Tsar Cannon - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Tsar Cannon - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Tsar Cannon (, Tsar'-pushka) is a large early modern period artillery piece (known as a bombarda in Russian) on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Mostly of symbolic impact, it was never used in a war. However, the cannon bears traces of at least one firing. Царь-пушка – вовсе не пушка: Что же стоит в Кремле Per the Guinness Book of Records it is the largest bombard by caliber in the world,Super-weapons in the history of mankind and it is a major tourist attraction in the ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin. Read more on Wikipedia
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