MILITARY HISTORY MUSEUM

The Military History Museum was opened on August 5, 1983, the day of the 40th anniversary of the liberation of Orel from Nazi invaders. The museum presents materials revealing the theme of the liquidation of the “dagger aimed at the heart of Russia” in the period from July 12, 1943 to August 18, 1943. The basis of the museum exposition consists of original documents, photographs, press materials, belongings of the participants in the liberation of the Orel region, as well as mortar and artillery and small arms of the Great Patriotic War period. At the entrance to the museum installed 122-mm howitzer and T-70 tank.

The central place in the exposition of the museum is occupied by 2 dioramas. These are monumental works belonging to the brush of the famous Soviet and Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR named after I.E. Repin Andrey Ilyich Kurnakov. The first of them is devoted to the beginning of the breakthrough of the German defense on July 12, 1943 at the boundary of the Zushi River near the village of Maloye Izmailovo of the Novosil district. The plot composition of the diorama recreates historical events of the past with full authenticity, shows the heroism and courage of the Soviet soldier. Another diorama reveals details of the Battle of Cromes in the autumn of 1919 during the Civil War.