Suvorov Memorial Museum (Russian: Музей Суворова) in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, Russia is a military
museum
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dedicated to the memory of Generalissimo
Alexander Suvorov
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров, Aleksándr Vasíl'yevich Suvórov; or 1730) was a Russian general in service of the Russian Empire. He was Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy ...
(1729–1800). It was founded in 1900 to commemorate the century of Suvorov's death and was inaugurated four years later, on the 175th anniversary of Suvorov's birth, with much pageantry, in the presence of Emperor
Nicholas II.
In 1904, the museum moved into the present building, purpose-built to a flamboyant design by
Alexander von Hohen in a dramatic
Russian Revival
The Russian Revival style (historiographical names are: ''Russian style'', russian: русский стиль, ''Pseudo-Russian style'', russian: псевдорусский стиль, ''Neo-Russian style'', russian: нео-русский стил ...
style. The building's austere appearance derives primarily from medieval Muscovite military architecture. Apart from the Suvorov family
coat of arms
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and signs of military glory, the facade displays two mosaics representing "Suvorov Leaving Russia for Italy in 1799" and "
Suvorov Crossing the Alps".
The museum's collections, exceeding 100,000 items in 2002, were acquired through purchase and private donations. The Communist authorities had the museum closed down in 1919 and the collections were dispersed to other museums. In the 1930s, the building housed the AeroMuseum. During the
Siege of Leningrad, it was damaged by a bomb.
During
World War II
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the respect of Suvorov was
restored in the Soviet military. As a consequence, the museum building was renovated in 1950 and resumed its activity the following year. The latest restoration was undertaken in 1995-2000.
See also
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Suvorov Museum, Timanivka,
Timanivka,
Tulchyn
Tulchyn (, translit. ''Tul’chyn'', old name ''Nesterwar'' (from Hungarian ''Nester'' - Dniester and ''war'' -town), Latin Tulcinum, pl, Tulczyn, yi, טולטשין, ro, Tulcin) is a town in Vinnytsia Oblast (province) of western Ukraine, f ...
,
Vinnitsya,
Ukraine
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Suvorov Museum, Ochakiv,
Ochakiv
Ochakiv, also known as Ochakov ( uk, Оча́ків, ; russian: Очаков; crh, Özü; ro, Oceacov and ''Vozia'', and Alektor ( in Greek), is a small city in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. It hosts the admini ...
, Ukraine
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Suvorov Museum and Reserve, in
Konchanskoye-Suvorovckoye,
Russia
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Suworow Museum, Linthal,
Linthal, Switzerland
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Suvorov Museum, Izmail,
Izmail
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, Ukraine
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Suvorov Military History Museum, Kobrin,
Kobrin
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,
Belarus
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List of museums in Saint Petersburg
This is a list of museums in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Biographical museums
Writers
Anna Akhmatova museums
*Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum (Fountain House)
* Anna Akhmatova. The Silver Age (in Avtovo)
Alexander Pushkin muse ...
Further reading
* ''Музей А. В. Суворова: Путеводитель.'' Л., 1954;
* Охотников И. В. ''Музей А. В. Суворова.'' Л., 1969;
* Меерович Г. И. ''Музей А. В. Суворова: Историко-краеведческий очерк.'' Л., 1981.
External links
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Military and war museums in Saint Petersburg
Biographical museums in Saint Petersburg
Museums established in 1900
Cultural infrastructure completed in 1904
1900 establishments in the Russian Empire
Alexander Suvorov
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg