim Gorky II, were coastal batteries used by the Soviet Union during the Crimean Campaign of World War II. The invading German forces nicknamed them after the famous Soviet author and political activist Maxim Gorky. Read more on Wikipedia

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