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Kremlin Armoury Оружейная палата Moscow Armoury Location in the Moscow Kremlin Coordinates 55°44′58.25″N 37°36′47.90″E / 55.7495139°N 37.613306°E / 55.7495139; 37.613306 Owner Government of Russia Started 1508 The Russian Imperial regalia, housed in the Kremlin Armoury. Treasures of gold and silver The Armoury has ten Fabergé eggs, a collection equal to the largest in the world. The Kremlin Armoury (Russian: Оружейная палата) is one of the oldest museums of Moscow, established in 1808 and located in the Moscow Kremlin (map). 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, jewellery and various household articles of the tsars. The finest Muscovite gunsmiths (the Vyatkin brothers), jewellers (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. 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 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. After the Bolshevik Revolution, the Armoury collection was enriched with treasures taken from the Patriarch sacristy, Kremlin cathedrals, monasteries and private collections. Some of these were sold abroad on behest of Stalin in the 1930s. In 1960, the Armoury became the official museum of the Kremlin. Two years later, the Patriarch chambers and the Cathedral of the Twelve Apostles were assigned to the Armoury in order to house the Applied Arts Museum. Nowadays, the Kremlin Armoury is home to the Russian Diamond Fund. It boasts unique collections of the Russian, Western European and Eastern applied arts spanning the period from the 5th to the 20th centuries. Some of the highlights include the Imperial Crown of Russia, Monomakh's Cap, the ivory throne of Ivan the Terrible, and other regal thrones and regalia; the Orloff Diamond; the helmet of Yaroslav II; the sabres of Kuzma Minin and Dmitri Pozharski; the 12-century necklaces from Ryazan; golden and silver tableware; articles, decorated with enamel, niello and engravings; embroidery with gold and pearls; imperial carriages, weapons, armour, and the Memory of Azov, Bouquet of Lilies Clock, Trans-Siberian Railway, Clover Leaf, Moscow Kremlin, Alexander Palace, Standart Yacht, Alexander III Equestrian, Romanov Tercentenary, Steel Military Fabergé eggs. The 10 Fabergé eggs in the Armoury collection (all Imperial eggs) are the most Imperial eggs, and the second-most overall Fabergé eggs, owned by a single owner. External links v • d • e Moscow Kremlin and Red Square Kremlin Wall and Towers Kremlin Wall (Borovitskaya · Vodovzvodnaya · Blagoveshenskaya · Tainitskaya · Pervaya Bezymyannaya · Vtoraya Bezymyannaya · Petrovskaya · Beklemishevskaya · Konstantino-Eleninskaya · Nabatnaya · Tsarskaya · Spasskaya · Senatskaya · Nikolskaya · Uglovaya Arsenalnaya · Srednyaya Arsenalnaya · Troitskaya · Kutafya · Komendantskaya · Oruzheynaya) Administrative buildings The Senate · Building 14 · The Arsenal · Amusement Palace · State Kremlin Palace · Grand Kremlin Palace · Terem Palace · The Armory · Palace of Facets · Tsarina Golden Palace · State Historical Museum Churches Cathedral of the Assumption · Cathedral of the Annunciation · Cathedral of the Archangel · Church of Saint Ioann Lestvichnik and Ivan the Great Bell Tower · Church of the Deposition of the Virgin's Robe in Vlachernon · Patriarch's Palace and the Church of the Twelve Apostles · Verkhospassky Cathedral and the Terem Churches · Cathedral of the Intercession (of Saint Basil the Blessed) · Kazan Cathedral Squares and gardens Red Square · Ivanovskaya Square · Cathedral Square · Tainitsky Gardens · Grand Kremlin Public Garden · Alexander Garden Monuments Monument to Minin and Pozharsky · Tomb of the Unknown Soldier · Place of Skulls · Tsar Cannon · Tsar Bell Former Ascension Convent · Chudov Monastery · Armorial Gate