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More than 1,100 museums, created by students and teachers, are open in Moscow's schools. Most of them—over 600—are dedicated to the Great Patriotic War and the Special Military Operation (SVO). Through authentic exhibits, students can learn about the country's history. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow school. Department of Education and Science.
"Exhibitions like these play a major role in patriotic education. Young Muscovites learn history not only from textbooks, but also through objects—maps, letters, and personal belongings of front-line soldiers. This helps preserve their memory and understand the heroism of their compatriots. From the very beginning of the special military operation, thematic exhibitions and displays began appearing in Moscow school museums. For example, in
school No. 1164 "We opened the first museum of the North-Eastern Military District in Russia, 'Donbass. Return,' which tells the story of the independence of the Donetsk People's Republic," the department's press service noted.
The museum at School No. 1164 contains ammunition, fragments of munitions, trench candles, dry rations, and gifts from its sister school in Donetsk. These include drawings and mosaics by students, videos with stories about their lives, and song recordings. School No. 429 “Falcon Mountain” There is a museum dedicated to the Lyudinovo underground Komsomol group, a youth partisan organization that operated in 1941–1942 in the Kaluga region.
The museum "For Truth" is dedicated to the events of modern history.school No. 1517, which tells the story of the Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment, which carries out missions in the SVO zone. The museum School No. 1598, in addition to the history of the Great Patriotic War, introduces the participation of Soviet soldiers in other battles – in Afghanistan, Egypt, Korea and Angola. The exhibition inSchool No. 167 named after Marshal L.A. Govorov reflects the combat path of the 2nd Shock Army through personal belongings, finds from battlefields, archival documents and photographs.
"For me, a museum is a place where you constantly learn something new, where every object is a page of history. I believe a museum is more than just display cases and plaques, but a place of fortitude, pride for the country, and a gateway to our heroic past," noted Ekaterina Ryumina, a ninth-grade cadet student at School No. 167 named after Marshal L.A. Govorov.
Museum School No. 1950 is dedicated to the work of journalists during the Great Patriotic War. It tells visitors about the heroic correspondents whose reports, photographs, and recordings preserved the truth about those years.school No. 1002 The "Nobody but Us" Museum of Military Glory of the Airborne Troops was created, where the personal belongings of the paratroopers are displayed.
In the museum School No. 1476 The exhibition "Moscow at the Turn of the Eras" features unique materials and personal belongings of Soviet soldiers and officers. Sections of the exhibition showcase the heroic labor of those on the home front and the work of artists.
"Our school museum is more than just a collection of exhibits, but a multilayered chronicle. Our goal is to prevent these materials from becoming mere museum pieces, to bring them to life so that the past doesn't fade into the archives but continues to speak to us," noted Ivan Khomyakov, head of the media center at School No. 1476.
In 2025, five Moscow museums dedicated to the Great Patriotic War and the special military operation won the federal stage of the All-Russian Competition of Museums of Educational Institutions of the Russian Federation, which was dedicated to the Year of Defenders of the Fatherland. More than 500 schools from 55 regions of Russia participated in the competition.
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