Memorial Museum of Army General M.S. Malinin

The Memorial Museum of Army General M.S. Malinin is a branch of the OGBUK “Kostrom State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve” and is located in the Kostroma outback, in the homeland of the general – in the Antropov district.

The opening of the museum took place in a solemn atmosphere on May 9, 1990. The memorial part, the house where the Malini family lived until 1959, was moved to Antropovo from the village of Polutino, Antropov district of Kostroma region in the late 1980s. On the site of the courtyard in the museum there is an exhibition hall dedicated to the Hero of the Soviet Union, Army General Mikhail Malinin.

In the halls of the museum there are two permanent exhibitions: “He served the Motherland honestly”, telling about the combat and life path of M.S. Malinin; and “In the house of the Malini family”, where you can get acquainted not only with the pedigree, way of life, the family that raised the famous commander, but also the decoration of the peasant hut, traditions characteristic of the Kostroma region of the early twentieth century.

According to the decision of the Russian organizing committee “Victory”, the museum was awarded the Commemorative Medal “65 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945” for active work with veterans and participation in the patriotic education of citizens, as well as the Certificate of Honor of the Victory Commanders Fund and the Letter of Thanks. In 2015, the museum became a laureate of the All-Russian Historical and Literary Award “Alexander Nevsky”.