Tsar Cannon

Tsar Cannon
Царь-пушка
	A view of the Tsar Cannon, showing the lion's head cast into the carriage
	55°45′04″N 37°37′05″E / 55.75111°N 37.61806°E
Location	Moscow, Russia
Designer	Andrey Chokhov
Type	Cannon
Material	Bronze
Length	5.34 metres (17.5 ft)
Completion date	1586

The Tsar Cannon (Russian: Царь-пушка, Tsar'-pushka) is a large early modern period artillery piece (known as a bombarda in Russian) on display on the grounds of the Moscow Kremlin. It is a monument of Russian artillery casting art, cast in bronze in 1586 in Moscow, by the Russian master bronze caster Andrey Chokhov. Mostly of symbolic impact, it was never used in a war. However, the cannon bears traces of at least one firing.^[1] Per the Guinness Book of Records it is the largest bombard by caliber in the world,^[2] and it is a major tourist attraction in the ensemble of the Moscow Kremlin.

^ (in Russian) Царь-пушка – вовсе не пушка: Что же стоит в Кремле
^ Super-weapons in the history of mankind (in Russian)

[1] (in Russian) Царь-пушка – вовсе не пушка: Что же стоит в Кремле

[2] Super-weapons in the history of mankind (in Russian)

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