Military Museum and the Museum of Zadorozhnogo

On the eve of the Day of Defender of the Fatherland see two museums offer military (and other) topics, take a stroll through the halls to see some exhibits and mentally make a comparison.

Our story today is dedicated to the Central Museum of the Armed Forces and the private art museum Vadim Zadorozhnogo. Two good places where you can go perfectly for February 23.

Inspect the museum and read our comments.
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51 photos, text

Let's start with the main central and most that neither is the official museum of the armed forces.
Let's start with the fact that it contains a Soviet-era Department of Defense that leaves its mark. And there remains much unchanged since Soviet times (by the way, then to promote military science and history museum entrance was totally free, so many Soviet boys visited it more than once).

Next, we will show only the favorites. Exhibits in the museum lot and show everyone just does not make sense.





02. Unfortunately, even in the museum is the protracted repairs, so part of the exhibition, from the most ancient times to the Civil War, inclusive closed. However, a small room about the civil war is still there:
It shows the panorama, little arms and banners.



03. And then immediately begins with the Great Patriotic:
Like and done, and like all the same somehow dull



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05. Collect, not without irony, unique designs, but they are presented quite interesting. Nesvedov even clear what's what.



06. Exemplary guerrilla dugout.
Very much exaggerated. It would put mannequins arrange life as it could be ... And just the exposition.



07. A separate room is about Allied



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09. Panoramic layout Victory Parade. Please note that as commanded and took a parade on horseback, then on the Red Square during the parade were sprinkled sand track to the horse slipped. And, according to legend, for a certain time before the parade horses regularly cleaned intestines.



10. The first Kalashnikov assault rifle AK-47 in a disassembled state.
Interesting facts: according to Playboy magazine Kalashnikov rifle takes the 4th place in the list of 50 products that changed the world (ahead of him only Apple Macintosh, birth control pills, and VCRs Sony)

Kalashnikov - the most common type of small arms in the world and occupies approximately 15% of the total of all the world's small arms.



11. AK even depicted on the flag and emblem of several countries (mainly African). In the photo - the flag of Mozambique.



12. Soviet commando and special forces equipment



13. Debris spy plane U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down near Yekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk) May 1, 1960



14. The underwater gun combat divers



15. Stands about hard fighting in Vtname "with the US imperialists and the puppet regime." All lettering on the stand and have remained since the Soviet era (or were reprinted word for word)



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17. Control of ballistic missiles and of its



18. Do you think that the form of Nazi Germany? No! To the surprise of the German Democratic Republic (unlike Germany) form the army much more like a fascist.



19. The unique pattern: the Soviet Union developed a special attachment to a weapon for conducting laser combat training during exercises such as games Quasar



20. A separate stand is devoted to quite modern:
The Russian-Georgian conflict of 2008



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23. The museum in the Western manner, finally began to put mannequins.
But, apparently, because the dummies are buying cheaper and they are intended to showcase the clothes in the first place in the store, with his model painted appearance here, they look weird.



24. Stand about a modern army in Chechnya. Two high-top male models show the trends of the season. Separately, it is unclear why they were placed behind glass, could form smeared, dummies paint a more interesting to study the landscape and would be a very good diorama, not dull halt with a bag in the fire.
Separate words worthy of a cigarette in the hands of the left "fighter." In any European museum of this is to the museum authorities would reprimand. The children go to a museum, and here such propaganda.
The only happy medical tourniquet on the frame of the butt - a small piece of bullying, which was very common among soldiers in the Chechen campaign.

Too bad a lot of opportunities, but there is nobody to do. At the same time we have all seen the museum staff were obviously already heavily retirement age. Alas!



25. General view of the foyer of the museum.



26. The initiative group for a fee organized by the Museum "interactive lounge":
Here you can try on different helmets, chain mail, to twist in the hands of weapons of mass-dimensional models.

Very good!



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28. Helmets weigh hoo!



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31. The museum has exhibition and outdoors, which, however, looks rather dull in winter, and throughout the drifts are large



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33. Now move a little bit outside Moscow in a common technology museum Vadim Zadorozhnogo.

The museum has a large collection of vintage cars



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35. In particular, such rarities as a personal ZIS Stalin



36. Many government cars



37. Please note that Zilahi and gulls - and the harder front seat of Colour Options - to guard and driver, and behind the soft, pleasant to the touch velor couch.



38. The machine is equipped with running boards and guard rails to protection for slow moving could go outside and be on the lookout (for this they run next to the machine).



39. The museum has Zadorozhnogo and military aviation. For example, the German Messerschmidt wartime.



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41. The collection of weapons. Paying guides organize assembly-rasborku Kalashnikov.



42. Types from the second floor



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44. rare example: microcar Soviet wheelchair (drive one wheel). It was not very comfortable, especially in our cities, and not widespread.



45. US Army Harley-Davidson with a gun in a holster.
Motorcycle, both military and civilian, in the museum lot



46. ​​German roadblock



47. The outdoor area with appliances. Feel the difference:
 - Before there was snow, but brushed
 - Equipment is not fenced, you can walk around and see all the details (even wishing to climb, but the museum to watch, that is not much nagleli)



48. Works field kitchen with this army buckwheat



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51. And there are quite a unique sample - prototype VTOL Yak-141 (all produced 4 pieces), the program for its revision was terminated with the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Lantern (glass cockpit) carefully covered with snow.



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