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Tsar Cannon

Tsar Pushka (literally "Tsar

Tsar

Tsar or czar , occasionally spelled csar or tzar in English language, is a slavs term designating certain monarchs.Originally, the title Czar meant Emperor in the European medieval sense of the term, that is, a ruler who has the same rank as a Ancient Rome or Byzantine emperor due to recognition by another emperor or...
-cannon") is a huge cannon

Cannon

A cannon is any tubular piece of artillery, that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellants to launch a projectile over a distance....
, commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned can refer to:*A commissioned officer *Ship commissioning*Commissioned *Commissioned The popular Gospel Group originated in Detroit...
in 1586 by Russian Tsar Feodor

Feodor I of Russia

Fyodor I Ivanovich was the last Rurik Dynasty Tsar of Russia , son of Ivan the Terrible and Anastacia of Russia. He is known as Feodor the Bellringer in consequence of his inclination to travel the land and Russian Orthodox bell ringing at churches....
and cast by Andrey Chokhov

Andrey Chokhov

Andrey Chokhov, also spelled Chekhov was one of the most prominent Russian Castings. His traditions were continued by the Motorin family....
. The cannon weighs nearly 38 metric tonne

Tonne

A tonne or metric ton , also referred to as a metric tonne, is a measurement of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms, or 2204.6226 pounds....
s and has a length of 5.34 meters (17.5 feet), a calibre of 890 mm

Millimetre

The millimetre is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the current International System of Units SI base unit of length....
(35 inch

Inch

An inch is the name of a Units of measurement of length in a number of different systems, including Imperial units, and United States customary units....
es), and an external diameter of 1200 mm (41 inches). The Guinness Book of Records lists it as the largest howitzer

Howitzer

A howitzer is a type of artillery piece that is characterized by a relatively short Barrel and the use of comparatively small explosive charges to propel projectiles at trajectories with a steep angle of descent....
ever made.

Along with a new carriage, the 2 ton cannonballs surrounding the cannon were added in 1835 and are larger than the diameter of its barrel; it was, in fact, designed to fire 800 kg stone grapeshot

Grapeshot

Grapeshot is a type of Anti-personnel weapon ammunition used in cannons. Instead of solid shot, a mass of loosely packed metal slugs is loaded into a canvas bag....
.

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Tsar Pushka (literally "Tsar

Tsar

Cannon

A cannon is any tubular piece of artillery, that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellants to launch a projectile over a distance....
, commissioned

Commissioned

Commissioned can refer to:*A commissioned officer *Ship commissioning*Commissioned *Commissioned The popular Gospel Group originated in Detroit...
in 1586 by Russian Tsar Feodor

Feodor I of Russia

Andrey Chokhov

Andrey Chokhov, also spelled Chekhov was one of the most prominent Russian Castings. His traditions were continued by the Motorin family....
. The cannon weighs nearly 38 metric tonne

Tonne

Millimetre

The millimetre is a Units of measurement of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the current International System of Units SI base unit of length....
(35 inch

Inch

Howitzer

Grapeshot

Grapeshot is a type of Anti-personnel weapon ammunition used in cannons. Instead of solid shot, a mass of loosely packed metal slugs is loaded into a canvas bag....
. According to legend, the cannonballs were manufactured in St Petersburg, and were intended to be a humorous addition and a symbol of the friendly rivalry between Moscow and St. Petersburg.

The cannon is decorated with relief

Relief

A relief is a sculptured artwork where a modelled form is raised, or in sunken-relief lowered, from a flatish background plane without being disconnected from it....
s, including one depicting Tsar

Tsar

Feodor I of Russia

Napoleon I of France

Napoleon Bonaparte later known as Emperor Napoleon I, was a military and political leader of France whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century....
descended on Moscow.

The cannon is within the walls of the Moscow Kremlin

Moscow Kremlin

The Moscow Kremlin usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, overlooking the Moskva River , Saint Basil's Cathedral and Red Square and the Alexander Garden ....
next to the Tsar bell, which is similarly massive and the largest bell in the world, but it has never been rung.

The cannon was last restored in 1980 in Dzerzhinsky Military Academy. There it was thoroughly analysed and gunpowder

Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also called black powder, is an explosive mixture of sulfur, charcoal and potassium nitrate, KNO3 that burns rapidly, producing volumes of hot solids and gases which can be used as a propellant in firearms and as a pyrotechnic composition in fireworks....
remains were found, indicating that the cannon was fired at least once.

A replica of the cannon was made in 2001 at the Izhevsk machine-building factory. It was given to the Ukrainian

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
city of Donetsk

Donetsk

Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region....
and now is installed near the Donetsk city administration building.

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