Comments on: Moscow – 1908 http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200610/moscow-1908/ The lighter side of Steampunk Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:23:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: moogsi http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200610/moscow-1908/#comment-1820 moogsi Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:58:25 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=137#comment-1820 <p>The big cannon is the Tsar Pushka. There seems to be a tendency to name the biggest of anything the 'Tsar ____', a tradition which also contains this beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Tank</p> <p>The picture isn't great but the 2 little chaps on it give an idea of the scale.</p> The big cannon is the Tsar Pushka. There seems to be a tendency to name the biggest of anything the ‘Tsar ____’, a tradition which also contains this beauty: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Tank

The picture isn’t great but the 2 little chaps on it give an idea of the scale.

]]> By: svo http://brassgoggles.co.uk/blog/200610/moscow-1908/#comment-1819 svo Wed, 01 Nov 2006 08:47:53 +0000 http://www.brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/?p=137#comment-1819 <p>The giant gun is the Tzar Gun, it had never fired. Just like the Tzar Bell, which never rang.. As far as I know, it doesn't even have the tongue attached. This is very Russian.</p> <p>People skiing in the park, in what was perhaps considered sports clothes at the time? That is so lovely.</p> The giant gun is the Tzar Gun, it had never fired. Just like the Tzar Bell, which never rang.. As far as I know, it doesn’t even have the tongue attached. This is very Russian.

People skiing in the park, in what was perhaps considered sports clothes at the time? That is so lovely.

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