Exhibition “Defenders of Russia's Southern Borders, 16th–17th Centuries”

About exhibition

The exhibition is dedicated to the feats of the servicemen who defended the Muscovite state. The stone Tula Kremlin was one of the finest fortresses of its time and the main Russian stronghold on the border with the Wild Field. The project reveals the organizational structure and characteristics of the armament system of border garrisons, celebrating the military glory of the ancestors who helped preserve and develop the traditions of selfless service to the Fatherland. A vivid page in the combat history of the Tula Kremlin was the heroic defense against the thousands‑strong army of the Crimean Khan Devlet Giray I in the summer of 1552, when a small garrison led by voivode M. M. Temkin‑Rostovsky, with the support of local residents, held out until the arrival of the tsar’s regiments from Moscow. The exhibition will present 300 exhibits, including authentic items and replicas of 16th–17th century equipment and weaponry recreated using scientific reconstruction methods. Particular attention will be given to highly artistic sculptures of warriors of the Muscovite Tsardom and the Crimean Khanate.