St. Petersburg - a unique city.It can rightly be called the cultural center of Russia.Such a number of theaters and museums, there is probably no other village.The glorious history of not only the capital of the North, but also Russia is stored in the museums of the city, which, by the way, no less than in Europe.Every year thousands of tourists come here in order to plunge into the world of art and the history of the Russian people.Visiting a museum of St. Petersburg Artillery Museum is put on top of the list.This is one of the most ancient sites of the city and the largest museum in the world weapons.
Museum of St. Petersburg: Artillery Museum
It is located in the heart of the historic city - in the Peter and Paul Fortress.Full name - the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps.It occupies an impressive area - seventeen thousand square meters.meters - and contains more than 850 thousand exhibits.Artillery Museum in St. Petersburg has the internal and external exposure.
History
Artillery Museum in St. Petersburg was founded by Peter I in 1703.The fact that the king is very fond of Russian military subjects and understood the need to strengthen the borders of the state, because that is what contributes to the prosperity and power of the country.The enemies of the Russian people has always been enough.And in order to popularize among the population of military affairs, he ordered in the storeroom (Kronwerk) to establish a place where kept "memorable" guns.Copies of the newly created museum were brought from all over the country.Guns were added to military uniforms, banners.Collection of all time, is enriched as a result, in 1965, the institution was named the Military Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineers and Signal Corps.
Museum today
Today Artillery Museum (St. Petersburg) holds within its walls not only a rich collection of Russian military weapons, but also foreign.The exhibits were brought from fifty-four countries.Here is a large number of exclusive weapons, personally owned military marshals, generals of the royal dynasty.Orders, decorations, personal effects, military maps, the original documents of the war years, the paintings with scenes of battles, written by famous artists - all on display.Visitors can get acquainted with the items of equipment and weapons, ranging from ancient times to modern (as the example of, say, nuclear missiles).By the way, the museum replenished today.But not only that has attracted considerable interest among visitors: here exhibited models of the fortress and defensive structures, heavy military equipment.The museum has two hundred and fifty employees, eighty-four of them - scientific.As for attendance, the year here comes more than half a million people.
internal exposure
internal exposition of the museum is located in thirteen halls.Many of the exhibits are the monuments of science, art and technology.There Ustyuzhenskaya iron food - the oldest samples of artillery Russian artists ages 14-16;rifled guns domestic ages 16-17;bronze implements outstanding master weapon Affairs Yakov late 17th century;rare instruments of ancient Slavs.In the hall on the ground floor is presented rocketry Russian designers.There are items dating back to 18-21 centuries, including nuclear missiles.It also demonstrates the cold and firearms.There are exhibits, which gave the museum a prominent Russian designer Mikhail Kalashnikov.Many considered rarities presented clear evidence of technical and scientific thought.Proof of this is an indisputable fact that the same invention, the foreign scientists came much later.Also presented here from different eras uniforms, banners and flags.A military archive documents talk eloquently about the history of the great feats of the Russian army and the defenders of the Fatherland different centuries.
exhibition of works of art in the military artillery museum
But not only weapons and military equipment will delight visitors to the Military Museum of artillery, as here, an interesting collection of sculptures, paintings and graphics.In these works of art is very precisely and clearly displayed feats of Russian soldiers - defenders of their homeland.Of course, visitors will impress majestic canvases battle painters: Grekov, NS Samokisha AI Dmitriyev-Mamonov VI Moshkova NN Karazin and many others.Also, there are portraits of great generals, emperors and princes.Particularly valuable exhibits are considered a personal weapon of the Russian Tsars (Nicholas II and Alexander I), domestic and foreign military commanders.In one of the rooms on display gifts presented to the royal personages and approximate, among which a lot of crystal and porcelain, including those belonging to the famous house of Faberge.Besides, anyone can visit the exhibition of Russian military awards.It will be interesting to look at this exhibit as a kettledrum chariot for transportation of military banner.
course, is not always possible to visit all the museums of St. Petersburg.Artillery Museum, however, it is impossible to ignore.It must be in your list of the cultural program.
External exposure
Military Artillery Museum (St. Petersburg) includes exhibition of heavy military equipment.For those who come here for the first time, a real discovery becomes an exhibition of military equipment is located outdoors.The area of this, so to speak, the exhibition hall is about two hectares.This exhibition was opened to the public recently - in November 2002.Here the gaze of visitors brought over two hundred and fifty units of missile, artillery and other military equipment.Of particular interest is the nuclear missile system.It is also very popular among tourists armored car from which a speech the leader of the world proletariat - Lenin.All the exhibits are the cultural heritage of the entire Russian people, the history of a great power.
Vaccination patriotism
Military Museums St. Petersburg (Artillery Museum in particular) will be of interest not only to people who are fond of the art of war, but also to all those who are proud of their country's history.The museum held as excursions and lectures, in which residents and visitors tell of the battles and the battles in which participated the Russian army.Undoubtedly, visiting such establishments helpful to the younger generation.It is essential that young people from an early age knew about the affairs of bygone days and proud history of their country, their people.
Show Schedule, address
sure to visit the Artillery Museum.The exhibition will not leave you indifferent.There are also themed events schedule which you can find on the official website: artillery-museum.spb.ru.
- Museum Address: Alexander Park, Building 7.
- Working hours: Wednesday - Sunday from 10 am to 6:00 pm.
- days off - Monday and Tuesday.
Tickets for the citizens of CIS countries and Russia is 50 rubles for adults and 20 rubles for students.
cost of visiting all the exhibitions and expositions of the museum in its territory (with the right excursion service), of course, more expensive:
- adults - 900 rubles;
- students - 400 rubles.
