"Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Museum - Moscow (Russia)

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Historical information

The state museum of the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945 is the part of the memorial complex at Poklonnaya Gora. This place has always been the best point to observe panorama of Moscow. A wide alley with fountains leads to the central part of the complex - The State Museum of the Great Patriotic War devoted to the great courage of the Russians defending their Motherland. The principal part of the museum is the War-History exposition rendering the whole course of war. The exposition is divided into three parts according to three periods of the War - from the perfidious fascist aggression in 1941 to the victory in 1945.
Here you can see an open-air exhibition, where you can see famous "Katusha", different tanks, cannons, mortars and other examples of Soviet military equipment.

According to the museum itself: "this is a federal institution of culture, the centre of the Memorial Complex on Poklonnaya Gora, created to commemorate the victory over Nazism and immortalize heroic deeds, courage and self-sacrifice of the patriots of the motherland. It was opened on May 9, 1995. The memorial comprises the Victory Park, the Main Victory Monument (141.8 m high), the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and the open air exhibition of military vehicles and engineering fortifications. The exhibition has over 110.000 items of authentic weapons, military vehicles, uniforms, medals, photos, documentary films, letters from the battlefield, works of art, pictures, posters and other documents of the war-time". The official website of the museum stands here

Here are other websites dedicated to the museum:

Two sites dedicated to aircrafts displayed in the open air exhibition of the Great Patriotic War museum: here
A site dedicated to tanks displayed in the open air exhibition of the Great Patriotic War museum: here
A site where visits of WWII museums in Russia are organized including the Great Patriotic War museum: here

Finally a website (in English) listing hyperlinks to all Russian museums here

Location information

The museum is located in Moscow (Russia) at 10 Bratiyev Fonchenko
Metro station : Park Pobedy