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The museum contains two impressive memorial rooms: the
Hall of Glory
honours the
many heroes of the Soviet Union, while the moving
Hall of Remembrance and Sorrow
is
hung with strings of glass-bead 'teardrops' in memory of the fallen.
There are hundreds of exhibits here, including dioramas of every major WWII battle the
Russians fought in, as well as weapons, photographs, documentary films, letters and many
other authentic wartime memorabilia.
Exposition of Military Equipment
child R250/100; 10am-7pm Tue-Sun; Pak Pobedy)
displays more than 300 examples of
weapons and military equipment from the World War II era. There are plenty of Red Army
tanks, armoured cars and self-propelled artillery, not to mention the famous Katyusha rocket
launcher. Every branch of the armed forces is represented, so you'll also see train cars, used
by the civil engineering unit, fighter planes and naval destroyers.
The exhibit also includes equipment captured from Germany and Japan, and other equip-
ment that was used by the Allies.
Memorial Synagogue
www.poklonnaya.ru
;
by appointment; Park Pobedy)
opened in 1998 as a memorial to Holo-
caust victims, as well as a museum of the Russian Jewry. Admission is with a guide only, so
you must make arrangements in advance, especially if you want a tour in English. Not far
from the synagogue, a moving
sculpture
commemorates the victims of the Holocaust.
Borodino Museum-Panorama
Park Pobedy is a monument to the Great Patriotic War, but historians find many parallels
with the War of 1812, not the least of which is the route taken by attacking and retreating
armies. Following the vicious, inconclusive battle at Borodino in August 1812, Moscow's
defenders retreated along what are now Kutuzovsky pr and ul Arbat, pursued by Napoleon's
Grand Army. Less than 1km east of Park Pobedy is a museum commemorating this event.
tuzovsky pr 38; adult R160; 10am-5pm Sat-Wed, 10am-8pm Thu)
, a pavilion with a giant
360-degree painting of the Borodino battle. Painted by Franz Roubaud, the canvas is 115m
around and 15m high. Standing inside this tableau of bloodshed - complete with sound ef-
