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Kremlin Armoury or Armoury Chamber
Kremlin Armoury or Armoury Chamber
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	Moscow Armoury
	Location in the Moscow Kremlin
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Coordinates	55°44′58.25″N 37°36′47.90″E / 55.7495139°N 37.6133056°E
Construction started	1508
Owner	Government of Russia

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The Kremlin Armoury^{[Note 1]} (Template:Lang-ru) is one of the oldest museums of Moscow, located in the Moscow Kremlin, now a part of Moscow Kremlin Museums.

The Kremlin Armoury originated as the royal arsenal in 1508. Until the transfer of the court to St Petersburg, the Armoury was in charge of producing, purchasing and storing weapons, jewelry and various household articles of the tsars, and valuables stolen^{[citation needed]} from occupied countries^{[citation needed]}. The finest Muscovite gunsmiths (the Vyatkin brothers), jewelers (Gavrila Ovdokimov), and painters (Simon Ushakov) used to work there. In 1640 and 1683, they opened the iconography and pictorial studios, where the lessons on painting and handicrafts could be given. In 1700, the Armoury was enriched with the treasures of the Golden and Silver chambers of the Russian tsars.

History

In 1711, Peter the Great had the majority of masters transferred to his new capital, St Petersburg. 15 years later, the Armoury was merged with the Fiscal Yard (the oldest depository of the royal treasures), Stables Treasury (in charge of storing harnesses and carriages) and the Master Chamber (in charge of sewing clothes and bedclothes for the tsars). After that, the Armoury was renamed into the Arms and Master Chamber. Alexander I of Russia nominated the Armoury as the first public museum^[1] in Moscow in 1806, but the collections were not opened to the public until seven years later.

Ten of the 44 surviving Fabergé imperial Easter eggs are displayed at the Armory Museum.^[2] After the Russian Revolution, the imperial family's palaces were ransacked and their treasures moved to the Kremlin Armoury on order of Vladimir Lenin.^[2]

Russian Diamond Fund

Beside the Armoury Chamber/Museum, the Kremlin Armoury is also currently home to the Russian Diamond Fund. It holds unique collections of the Russian, Western European and Eastern applied arts spanning the period from the 5th to the 20th centuries.

Notes

^ Officially called the "Armou/ory Chamber" but also known as the cannon yard, the "Armou/ory Palace", the "Moscow Armou/ory", the "Armou/ory Museum", and the "Moscow Armou/ory Museum" but different from the Kremlin Arsenal.

References

^ "About The Kremlin Armoury Museum [In English]". Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Faberge Eggs – the fate of the eggs". Pbs.org. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

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[1] Officially called the "Armou/ory Chamber" but also known as the cannon yard, the "Armou/ory Palace", the "Moscow Armou/ory", the "Armou/ory Museum", and the "Moscow Armou/ory Museum" but different from the Kremlin Arsenal.

[2] "About The Kremlin Armoury Museum [In English]". Archived from the original on 6 April 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

[Faberge_Eggs_-_the_fate_of_the_eggs-3] "Faberge Eggs – the fate of the eggs". Pbs.org. Archived from the original on 25 May 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.

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 ==History==
-In 1711, [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] had the majority of masters transferred to his new capital, [[St Petersburg]]. 15 years later, the Armoury was merged with the Fiscal Yard (the oldest depository of the royal treasures), [[Stable]]s Treasury (in charge of storing harnesses and carriages) and the Master Chamber (in charge of sewing clothes and bedclothes for the [[tsar]]s). After that, the Armoury was renamed into the Arms and Master Chamber. [[Alexander I of Russia]] nominated the Armoury as the first public museum<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moscovery.com/kremlin-armory-museum/|title=About The Kremlin Armoury Museum [In English]}}</ref> in [[Moscow]] in 1806, but the collections were not opened to the public until seven years later.
+In 1711, [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] had the majority of masters transferred to his new capital, [[St Petersburg]]. 15 years later, the Armoury was merged with the Fiscal Yard (the oldest depository of the royal treasures), [[Stable]]s Treasury (in charge of storing harnesses and carriages) and the Master Chamber (in charge of sewing clothes and bedclothes for the [[tsar]]s). After that, the Armoury was renamed into the Arms and Master Chamber. [[Alexander I of Russia]] nominated the Armoury as the first public museum<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moscovery.com/kremlin-armory-museum/|title=About The Kremlin Armoury Museum [In English]|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-date=6 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406040237/https://www.moscovery.com/kremlin-armory-museum/|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[Moscow]] in 1806, but the collections were not opened to the public until seven years later.
 Ten of the 44 surviving [[Fabergé egg|Fabergé imperial Easter egg]]s are displayed at the Armory Museum.<ref name="Faberge Eggs - the fate of the eggs">{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/faberge/flevel_1/f7_fate_of_eggs.html |title=Faberge Eggs – the fate of the eggs |publisher=Pbs.org |access-date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120525225124/http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/faberge/flevel_1/f7_fate_of_eggs.html |archive-date=25 May 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> After the [[Russian Revolution (1917)|Russian Revolution]], the [[House of Romanov|imperial family]]'s palaces were ransacked and their treasures moved to the Kremlin Armoury on order of [[Vladimir Lenin]].<ref name="Faberge Eggs - the fate of the eggs"/>

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