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The Central Museum of Armed Forces - Центральный музей Вооруженных Сил

129110 Москва - Moscow, Russian Federation

Address ул. Советской Армии, д.2, стр.1
 
 
Floor area 5 000 m² / 53 820 ft²  
 
Museum typ Exhibition
Military Museum in general
  • Model Ships
  • Railway


Opening times
Wednesday - Sunday, 10:00 - 17:00
Ср - Пт - с 10:00 до 17:00; Сб - Вс - с 10:00 до 17:00

Admission
Status from 03/2020
We don't know the fees.

Contact
Tel.:+7-495-681 48 77  Tel.2:+7 (495) 681-63-03  
eMail:cmvs mail.ru   

Homepage www.cmaf.ru

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Location / Directions
N55.784948° E37.617109°N55°47.09688' E37°37.02654'N55°47'5.8128" E37°37'1.5924"

Description

The Central museum of Armed Forces is one of the world greatest places to see military history. It was founded in 1919 and every year about 1 million visitors come in to see the Museum regular display and exhibitions. There are 24 rooms showing the history of the Russian Army and Navy from the beginning of the 18th century until today. The collection includes over 800.000 military and historical objects. Among the Museum’s rarities are:

* invaluable relic – the Victory Banner raised over the Reichstag building in Berlin in May 1945 as a symbol of victory over the Nazis;
* personal belongings and decorations of famous government and military leaders as J.Stalin, M.Frunze, G.Zhukov, K.Rokossovsky, A.Vasilevsky, N.Kuznetsov and others;
* trophies of World War II – Nazi flags, decorations, documents, weapons and even items which belonged to A.Hitler, A.Rosenberg, E.Rommel, H.Goering, F.Paulus;
* the wreckage of the American U2 spy plane piloted by F.G.Powers and shot down by Soviet Anti-Aircraft Defence Troops in May 1960.

In 1992-2000 the Museum got a very special donation from “Rodina” American-Russian Welfare Society, Inc. (199-A, Alexander Ave, Howell, NJ 07731). There were about 40.000 items of military history. Among them are: the St.George awards for units of the Russian Army; personal belongings, documents and photographs of the family of Emperor Nicholas II, famous generals M.Skobelev, A.Denikin ans also soldiers and officers of the Russian Imper


Description
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Залы

В залах музея представлено около 15 тысяч экспонатов, раскрывающих историю Вооруженных Сил нашей страны: фотографии, документы, награды, оружие, личные вещи солдат, офицеров, прославленных военачальников. Основная часть экспозиции занимает 24 зала общей площадью 5000 кв.м. Экспозиция создана творческим коллективом научных сотрудников музея.

Материалы располагаются в хронологическом порядке по следующей тематике:
 История Русской армии и флота до 1917 г. (1 - 3-й залы);
 Красная Армия в период Гражданской войны и иностранной военной интервенции (4 - 6-й залы);
Рабоче-крестьянская Красная Армия и Флот на страже безопасности СССР (7 - 8-й залы);
Вооруженные силы в период Великой Отечественной войны (9 - 18-й залы);
послевоенная история Советских Вооруженных Сил (19 - 21-й залы);
Создание и развитие Вооруженных Сил Российской Федерации (22 - 23-й залы, 24-й зал является выставочным).


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