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Kronstadt can refer to:
- Kronstadt, Russia, a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on Kotlin Island, 30 kilometers (19 mi) west of Saint Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland
It may also refer to:
- Braşov, a city in Romania, formerly a Saxon citadel known as Kronstadt
- Kunštát, a settlement in Orlické Záhoří, Czech Republic, formerly known as Kronstadt
- Kroonstad, a town in South Africa
- Cronstadt Island, in Trinidad and Tobago
- Kronstadt rebellion, controversial episode in 1921
Kronstadt , also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Kronštádt ( for " crown" and Stadt for "city"; , ), is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, west of St. Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Population:
It is also St. Petersburg's main seaport. In March 1921, it was the site of the Kronstadt rebellion.
Traditionally, the seat of the Russian admiralty and the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet were located in Kronstadt guarding the approaches to Saint Petersburg. The historic centre of the city and its fortifications are part of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.
Kronstadt has been a place of pilgrimage for Orthodox Christians for many years due to the holy memory of Saint John of Kronstadt. Bus and water tours to Kronstadt are taken daily from Saint Petersburg.
Kronstadt was the birthplace of Pyotr Kapitsa, co-recipient of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physics.