Tsar Cannon, A Symbol of Might, Never Fired

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The cannon inside the Kremlin
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Introduction

The Tsar Cannon is a huge cannon located outside the Moscow Kremlin, manufactured by casting expert Andrey Chokhov, named the Emperor Cannon in Russian. It is said that the cannon weighs about 18 tons, measures 5.34 meters in length, has a caliber of 890 millimeters, and an outer diameter of 1,200 millimeters. It is the largest mortar cannon recorded in the Guinness World Records.
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