Panorama "Defense of Sevastopol in 1854-1855." He tells of an episode of 349-day heroic defense of Sevastopol - a reflection of the city's defenders assault on June 6, 1855 Author panorama - the founder of Russian panoramic art Franz A. Roubaud (1856-1928), professor of the class battle painting Petersburg Academy of Arts and then a full member of the Academy.

Panorama was opened May 14, 1905, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the glorious epic. The original round building with a dome, surmounted by a rotunda, built by the project of the military engineer OI Enberg and architect VA Feldman.

Inside the building itself is located a painting and substantive plan, located on a special platform. According to the artist, the viewer, rising to a special viewing platform, as it is on top of Malakhov day assault on June 6, 1855

During World War II Nazi bombs destroyed the building of Panorama, a unique pattern burned. Risking their lives, the Soviet soldiers taken out of the beautiful paintings from the blazing building. After the war the panorama was restored Soviet artists.

In 1974, in the outer recesses of the building installed marble sculptural portraits of admirals VA Kornilov, PS Nakhimov, VI Istomin. AI Panfilov doctor PI Pirogov writer Leo Tolstoy.