Its former name was Big treasury and it speaks for itself. Here there are: state regalia including the well-known schapka Monomakha (a sign of the imperial power) and military awards, the weapon decorated with jewels, secular and church vestments, gold-embroidered fabrics, harnesses and a collection of crews of the 15-18th. The building of Armory was constructed in 1851 by the architect Konstantin Ton (the author of buildings of Maly Theatre, the Grand Kremlin Palace, Nikolaevsky railway station in St. Petersburg).