| Duration: | 2 Hour(s) - 0 Minute(s) |
| Tour Category: | Cultural Activity |
Military and Historical Museum of Artillery was founded by order of Empress Elizabeth in 1756, military museum occupies 13 rooms and has more than 240,000 items. Museum exhibits military weapons and XV century, ballistic missiles, weapons fire. The special interest this show got in 1996 thanks to the large sizes artillery of antiquity and present day and recent ex-rocket complexes, technical engineering and communication. Here on the territory of the museum were hanged five leaders of the Revolution of December 1825, called Decembrists. This museum is located right in front of the Fortress of Saint Peter and Saint Paul the real heart of the city.
