History of the Kunstkamera
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History of the Kunstkamera
- The Kunstkamera: all world knowledge in one building
- Establishment of the Kunstkamera in 1714
- The Kunstkamera as part of the Academy of Sciences
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First collections
- Peter the Great's trips to Europe
- Acquisition of collections in Europe: Frederik Ruysch, Albert Seba, and Joseph-Guichard Duverney
- The Gottorp (Great Academic) Globe
- Siberian expedition of Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt
- The Academic detachment of the Second Kamchatka Expedition. 1733-1743
- 1747 fire in the Kunstkamera
- Fr.-L. Jelachich trip to China with a mission of the Academy of Sciences in 1753—1756
- Siberian collections
- Academy of Sciences’ expeditions for geographical and economic exploration of Russia (1768-1774)
- Reserach in the Pacific
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