 The Botik of Peter the Great ( also called St. Nicholas ) was a miniaturized scaled @-@ down warship discovered by Peter the Great at the Royal Izmaylovo Estate in 1688 . It was restored by Karshten Brandt , and Peter learned to sail using the boat on waters near Moscow . It was stored in the Kremlin of Moscow by Peter and later it was moved to St. Petersburg .
In 1739 the boat was moved to the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg .
In 1762 the boat was moved to the Naval Museum in St. Petersburg .
In 1939 the boat was moved to the State Historical Museum