27 000 000 killed Soviet people, 1 710 destroyed cities and towns and 70 000 villages destroyed are the demographic and geographic losses suffered by the USSR in the war with Germany. The war left a deep mark in the heart of every man, so the idea of opening such an important Museum was supported by all the people and put into practice in June 1942. Then they started raising important archive of military documents, and in November, at the Moscow state historical Museum opened the first exhibition "Belorussia lives. Belarus is struggling. Belarus has been and will be Soviet", which included 313 exhibits: photographs and wartime documents. 

Two years later, the exposition was moved to the Minsk Museum of history; however, too many exhibits required a new storage location, a more spacious and modern.

The Museum of the Second World War in Minsk: the history of creation

Striking in its scope the complex was built on Heroes ' square, and in 2010 the President of Belarus laid a capsule with a message, which indicates the main purpose of the opening of the Museum of the great Patriotic war – to create not just an interesting sight of Minsk but national symbol of heroism, of valor, of glory.

Look at the gold cube with the capsule on the first floor of the Museum. For ease of movement around the complex, have an interactive terminal with a layout of ten exhibition halls. 

Exposition of the Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk

In the first room, entitled "Peace and war" you will see an interactive glowing globe, projecting a map of the world. The walls of the hall reproduced the inscriptions of the Soviet soldiers "Die hard".

The exhibition "the World before and in the first years of the Second World War," tells about the life of Soviet citizens in peacetime. You will see advertising posters, personal letters, rare photographs, rare weapons, watch the documentary. Note the number of anniversaries, placed on the floor – they recount the events that occurred in the country in the period fr om 1919 to 1941.

The third hall "the Road of war" is the most extensive and occupies more than 500 square meters. Entering the hall, you will see a "live" exhibition, showing scenes of wartime. For example, two soviet soldiers waiting for the enemy, and next, famous car, "lorry". What is the famous "lorry"? The GAS was purchased for farm use, but in the first days of the war, the car together with its permanent driver Pavel Mikhailov, appeared at the front. Mikhailov and "lorry" were together throughout the war, actively participating in defense and rescue operations. Even after the war broke up Paul with the car, and at the end of his life bequeathed his Museum. By the way, an interesting fact that this lorry starred in the film "Long road to dunes".

Delight and fear cause the installation "ramming attacks" and "Air attack Soviet and German fighters" installed above the ceiling of the Museum.

To watch the spectacular projections in the fourth room, dedicated to the battle of Smolensk and battle of Moscow. The following halls are amazing realistic installation: the death camp, the guerrilla village, war years, life in the rear, the liberation of Belarus from Nazi invaders. On the top floor under a transparent dome, is the bright hall of the Museum – the "Hall of victory", wh ere in Golden letters immortalized the names of heroes Belarusian.

At the Museum there is a stele "Minsk-hero city", pylon with reliefs of the Soviet heroes and the sculpture "the Farewell".

Museum of the Great Patriotic War in Minsk invites you to an excursion 

The Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War is open on any day, except Monday. You can see his exposition by booking one of the sightseeing tours around Minsk: