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{{Short description|Museum and cultural heritage site in Moscow, Russia}}
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The '''Kremlin Armoury'''<ref group=Note>Officially called the "Armoury Chamber" but also known as the cannon yard, the "Armoury Palace", the "Moscow Armoury", the "Armoury Museum", and the "Moscow Armoury Museum" but different from the [[Kremlin Arsenal]].</ref> ({{langx|ru|Оружейная палата}}) is one of the oldest museums in Moscow. It is located in the [[Moscow Kremlin]], and is a part of the [[Moscow Kremlin Museums|Moscow Kremlin Museum]].
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The Kremlin [[Armory (military)|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
==History==
In 1711, [[Peter I of Russia|Peter the Great]] had the majority of masters transferred to his new capital, [[St
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"/>
▲The Kremlin [[Armory (military)|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 [[weapon]]s, [[jewellery]] and various household articles of the tsars. The finest Muscovite [[gunsmith]]s (the Vyatkin brothers), [[jeweller]]s (Gavrila Ovdokimov), and [[Painting|painter]]s ([[Simon Ushakov]]) used to work there. In 1640 and 1683, they opened the [[iconography]] and pictorial [[studio]]s, where the lessons on [[painting]] and [[handicraft]]s could be given. In 1700, the Armoury was enriched with the treasures of the Golden and Silver chambers of the Russian tsars.
==Russian Diamond Fund==
▲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 [[harness]]es and [[carriage]]s) 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 in [[Moscow]] in 1806, but the collections were not opened to the public until 7 years later. The current Armoury building was erected in 1844-1851 by the imperial [[architect]] [[Konstantin Ton]]. The director of the museum from 1852 to 1870 was the writer [[Alexander Veltman]].
Beside the Armoury Chamber/Museum, the Kremlin Armoury is also currently home to the [[Diamond Fund|Russian Diamond Fund]].
==Notes==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120702230434/http://www.kreml.ru/en/museums/armoury/ Kremlin Museums: The Armoury Chamber]
* [http://tour-planet.com/articles/52 The Armory Chamber – Travel Guide]
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