Military Historical Museum of the Battle of Kursk

In the city of Kursk, on Sonina Street, there is a Military and Historical Museum of the Battle of Kursk. This is perhaps the only museum that is designed to tell about the greatest battle of the Second World War, the period of 1939-1945.

The museum was founded on June 27, 1963. To get to the museum, you need to go to the second floor of the House of Officers. Due to the huge area that it occupies, which is about 350 sq.m., the fund of the Museum of the Battle of Kursk stores whiter than 10 thousand military copies. These are documents, personal belongings, photographs, orders of persons participating in the battle.

Here you can get acquainted with samples of domestic and German military equipment, uniforms, documentation related to the battle: plans, schemes and maps. The exposition reveals the periods of preparation for the battle, its conduct, as well as the importance in the outcome of the war.

The main asset of the Museum of the Battle of Kursk is a diorama dedicated to the tank battle near Prokhorovka. The total area of the canvas is more than 1005 square meters. m. Over the diorama worked folk artists of the Russian Federation N. Butov, V. Shcherbakov, G. Sevastyanov.

The Military Historical Museum of the Battle of Kursk is included in the museum system of the Ministry of Defense.