Вторая мировая война принесла много горя humanity. She took millions of lives, destroyed the fate of thousands of people, turned hundreds of cities into ruins. This period in history will long be reminiscent of itself, and many of its episodes are firmly entrenched in the memory of those who witnessed them. One of the unforgettable moments - the battle, which is devoted to the whole museum-panorama "Battle of Stalingrad", located in Volgograd.
The storming of the settlement began on September 13.This is evidenced by written references, which carefully preserves the museum-panorama "The Battle of Stalingrad." Here the struggle was not for life, but to death. The Soviet army waged war for every apartment house, for every floor in it. Almost until the end of the month, the Germans tried to conquer the Central City Railway Station. During this period, he more than ten times became the property of the German, then the Russian military.
Witnesses say that Stalingradturned into a sea of dust, smoke, debris and fire. During the period of military operations in this territory the Germans lost one and a half million people, for the Russian army the losses amounted to more than 1.1 million people, more than four thousand tanks and more than two and a half thousand aircraft. The rout of the fascists at Stalingrad inspired confidence in the victory over Hitler of the entire Soviet people. This battle greatly weakened the German invasion.
Museum-panorama "Battle of Stalingrad" (its address:Volgograd city, Chuikova street, 47) is the largest museum complex in Russia, which was dedicated to the Battle of Stalingrad. The exhibition belongs to the exposition of state importance. The end of the construction work of the museum fell on the summer of 1982. Even during the war, Major General Anisimov was born the idea of creating something like this. He described this in his letter addressed to Comrade Stalin. In 1944 the authorities announced a competition for the creation of a better sketch of Stalingrad, who rose from the ashes. The event was attended by both professional architects and ordinary residents of the city who were not indifferent to the fate of their settlement. A great part of the projects were the panoramas of the fighting Stalingrad. It was at this moment that the idea of a panorama museum "Stalingrad Battle" appeared in Volgograd. Vadim Maslyaev, the chief architect of Volgograd himself, became the author of the project of the future masterpiece.
From the very beginning it was planned that the complexwill be an integral part of the ensemble of Mamaev Kurgan and will place it in the house of the Hall of Military Glory. But such an idea did not find support in the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. Therefore, the panorama was honored to become one of the objects of the museum complex located on the Gvardeiskaya Square. The structure includes a stele bayonet, glorifying Soviet weapons, the ruins of the mill Grudinina and Pavlov's house.
So, Volgograd, the museum-panorama "The Stalingradbattle "... The city began the construction of its world-famous complex in the winter of 1968. The country was celebrating 25 years of the Red Army's victory over the Germans at Stalingrad. Within the framework of this event, a memorial plate was installed in the foundation of the future complex. Hyperboloid rotation - this is the name of the form that has a modern panorama museum in the city, formerly known as Stalingrad.
Long before the tower was built, construction beganAnother museum object, which became the depiction of Stalingrad during the battle for its liberation. Back in 1948, work began on the creation of the famous canvas. A. Gorpenko, V. Kuznetsova, G. Marchenko and other artists had the honor to recreate the Battle of Stalingrad on canvas. For the plot, the battles that took place in January 1943 were chosen. It was a battle for Mamaev Kurgan.
Museum-panorama "Battle of Stalingrad" inVolgograd, whose address is indicated above, is proud not only of the mentioned canvas. The complex includes more than 3,500 exhibits: combat equipment, which took an active part in the battles at Stalingrad, photographs, an exhibition of images of generals and commanders of the Soviet era, a collection of firearms and knives. Also, the museum-panorama "The Battle of Stalingrad" has four dioramas. Each of them is a separate episode, not included in the main picture, but rather important for the liberation of the hero city.
Near the museum there is a playground,which in the recent past was the exhibition of equipment that participated in the Second World War. Among these exhibits were retro-tanks, airplanes, artillery installations. But the exhibition site was incapable of sustaining such a huge weight of heavy vehicles, so in order to avoid dangerous cases, it was decided to transfer almost the entire collection to Mamayev Kurgan. Here we have arranged a special area for the reception of such important "guests". But all the same Volgograd, the panorama museum "The Battle of Stalingrad" in particular, left some breathtaking exhibits in its open spaces: one of them is a model of the Su-2 airplane-bomber, a gift from Volgograd from the employees of the Sukhov Design Bureau. Attention are howitzers and artillery pieces. Heavy tanks, standing separately, are also worthy of being avoided. Yes, verily, do not forget those terrible days when the Battle of Stalingrad was taking place ...
The Museum-Reserve has recently acquired a new find.It became a battle tank, which was found in the winter of 2010-2011 in the part of the Don river that flows in the city of Kalach-na-Donu. The tank was in terrible condition, its rust was severely corroded, but the reconstruction work was limited only to the painting of the car.
The panorama museum has at its disposalrestored steam engine of the Great Patriotic War. The steam locomotive is equipped with platforms and wagons of several types: a tank wagon, a platform transporting heavy equipment, an onboard platform and a wagon-car that transports people.
Museum-panorama "Battle of Stalingrad", the price ofwhose visit starts from 50 rubles, today all the residents of Volgograd and many visitors of the city have seen. But the attraction is accessible to the eyes of not only domestic connoisseurs of art, but also foreign admirers of culture. The museum collection visited the exhibitions of Austria, the Czech Republic, England and other countries. Every year more than half a million people visit the panorama museum and its branches.
The Volgograd Panorama Museum has the largesta picturesque canvas in the Russian Federation. Its parameters are 16 meters in height and 120 meters in length. Panorama "Battle of Stalingrad" was the final touch of the whole complex. This is the largest museum in the city (4,500 m)2), and he is worthy to be seen by everyone!
