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Moscow: The Polytechnic Museum is one of the oldest science museums in the world It emphasizes the progress of Russian and Soviet technology and science, as well as modern inventions and developments. It was founded in 1872 after the first All-Russian Technical Exhibition on the bicentennial anniversary of the birth of Peter the Great at the initiative of the Society of Natural Science, Anthropology and Ethnography. It is the largest technical museum in Russia, offering a wide array of historical inventions and technological achievements, including humanoid automata of the 18th century and the first Soviet computers Photo: the first stage of Polytechnic Museum building, photographed in 1884.
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:46:13 +0000

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