Suvorov Museum

Suvorov Memorial Museum (Russian: Музей Суворова) in Saint Petersburg, Russia is a military museum dedicated to the memory of Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov (1729–1800). It was founded in 1900 to commemorate the century of Suvorov's death and was inaugurated four years later. In 1904, the museum moved into the present building.

Suvorov Military Museum was scored to resemble a medieval Russian fortress.

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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.

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