Ural State Military Historical Museum

The Regional Museum of Airborne Troops "Winging Guard" was opened on May 21, 1994. This is the only museum of its kind in the vast territory of the Ural-Siberian region.

The exposition of the museum acquaints visitors with the history of the appearance and improvement of parachute and parachute equipment from Leonardo da Vinci to the present day; with the history of the formation and development of special forces of the Russian Army, airborne troops, starting with the first airborne landing, thrown on August 2, 1930, and ending today; with the participation of the Airborne in the Great Patriotic War, with the revival and strengthening of this kind of troops in the postwar period, with the activities of the Airborne General of the Army V.F. Margelov, which resulted in a large-scale rearmament and technical landing in the introduction of new climatic conditions, and the introduction of new airborne troops. Visitors will learn about the participation of paratroopers in such armed conflicts as the Hungarian 1956 and Czechoslovak 1968, events in the territory of the Chechen Republic, in the former Yugoslavia, as well as the current state of the airborne troops.