Ryazan Museum of Long-Range Aviation (russian: Рязанский музей дальней авиации) is a Russian thematic museum and exhibition complex located on the territory of the 43rd Air Force Flight Training and Retraining Center at Dyagilevo air base,

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. Exposition of the complex combines a large number of objects related to the history of the development and use of military aviation in the

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. It includes domestic combat aircraft, samples of their weapons and equipment, military uniforms, equipment, personal belongings and awards to outstanding pilots. It also includes documents, maps, photographs, etc. Over the years the museum has conducted more than 6,000

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, and the number of visitors has exceeded 120,000 people.

History

The museum was created on the initiative of Lieutenant Colonel Yuli Nikolayevich Yermakov, an instructor of the 43rd Military Training Center. This initiative was approved by Colonel-General

Vasily Reshetnikov Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov (russian: Василий Васильевич Решетников; 23 December 1919 – 20 March 2023) was a Soviet Union, Soviet pilot who served during World War II. Reshetnikov flew 307 missions, mainly as a pi ...

, the Commander of

Long-Range Aviation Long-Range Aviation ( rus, Авиация Дальнего Действия, r=Aviatsiya dal'nego deystviya, abbr. to AДД, or ADD, and literally ''Aviation of Distant Action'') is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces responsible for delive ...

of the Soviet Union, and by Lieutenant-General N. F. Malinovsky, head of the Long-Range Aviation's Political Department. The opening of the museum complex took place on April 29, 1975. In accordance with the Directive of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation dated June 4, 2009, D-024, in the course of optimization of the organizational structure of military units, the Long-Range Aviation Museum was no longer part of the 43rd Combat Training Center, and its employees were dismissed. Nevertheless, the Long-Range Aviation Museum has continued to operate on a voluntary basis.

Gallery

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