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The State Historical Museum is the largest national historical museum of Russia. Founded in 1872, the building on the Red Square of Moscow was built in 1875-1883 according to the project of architect Vladimir Sherwood and engineer Anatoly Semyonov. The Moscow City Duma provided the construction site, ordering the demolition of the building of the Main Pharmacy. The fund of the modern State Historical Museum has more than 5 million storage units and 14 million sheets of documentary materials. The permanent exhibition in the building on Red Square holds only 0.5% of the total collection. The number of visitors to the museum annually exceeds 1.2 million people. The staff is more than 800 employees. Since 1990, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Red Square Ensemble.
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