The Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum ( be, Беларускі дзяржаўны музей гісторыі Вялікай Айчыннай вайны, translit=Belaruski dzi͡arz͡haŭny muzeĭ historyi Vi͡alikaĭ Aĭchynnaĭ vaĭny, russian: Белорусский государственный музей истории Великой Отечественной войны) is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make th ...

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

. The conception of a museum commemorating the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), an ...

after the end of Nazi occupation sprung up even before the close of the war. The museum first opened shortly after the liberation of

from the Nazi invaders, on 25 October 1944, making it the first World War II museum to open during the course of the war."История музея"
("The Museum's History"). Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum. Retrieved 5 July 2009. It moved to its current location in 2014. The museum has 24 exhibition halls. As of 2012 there were 142,676 items in the museum's collection. The museum staff also engages in historical research: particular areas include Belarusians in the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...

, local anti-fascist and partisan activity, and the history of the

Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp ( (); also or ) was a complex of over 40 Nazi concentration camps, concentration and extermination camps operated by Nazi Germany in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany, occupied Poland (in a portion annexed int ...

death camp."Научно-исследовательская работа"
("Research/Investigative Work"). Retrieved 5 July 2009.

Gallery

File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 01.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 02.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 03.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 04.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 05.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 06.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 08.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 09.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 10.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 11.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 12.jpg File:Экпазіцыя музея ВАв 13.jpg File:Inauguration of a center in the Belarusian Great Patriotic War Museum.jpg,

Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin; (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who holds the office of president of Russia. Putin has served continuously as president or prime minister since 1999: as prime min ...

and

Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лукашенко, Aleksandr Grigoryevich Luk ...

attending the inauguration of a new building in the museum in 2014.

External links

Official site

References

1944 establishments in Belarus History museums in Belarus Military and war museums Museums established in 1944 Museums in Minsk World War II museums {{Belarus-museum-stub