Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow
Центральный музей Великой Отечественной войны | |
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  Location in Moscow | |
| Established | 9 May 1995 |
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| Location | 10 Brothers Fonchenko St, Moscow, Russian Federation, 121170 |
| Coordinates | 55°43′50″N 37°30′14″E / 55.73056°N 37.50389°ECoordinates: 55°43′50″N 37°30′14″E / 55.73056°N 37.50389°E |
| Type | History museum |
| Collection size | 75,090 items |
| Visitors | 700,000 - 800,000 per year |
| Director | Alexandr Shkolnik |
| Curator | Andrey Fetisov |
| Public transit access | Park Pobedy, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line |
| Website | https://victorymuseum.ru/ |
The Museum of the Great Patriotic War, also known as the Victory Museum (Russian: Музей Победы)[1] is a history museum located in Moscow at Poklonnaya Gora. The building was designed by architect Anatoly Polyansky.[2] Work on the museum began on March 3, 1986, and the museum was opened to the public on May 9, 1995.[3] The museum features exhibits and memorials concerning the Eastern Front of World War II, known in Russia as the "Great Patriotic War".
Exhibits[edit]
The museum features 14,143 square meters of exhibit space for permanent collections and an additional 5,500 square meters for temporary exhibits.[3] Near the entry to the museum is the Hall of Commanders, which features a decorative "Sword and Shield of Victory" and bronze busts of recipients of the Order of Victory, the highest military honor awarded by the Soviet Union.
Setting[edit]
The museum is set in Victory Park, a 2,424-hectare park on Poklonnaya Hill. The park features a large, paved plaza, fountains, and open space where military vehicles, cannons, and other apparatus from World War II are displayed.[3] Also in the park are the Holocaust Memorial Synagogue,[4] the Church of St. George, the Moscow Memorial Mosque, a triumphal arch, an obelisk, and a number of sculptures.
References[edit]
- ^ "Музей Победы - Центральный музей ВОВ". victorymuseum.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
- ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (1997). (in Russian). Яндекс http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/mos/article/mos/19000/52476.htm. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ a b c Museums of Russia (2009-03-20). "Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" (in Russian). Russian Cultural Heritage Network. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
- ^ "Memorial Synagogue at Poklonnaya Hill in English". 12 March 2018.
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