Christophe Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 A list of names and locations / addressesWould it be possible to get here an exhaustive list of the main museums ("must see") dedicated to Soviet history in Moscow ? I would like to get here a list of names with their address (or location) if possible. The names of some of these Museums have changed several times, and it seems to me sometimes confusing, even in reading the threads of this Forum (what I did) .The structure of the list could be :* Present name of the Museum - Former name if any - Exact address - Location (ex. close to Moscow Theatre...)Thanks in advance.Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 (edited) Soviet Museums in Moscow list * Central Armed Forces Museum Ulitsa Sovetskoy Armii 2, MoscowMetro: Novoslobodskaya or Tsvetnoy BoulevardTel: (095) 281-4877 or (095) 281-1880Open: Wed to Sun 10am - 5pm, closed Mo and Tue.* Armoury Museum - In the Kremlin.* Almazniy Fund (Diamond Fund) - In the Kremlin.* State Historical Museum - Former GIM (Gosudarstvenniy Istoricheskiy Musey).Krasnaya Ploshchad 1/2 (1/2 Red Square), Moscow 103012.Metro: Ploshchad Revolutsy or Okhotny RyadTel: (095) 292-3731Open: Mo, Wed to Sun 11am - 7 pm, closed first Mo of the month.* Museum of Contemporary Soviet History - Former Central Museum of the October Revolution..Tverskaya Ulitsa, Moscow 123376Metro: Tverskaya or Puskinskaya* Krasnaya Presnya - Museum of the RevolutionBolshoy Predmechensky Pereulok 4, Moscow 123376Metro: KrasnopresnenskayaTel: (095) 252-3053Open: Sat to Thu 10am - 6pm, closed Fri and the last Thu of the month.* Museum of the Security Service - KGB Museum.21 Tverskaya Ulitsa, MoscowMetro: TverskayaTel: (095) 299-6724Open: Mo to Sat 10am - 6pm, Sun 10am - 5pm* Museum of Border Forces - (Selective entrance).* Victory Museum - Park Pobedi.* Borodino Panorama MuseumKutuzovsky Prospect 38, Moscow 121170Metro: KutuzovskayaTel: (095) 148-1967 or (095) 148-9489Open: Sat to Thu 10am - 6pm, closed Fri and the last Thu of the month* Lenin's MausoleumKrasnaya Ploshad, Moscow.Metro: Ploshad Revolutsii or Teatralnay or Okhotny RyadTel: (095) 923-5527Open: Tue to Thu, Sat and Sun 10am - 1pm, closed Mon and FriNote: cameras are forbidden (metal detector).* Memorial Museum of CosmonauticsProspekt Mira 111, Moscow 129515Metro: VDNKhTel: (095) 283-7914 or (095) 283-1827Open: Tue to Sun 10am - 7pm, closed Mo* Zhukov Museum - In General Staff HQ.* Monino Air Force Museum - ...* Khodinka Air Force Museum - ...* Kubinka Armour Museum - ...* Museum of Military Uniforms - ...* 'Star City' - ...This list has been updated on 11 November 2006, and will be updated regularly.Ch. Edited November 11, 2006 by Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Who will start the list ? Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 10, 2006 Share Posted October 10, 2006 Digging out my list from last summer . . . where did I put it . . . ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Ed, Please, dig, dig, dig... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 Ed,Any find ? Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted November 11, 2006 Author Share Posted November 11, 2006 List updated. Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 A recent update, as published in the Moscow Times, dated 5 September 2008 :"A statue of the creator of the world's first spaceship, Sergei Korolyov, will be opened near the memorial Museum of Cosmonautics on City Day. Korolyov was the chief rocket engineer and designer during the space race between the Soviet Union and the United States. The bronze statue is the work of sculptor Salavat Shcherbakov. The museum itself has been under reconstruction for the last two years and is scheduled to reopen before the end of the year. The museum is located at 111 Prospekt Mira. Metro VDNKh. Tel. 682-7914. Photograph by Vladimir Filonov."Ch.Pic : Vladimir Filonov - The Moscow Times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 Another update about Museums, dated 15.09.2008. From pravda.ru. :"Iconic Soviet plane destroyed in the heart of Moscow Tu-154, a passenger jetliner exhibited at Moscow?s All-Russian Exhibition Center (known for its Russian initials as VVC and formerly known as VDNKh) 30 years ago, was demolished Saturday. Other exhibits ? the Yak-42 aircraft and the Vostok rocket ? will apparently have to suffer the same fate. The people visiting the exhibition complex were indignant about the way the Tu-154 was destroyed. Many of those visiting the Russian Exhibition Center on September 13 could see an excavator destroying the Tu-154 jetliner, a renowned exhibit at the complex. The plane was cordoned by police officers, whereas several trucks were prepared to take the debris of the plane out of the exhibition center. Many Muscovites view this plane as a symbol of the VVC ? something they remember from early childhood. The people do not understand why the authorities decided to demolish the iconic aircraft in broad daylight on Saturday. Many said that they had an impression that the VVC directors deliberately intended to hurt the feelings of many Muscovites with their decision. The Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper wrote that the liner was destroyed due to its severe wear. The real-size models of Tu-154 and Yak-42 aircraft appeared at the VDNKh in the middle of the 1960s. The directors of the exhibition center decided to ruin the plane because it would be too expensive to take it out of the center undamaged. Eyewitnesses of the event said that they could see elderly people in tears as they watched the passenger liner being destroyed. The press secretary of the VVC, Oleg Gladyshev, stated in May of this year that the models of Soviet passenger planes would not be removed from the exhibition center. The Tupolev Tu-154 is a Soviet medium-range trijet airliner, similar to the Boeing 727 and of particularly rugged design. It remains the standard airliner for domestic routes in Russia and other states of the former Soviet Union and to a lesser extent in Eastern Europe and Iran. The mainstay of Russian airlines for several decades, the Tu-154 has carried about half of all passengers flown by Aeroflot and its subsidiaries, or approximately 137 million passengers per year, and has been exported and operated by at least 17 foreign airlines. Designed to cope with unpaved and gravel airfields, the plane often operates in extreme Arctic conditions and although production has ceased, there have been requests for resumption of assembly. The Tu-154 often approaches Mach 1 speed making it one of the fastest commercial jets in operation. There have been 62 serious flight incidents with TU-154s, including 36 crashes with human fatalities. Six of those incidents have resulted from terrorist or military action and several from poor runway conditions, including one which struck snow ploughs left on the runway. Others incidents have resulted from mechanical problems, piloting errors, and faulty air traffic control. "Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 A shame. The outside of the space pavilion was mostly intact when I was there in 2006. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 But the interior of the pavilion had been mutilated into a lawn and garden show. Everything sold, I was told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 But most of the exhiibition area was intact, though perverted and sad. Fear it will soom perish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 And. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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