Before you even enter the museum of arms, and pay your admission, you’re confronted with a wide assortment of tracked and wheeled armored vehicles. Some are brand new and others date back to WWI.
The first sign I come to reads, “Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation Russian Military Historical Society Tula State Weapon Museum
EXHIBITION OF RUSSIAN MILITARY EQUIPMENT, WHICH WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF TULA CONSTRUCTORS
STEEL GUARDS
Defense enterprises in Tula firmly occupy leading positions primarily in the development and production of multiple launch rocket systems, small arms and cannon weapons, anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft missile systems and radar stations. Numerous military equipment created by Tula gunsmiths together with design teams of other enterprises
military-industrial complex, today is widely used by various branches of the Ground Forces, the Air Force and the Navy of the Russian Federation.
The project was implemented with the support
governors of the Tula region
V.S. Gruzdeva and A.G. Dyumina,
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Government of the Tula Region,
military-industrial enterprises of Tula: JSC Research and Production Association Splav, JSC Instrument Design Bureau
them. Academician A.G. Shipunova",
ODO AK Tulamashzavod, PJSC Research and Production Association Strela.
The demilitarization of the T-80B tank was carried out at the expense of sponsorship funds from Shchekinoazot OJSC.”
The description of the first photo is as follows,
“I CONTROL THE “TORMON”!
“WE INVITE YOU TO CLIMB INTO THE CABIN OF A COMBAT VEHICLE AND EXPERIENCE THE UNFORGETTABLE SENSATIONS OF VIRTUAL CONTROL OF THE SMART FIRE SYSTEM "SMERCH"
Detailed information from the administrator in the entrance area of the museum
VIRTUAL REALITY COMPLEX FOR PILOTING THE “Smerch” MULTI-FIRES MULTIPLE FIRE SYSTEM
The project was implemented by specialists from Tula State University and Tula State Weapon Museum
MLRS <SMERCH>> SIMULATOR
Try out our virtual reality interactive experience by driving Russian MLRS <SMERCH>>>>
Find more information at reception”
"She's only fourteen! What if she can't bear Napoleon a child in the first year of marriage?" Empress Maria Feodorovna asked. "Then he'll want to divorce her or have children at the cost of her honor."
Alexander listened thoughtfully to his mother. Napoleon had offered Poland if he were allowed to marry Grand Duchess Anna Pavlovna. But knowing the French Emperor, the Russian Tsar doubted anything would come of his proposal. Napoleon always turned situations to his advantage. If their relationship with him worsened even further, his sister could find herself in a very difficult situation.
"If you agree to the marriageu, you will ruin Anna."
"Calm down, Mother," Alexander replied softly. "Only you can decide her fate." I will submit to your decision.
Anna Pavlovna was born in January 1795. She was the eighth child of the Grand Ducal couple Maria Feodorovna and Pavel Petrovich. Empress Catherine, upon learning of the birth of her sixth granddaughter, sadly remarked:
"There are so many girls, we can't marry them all off!"
The Empress never learned of her ...
A big shout out to the people who follow me. Unfortunately I’ve had to leave Russia. It became impossible to receive any funds from the US. I am currently living in Batumi, Georgia.
This is my family in the living room of my apartment in Kimovsk, Russia. I am a disabled Vietnam veteran. Seventy six years of age. My son Aleksandr (left), and my granddaughter Dasha (center) look in on me. Here, I had hoped to live out my retirement years.
Introduction: The Gentle Son of a Terrible Father
When we hear the name Ivan the Terrible, the image of a powerful, furious, and cruel autocrat springs to mind—a titan whose will redrew the map of the Russian state, and whose wrath terrified boyars and entire cities. Against this colossal figure, his son and heir, Tsar Feodor Ivanovich, seems almost a shadow. Contemporaries and subsequent generations of historians often described him as a man of "simple mind," otherworldly, immersed in prayer and church services, completely unsuited to the burden of power.
He was called the "monk tsar" and "the blessed one on the throne." His entire life seemed the complete opposite of his father's: silence instead of thunder, mercy instead of executions, humble piety instead of sovereign ambitions. But what if behind this mask of meekness lurked a character of unexpected depth and a steely will? What if, at key moments in his life, this "quiet" tsar displayed a firmness capable of crushing both the will of his formidable father and the plots of the most cunning...
Gradually, the narrative reached the time of Peter the Great. And I'm very glad about this – my favorite period in Russian history has begun. And today, having covered the circumstances of Peter the Great's childhood, we'll discuss the era when Russia nearly experienced a true revolution and a complete shift in the vectors and directions of national development.
Today we'll discuss the gripping and often dramatic story of how Tsarevna Sophia Alexeyevna attempted to become the country's sole ruler, at one point cleverly sidestepping two brothers, Ivan and Peter, on her path to the throne. Imagine the situation: 1682, the young Tsar Feodor III dies childless, leaving behind a complex inheritance – two young brothers (and pretenders to the throne), both from different mothers. And this is where the most interesting part begins – the events that almost led to a new Time of Troubles in our country.
Tsarevna Sophia - portrait by an unknown artist.
After a very difficult meeting, the Moscow nobility took the fate of the country into their own hands. And very soon, after ...
