The exhibition "Crimea: the story of the return" will open in the capital of Russia

The opening ceremony of the exhibition "Crimea: the story of a return" timed To the anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the accession of the Republic to Russia and the formation of new regions of the Russian Federation, will be held at the Museum of contemporary history of Russia in the Russian capital on Tuesday, informs the press service of the Museum.

Crimea and Sevastopol 16 March emphasize the 1-year anniversary of the referendum in which an overwhelming number of voters voted for secession from Ukraine and reunification with Russia. In Crimea for entering the Russian Federation voted 96, 77%, in Sevastopol - 95, 6%.

"The anniversary of the signing of the Treaty on the adoption in the Russian Federation Republic of Crimea and the formation of new subjects of the Russian Federation, the Museum of contemporary history of Russia together with Russian ethnographic Museum and the Central Museum of Tauris prepared the Exhibition" Crimea: the story of the return,"", - told in the Museum. The opening ceremony will be held on Tuesday, for the public, the exhibition will work from 18 March to 12 April.

According to organizers, the exhibition consists of three sections. 1st is dedicated to the history of development of the Crimea from the Russian Empire. The second tells about the most important events in the life of the Crimea from the Russian Soviet Federative socialist Republic - the revolution of 1917 and the Civil war, the formation of the Crimea as all-Union health resort, the role of the Crimea in WWII. For example, among the exhibits - pioneer tie, the first pilot-cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, presented to him in " Artek ", as well As gifts to heads of the country.

"The third section of the exhibition begins with a set of materials about finding the Crimea national-political identity in the early 1990s: the statements of Residents of the Republic of Crimea Supreme Council of the Russian Federation with a request for granting Russian citizenship with citizenship of the Crimea, the materials of the first President of the Crimea A. Meshkov," says the Museum.

The Central theme of the exhibition "Crimea: the story of the return" is the reflection of one of the key events in the history of modern Russia - the signing on 18 March last year the international Treaty on the adoption in the Russian Federation Republic of Crimea.

So, on display for the First time picked in the summer of 2014 unique materials from the collection of the Museum of contemporary history of Russia, Central Museum of Tauris (Simferopol), historical Museum-memorial complex "the 35th coastal battery" (Sevastopol), revealing chronicle of events "spring" 2014: the failure to recognize the unconstitutional seizure of power in Kiev protests in Crimea against the policy of the new authorities of Ukraine, the formation of vigilante groups, the actions of the Crimean soldiers of " Berkut ", holding national meetings, the organization of the all-Crimean referendum.


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