The exhibition, placed in the Assumption Belfry and One-Pillar Chamber of the Patriarch's Palace, is correlated with a celebration of the 300th Anniversary of the greatest event in the Russian history of the XVIIIth century - the Battle of Poltava. The project participants are the world-known museums. About 160 unique items form the Kremlin collections are on display, i.e. the portraits of persons involved in the Great Northern War, officer decorations, gold commemorative medals, pieces of Russian and Swedish arms of the early XVIIIth century, personal equipment belonged to Charles XII, Peter I and his companions, artworks by Russian silversmiths and enamelled items, dedicated to themes of Poltava. The exhibits, worthy of particular attention, are the trophies, captured by Russian troops during the Battle: flags, kettledrums, drums, banners' peaks, arms and Swedish officer decorations.

Tickets to the exhibition

The Moscow Kremlin Museums take part in organization of a large international exhibition, put on in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. The project correlates with the famous "December evenings of Svyatoslav Richter" and introduces the audience to one of the epochs in the history of the European art. At the exhibition Moscow Kremlin Museums present 10 items, including the London service of Nicholas I, figures of musicians and an officer by Nuremberg makers, as well as pieces from the Kremlin set, designed on basis of drawings by painter Solntsev.