Caucasus Front War History Museum
The Caucasus Front War History Museum is an interactive museum where historical documents about the battles fought on the Caucasus Front and sections of the daily lives of the soldiers in the war conditions of that day are animated.The building, which has preserved its architectural features until today and is known as Kanlı Tabya, was opened as the Caucasus Front War History Museum after the restoration works.
After the Treaty of Karlofça signed by the Ottoman Empire in 1677, there was a need to create new defense systems on the eastern borders of the state. For this purpose, starting from 1734, military structures called bastions were started to be built to defend the city of Kars against the Russians from the east and Iran from the south. Kanlı Bastion is one of the 46 bastions built under the name of Yeni Tabya in 1803 during the reign of Sultan Selim III. In 1828, during a night raid by the Russians in Kars, all the soldiers in the bastion were martyred and the name was called Bloody Bastion.
In the 8 main halls of the museum, some important events from 1828 to the proclamation of the Republic are exhibited interactively.
In the garden of the museum, the White Wagon, which was gifted to Kazım Karabekir Pasha, the Commander of the 15th Corps, by the Russian delegation that came to Kars for the 1921 Treaty of Kars, and which Pasha used as his private wagon during his travels between Kars and Erzurum for two years, is also on display.
