Tsar Cannon After Snowfall (Angle View)

Angle view from Ivan Square on the world’s biggest Tsar Cannon after snowfall at the beginning of spring. The 40-ton barrel of the cannon was cast of high-quality bronze in 1586 at Moscow’s Cannon Court by Andrei Chokhov. Judging by the type of its gun tube, the Czar cannon is a mortar with the length of the barrel of 5,34 meters, and caliber of 890 mm. The cannon’s surface is lavishly adorned with the vegetation ornament and inscriptions. Not a single shot was made from it. It is fixed on the carriage adorned with a lion head and magnificent cast ornaments cast in 1835 in St. Petersburg by the project of architect A. Bryullov. Four cast-iron cannonballs weighing 1 one ton each laid in front of its base.

Photo #101 taken on February 15, 2020 during a tour of Moscow Kremlin with my Dear clients from Australia, Jeff and Helen Wiltshire.