Suvorov Museum, Biographical and military museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
The Suvorov Memorial Museum occupies a purpose-built Russian Revival building by Alexander von Hohen, opened in 1904. Pale grey walls, green roofs and a tall square tower with a steep pyramidal roof rise above the entrance porch; a rounded turret with a conical green roof stands to its right. Two facade mosaics show Suvorov crossing the Alps and leaving for Italy in 1799.
A government commission to honour Suvorov was set up on 2 March 1898, and donations included a quarter of their pay from soldiers of the 81st Apsheron Regiment. The museum opened on 26 November 1904, the 175th anniversary of his birth, in a building by Alexander von Hohen. Closed in 1919 and damaged by a bomb during the Siege of Leningrad, it reopened in 1951 after renovation.
The building, designed by Alexander von Hohen in Russian Revival style, has a facade with two mosaics showing Suvorov crossing the Alps and leaving Russia for Italy in 1799. The central spire is topped by a double-headed eagle. The museum's name honours Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov, and its collection grew through purchases and private donations.
The museum stands on Preobrazhensky Square beside the General Staff Academy, a short walk from Chernyshevskaya metro station. The entrance faces the square, and the exhibition rooms are spread over two floors reached by stairs. Allow about an hour for the collection.
The museum's collection grew through purchases and private donations, including a quarter-percent of salary pledged by soldiers of the 81st Apsheron Infantry Regiment, in which Suvorov had served. By the 1904 opening, voluntary contributions had reached 298,000 rubles. Peasants from the village of Preobrazhenskoye in Semirechye gave bread instead of money.
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