Tsar Cannon

Царь-пушка

siege artillery in Moscow

#29 in Moscow / #111 in Russia

by W. Bulach

/ CC BY-SA 4.0

The Tsar Cannon in Moscow, Russia, is a monumental artillery piece cast in 1586 by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. It is located on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin, near the Ivan the Great Bell Tower. The cannon weighs approximately 40 tons and boasts a length of 5.34 meters with a caliber of 890 millimeters, making it one of the largest cannons ever made. Despite its formidable size, the Tsar Cannon is largely symbolic and has never been used in actual combat.

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