Miniature of Russian military parade of 2564 tinned soldiers presented to Suvorov museum

Collection of St. Petersburg Suvorov museum was refilled with a unique collection of tinned soldiers, TASS informs. It was presented to the museum by sponsor Mussa Eskezov. The collection will become a part of museum exposition of tinned soldiers scheduled to be opened next year.

According to the museum director Vladimir Gronskiy, the collection represents a miniature of military parade on the field of Mars. More than two and a half thousand statues made of tin were reconstructed with immaculate precision and observation of all historical facts.

Soldiers march in columns by Emperor Nicholas II and His attendants. The gala ceremony was accompanied by the orchestra performing favorite music compositions by the Emperor’s family. The Suvorov guards of honor were standing near the miniature.

The author of the collection is Georgy Ivanov, the native of Russia. For several dozens of years he was making forms, moulding soldiers and selling statures to the collectors in Stockholm. He spent all money and free time for trips, meetings with participants of the parade taking photographs and drawing their uniform.

Collectors purchased soldiers and arranged the scenery and actors in the scene. Devotees of military history from Germany Rupert Buyer and Paul Berthold re-enacted the last parade of the Russian Imperial Guard of 1914. They put the parade together.

Buyer decided to sell his miniature, but could not find customers, that is why he planned to sell soldiers one by one.

Suvorov museum managed to find a sponsor for purchasing the collection several days before the sale.

Russkiy Mir