Mr Medvedev thanked the young people, who work on searching for and identifying soldiers fallen in the 1941–45 Great Patriotic War, for their patriotic efforts.
Since 1995, the Iskatel centre has been carrying out search expeditions at Great Patriotic War battlefields in Tula, Kaluga, Oryol and Leningrad Regions.
The President visited the Tula Kremlin, a monument of sixteenth-century Russian fortification architecture, and the Tula State Arms Museum, one of the country’s oldest museums, located on the Kremlin’s territory.
The Tula Kremlin was built in 1507–1520 by order of Grand Prince of Moscow Vasily III to defend Moscow (Tula is 193 kilometres south of Moscow) and protect the Russian state’s southern borders.
The State Arms Museum was founded at the arms factory established by decree of Peter the Great in 1712. The Museum’s collection, work on which began in 1724, gives an overview of the evolution of Russian firearms. The Tula Arms Factory is a recognised world centre of military technology. Today, the factory continues its centuries-old traditions and produces arms for combat, hunting and sports.
Mr Medvedev viewed a unique collection of antique firearms and side-arms, and also the latest model firearms and hunting rifles.