Photo: museums and exhibitions, other places, Motovilikhinsky Plant History Museum, Perm

Photo: museums and exhibitions, other places, Motovilikhinsky Plant History Museum, Perm

Photo: museums and exhibitions, other places, Motovilikhinsky Plant History Museum, Perm

Photo: museums and exhibitions, other places, Motovilikhinsky Plant History Museum, Perm

Photo: museums and exhibitions, other places, Motovilikhinsky Plant History Museum, Perm

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Motovilikhinsky Plant History Museum: a Copper Mine and the Tsar Cannon

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The history of the Motovilikha plants in Perm is inextricably connected with the history of the city itself. The actual founder of Perm, historian and geographer Vasily Tatishchev laid here the foundation of the first copper-smelting plant in 1723. Later it was remodeled to an industrial complex to cast cannonry and other weapons for the Russian army. The plant was the leading industrial structure: it was in Perm where the first open-hearth furnace appeared, where the biggest hammer weighing 50 tons was in operation and where the local engineers invented and tested the world's first arc welder.

In the Motovilikhinsky Plant History Museum you can get to know different stages of the plant history, look at the unique exhibits and visit the real copper mine. Also on the hill above the plant you can see a concrete monument in the form of a steam hammer. It is a monument to the participants of the Motovilikha Perm region workers’ revolt in December 1905. They demanded better working conditions, a fair distribution of income and greater freedom, but they faced only punishments and executions. There is a diorama arranged in the territory of the museum in commemoration of these events, reproducing each of the stages of the Motovilikha revolt. There is also a panoramic viewing platform on top of a hill, at the foot of the monument to the hammer, which offers scenic views of Perm and the surrounding landscape. Another interesting exhibit of the museum is the Perm Tsar Cannon. Its weight exceeds the weight of the Moscow Tsar Cannon, and unlike the latter, it was capable of firing shots.

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ul 1905 goda d 20
614014, Perm

GPS coordinates

58.0356951, 56.3102084

Phone

+7 342 2605976

Official website

mz.perm.ru/press-center/museum

Opening Hours

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Mon-Fri 09:00-16:00

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