Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow

Museum of the Great Patriotic War
Центральный музей Великой Отечественной войны
Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow
Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow is located in Moscow
Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Moscow
Location in Moscow
Established9 May 1995
Location10 Brothers Fonchenko St, Moscow, Russian Federation, 121170
Coordinates55°43′50″N 37°30′14″E / 55.73056°N 37.50389°E / 55.73056; 37.50389
TypeHistory museum
Collection size75,090 items
Visitors700,000 - 800,000 per year
DirectorAlexandr Shkolnik
CuratorAndrey Fetisov
Public transit accessPark Pobedy, Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya Line
Websitehttps://victorymuseum.ru/

The Museum of the Great Patriotic War, also known as the Victory Museum (Russian: Музей Победы, romanizedMuzey Pobedy),[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".

  1. ^ "Музей Победы - Центральный музей ВОВ". victorymuseum.ru. Retrieved 2022-05-13.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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.