1st in the Russian Museum " Russia in the great war ", dedicated to the events of the First world war, opened on the First day of the week in the state Museum-reserve " Tsarskoe Selo near St. Petersburg.
It is located in the premises of the Sovereign Military chamber, conceived by Emperor Nicholas II as the Pantheon of military glory.
Speaking at the event, the opening of the Museum, the speaker of the state Duma Sergei Naryshkin said that " the memory of the First world war was hushed up ", " because that could cause some uncomfortable questions, for example, loss of victory or about the fact whether unavoidable were the events of October 1917 ".
" It is important for us not only to restore the memory of the events of the preceding, but also to relate the events with what is happening today to predict the risks in today's Europe and around the world to prevent a large-scale war, such as the one that erupted on earth For us brotherly Ukraine ", - said the speaker of the state Duma Sergei Naryshkin, speaking at the event, the opening of the Museum.
similarly in the event took part the Minister of culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, acting head of the St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko.
The Museum exposition will be located on 2 floors. It is built on the genuine items of weaponry and life of the participants of the First world war, documentary and photographic materials from the collection of Museum-preserve " Tsarskoye Selo ". Among the exhibits - the whole range of the guns that time, uniforms of different countries, awards and personal belongings of soldiers, weapons, photographs, documents. In the center of the composition - the exact copy of French fighters of the era, the exhibition Also presents copies of armored cars, Ford, authentic guns and howitzers that time.
For visitors of the Museum will be open on Tuesday.
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