Central Museum of the Russian Armed Forces
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| place | Moscow ulitsa Sovetskoi Armii 2 |
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| architect | N. Gajgarow and B. Barchin |
| opening | 1919 |
| Number of visitors (annually) | about 1 million per year |
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The Central Museum of the Russian Armed Forces ( Russian Центральный Музей Вооруженных сил ) is the Museum of the Russian Armed Forces and the former Soviet Army located in Moscow .
history
The first exhibition of military exhibits of the Red Army was organized on May 25, 1919 in the then closed GUM department store in Moscow and opened by Lenin . Along with a military parade on Red Square on the same day, the strength of the then still young armed forces of Soviet Russia was to be demonstrated.
On December 23, 1919, a decree was issued to establish a museum on the “Life of the Red Army and the Red Fleet” . The aim was to inform the population about the achievements of Soviet Russia in military training, culture and politics.
During the 2nd World Congress of the Comintern , another special exhibition was organized in the GUM department store, which showed the actions of Soviet Russia and its armed forces to protect the proletariat . In 1921 this exhibition was finally converted into the Museum of the Red Army and Fleet , which in 1922 moved to a building near the Russian State Library .
In 1924, the museum was renamed the Central Museum of the Red Army and Fleet , after Red Army museums had also opened in other sites in the Soviet Union . In 1928 the museum was relocated again, this time to a side wing of the House of the Red Army .
After the Second World War , the museum's holdings increased considerably and in 1951 was named the Central Museum of the Soviet Army . In 1965 the museum moved to its final building and was renamed the Central Museum of the Armed Forces Museums of the USSR . In 1993 it was given its current name.
Exhibitions
The focus of the museum is the history of the Red Army and the Russian armed forces.
Permanent exhibitions include:
- The Russian Civil War
- The Great Patriotic War
- The cold war
- Soviet-Afghan War and Chechnya War
- Development of the technology of the Soviet and Russian armed forces
Exhibits
Exhibits to be highlighted include the destroyed Lockheed U-2 Gary Powers , which was shot down over the USSR in 1960, and most of the Wehrmacht's troop flags .
See also
Web links
- Official Website (Russian)
- Pictures from the museum (English)
Coordinates: 55 ° 47 ′ 5 ″ N , 37 ° 37 ′ 2 ″ E