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The Military-Historical Museum of Artillery
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The Military-Historical Museum of Artillery, Engineer and Signal Corps is located in the Kronverk - the memorial site of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg.In this territory in the years 1705-1706 were held fortification, the so-called Kronverk - earthworks covering the fortress of St. Petersburg ( and Paul ) from the land. Satisfied they were in the shape of the crown , hence its name (from German crowns - a crown , Vera - fortress).Along the fortifications had been felled forest, open space is organized - glacis , for convenient observation of the adjacent territory . Before the ramparts had been dug trench filled with water. Now it Kronverksky channel .
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In the middle of the XVIII century on the site earthworks and bastions appeared polubastiony connected clumps .They were here before 1860 .
In the 1860s, on-site earthworks on the project PI Tomanskogo built the Arsenal to host meeting of armaments , flags, decorations , medals and other relics of the Russian army.The plan and the outside of the museum building is given a huge horseshoe Ravelin with embrasures and loopholes.
On the site 's glacis in 1844-1845 organized by the Alexander public park. .
The museum was founded in 1703 by order of Peter I as Zeughaus - Storage memorable and funny pieces of artillery. C 1776 located in the building of the arsenal at the Foundry Avenue (later the building of the District Court ) According to a special decree in Zeughaus delivered the most interesting pieces of artillery, and later other types of weapons , uniforms , flags from all over the Russian Empire.Later the collection several times changed its name and location .
The real life museum collection began with the 1868 ,. when the building arsenal of Peter and Paul Fortress - Kronwerk in the lower and mezzanine floors of the east wing was reserved for the placement of military history collections.
During the siege of Leningrad in the museum acted in carrying out urgent work .
museum its present name in 1965, received after the unification of the historical museum of artillery with the museums of Engineering and Signal Corps .
Today, the museum's collection includes more than 850 000 exhibits.In the courtyard of the museum includes over 200 models of guns, self-propelled guns and missile systems.
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