Nineteenth battery Drapushko - this famous Crimean fortification in the city of Balaklava, which is located on top of the mountain on the left side of the entrance to Balaklava Bay. Coastal fortifications began to build in 1912 and ended only in 1924. Nineteenth battery was able to get cruisers and battleships at a distance of 20 km, it had four 152-millimeter guns. With rock Mytilino seen how successful was the choice of the location of the battery, - field of fire was high angle. It was built practically on the precipice, with a spacious approach with only one hand.

Nineteenth Crimean battery consisted of four gun ports, under which underground communications, ammunition depot, boiler, compressor and power stations, utility room and command center. Near each gun worked for 12 persons, shells weighing 52 kg were submitted to the gun manual.

Underground areas under the nineteenth battery Drapushko were one-story, but arranged in three levels, which are connected by a ladder transitions. The battery was not completely protected from the air.

In November 1941, the nineteenth battery, under the command of Captain M. Drapushko, clashed with the advancing Germans. At the same time the battery has been badly damaged. In these difficult times, the shore batteries was given another name - the last name Drapushko battery commander, a captain, bravely defending the Crimea, reflecting with their numerous attacks enemy soldiers. The Germans, in turn, gave the name of the battery - "Centaur-1."

In the postwar years of the nineteenth Drapushko battery has been restored and used for the protection of the Crimean naval base of the Black Sea Fleet. In 1999, the battery was charged, and in 2002 - destroyed.

At present, the battery Drapushko a sad spectacle: it is virtually extinct fortification landmark Crimea. From it remained only a concrete construction, underground dungeons and two gun patios, and all of them are broken and looted.

With nineteenth battery magnificent view of the Balaklava and the sea.