Kremlin inside: Arsenal

Arsenal Building Arsenal (arsenal) has a long history of building. His erection began in 1702 on the initiative of Peter I, in accordance with the plan drawn up by them. Arsenal to be used not only as a military warehouse, but also as a museum, a repository of military trophies and ancient weapons. The largest building of Moscow time of Peter the Great took northern corner of the Kremlin between Trinity and Nikolskaya towers, far from buildings after a fire in 1701. It was the beginning of consolidation of the scale of construction in the Kremlin.