Moscow Military Museum (2 Viewers)

[ucla1967]

I am not sure where to post this, so if it should be somewhere else please feel free to move it. In July and August, my wife and I took a two week Viking River Cruise called "Waterways of the Tsars" on the Volga River from Moscow to Saint Petersburg. I signed up for an optional tour of the Moscow Military Museum which used to be called the Red Army Museum in Soviet times.

It has high quality exhibits inside covering the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, the Russian Civil War, and World War II. There was very little Cold War coverage except for the wreckage of Francis Gary Power's U-2 which was shot down in May 1960. Outside there was a good selection of Soviet tanks, artillery, fighters, and missiles displayed. All the exhibit descriptions were in Russian.

 

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[DMNamiot]

Very cool. Thanks for posting

Dave

 

[Louis Badolato]

Mike,

What an amazing trip! I loved the photos of the WWI Uniforms, especially the Russian Infantryman displayed with the Icon Standard behind him, like the Trophy figure!^&cool^&cool

 

[ucla1967]

Very cool. Thanks for posting

Dave

Thanks Dave. More coming.

Mike

 

[ucla1967]

Mike,

What an amazing trip! I loved the photos of the WWI Uniforms, especially the Russian Infantryman displayed with the Icon Standard behind him, like the Trophy figure!^&cool^&cool

Thanks Louis. It was an amazing trip. Two of the lakes we cruised on (Ladoga and Onega) near Saint Petersburg are so large that we couldn't see land for hours from the ship. Who knew? I just picked up a set made by Saint George's Cross on eBay which has the the White Russian Civil War Alekseevski Regiment flag set which I will post under "Collections" when I get a chance to photograph it.

 

[ucla1967]

One of my favorite things was the World War I and Russian Civil War displays and uniforms.

 

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[Artillery_crazy]

Thanks for sharing! Interesting to see the " way " they potrait the events.
Cheers
A_C

 

[ROUGH RIDER]

Thank you again for always sharing your pictures. Must of been amazing to have the up close experience.

 

[ucla1967]

Thanks for sharing! Interesting to see the " way " they potrait the events.
Cheers
A_C

I agree, they are very well done. FYI: I also have photos from the artillery pieces display at the Kalemegdan Fortress in Belgrade, Serbia, which I will post later.

Mike

 

[ucla1967]

Thank you again for always sharing your pictures. Must of been amazing to have the up close experience.

You are very welcome. These close up experiences are amazing. FYI: I also have photos from the Battle of Borodino Museum in Moscow and the Hungarian Army Museum in Budapest which I will post separately.

Mike

 

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The third photo shows Finnish equipment including the Suomi 35 sub-machine gun.

 

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[Obee]

FYI: I also have photos from the Battle of Borodino Museum in Moscow and the Hungarian Army Museum in Budapest which I will post separately.

Mike

Mike,

I'm looking forward to seeing those as well.

I was in Budapest last year and spent a MOST enjoyable half day at their Army Museum, so it will be good to see your pictures, and I will then ad some of mine too, if you like?

John