State Historical Museum (SHM) said on Tuesday 125 th anniversary of the opening of great historical reconstruction on Red Square and a unique exhibition on the Russian Empire

State Historical Museum (SHM) said on Tuesday 125 th anniversary of the opening of great historical reconstruction on Red Square and a unique exhibition on the Russian Empire. Jubilee exhibition «Historic Area Historical Museum», which is exhibited for the first time, brought together nearly 400 objects - monuments of archeology and ethnography, costume and production of precious metals, furniture, weapons, etc. All the exhibits are grouped by geographical areas.

So, in the section «North» a collection of items from the pagan shrines on the island Vaigach and the Russian winter hats XVII-XVIII centuries. By the «South» apply ancient sculpture, and the horn of wine work by Ivan Aivazovsky. «West» will present a rare tournament armor, and the «East» - bathrobe, Emir of Bukhara and patent silk Kalmyk tayshe (tribal leaders), the Empress Elizabeth. As noted in the press-service, one of the main tasks were selected for the exhibition displays an unusual kind: a place of honor among them, took the skis chetyrehsotletney prescription mast and river vessel XIX century.

This exhibition completes the cycle of exhibitions GMM open on the occasion of 125 anniversary of the museum.

culmination of the celebration was the historical reconstruction of the opening of the Museum of Emperor Alexander III in Red Square. With the sounds of Russian anthem «God save the king!» Gate Nikolskaya tower of the Kremlin, accompanied by horse escort, left the royal golden coach with the actor who portrayed the imperial couple - Alexander III and Maria Fyodorovna.

GMM - the largest National Historical Museum of Russia. His house - a unique historical and architectural monument and museum. The museum was founded in 1872 on the initiative of the public. The start of the meeting laid the material and historical divisions of Sevastopol Polytechnic Exhibition in Moscow in 1872. The Organizing Committee for the Museum of the device has received the highest approval for the establishment in Moscow on behalf of the Museum of His Imperial Highness the Sovereign Cesarevitch heir Alexander Alexandrovich and was reorganized into the Office Museum.

In January 1873 were approved by the principal objectives of the museum - «a vivid history», which «will meet all of the monuments of significant events of history of Russian state». For visitors to the museum was opened in 1883 - the day of the coronation of Emperor Alexander III. Presidential Decree of 18 December 1991, the museum assigned to valuable cultural heritage of Russia. Regulations approved by the Government of the Russian Federation 11 July 1994, the museum is defined as research and cultural and educational institutions, for it embodied the role of the leading scientific and methodical center for history and history museums in Russia.

The composition of the museum is composed of branches: «Novodevichy monastery», «Protection Cathedral», «The Church of Trinity in Nikitnikah», «House of XVI-XVII centuries in Charge», the Museum of Lenin, and ensembles Izmailova Krutitskii Compound.

Source: www.rian.ru