Salute, Victory!

To the 60th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War in Orenburg, the exhibition complex “Salute, Victory!” was created in the open air. The scientific and artistic project of the complex was developed by the Orenburg Governor's Historical and Local Lore Museum; the authors of the project are N. A. Eremina, N. M. Plyasheshnik.

The complex presents more than 60 samples of weapons, military, agricultural, automobile and railway equipment, industrial equipment. Here you can see military equipment in all its diversity: aircraft, tanks, artillery - 19 units of genuine military-historical monuments of the Great Patriotic War. The collection of military equipment is located in the park on an area of about four hectares in sectors dedicated to the most important events and battles: Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk battles, crossing the Dnieper and Victory. Throughout the exposition, you can trace the combat paths of 15 divisions formed on Orenburg land from residents of cities and villages of the region.

Reflects the contribution of the rear Orenburg region to the Great Victory exhibition sector "Rear - Front". In the covered pavilion, factory equipment and machines were installed on which metal was melted, cartridges and shells were made for the front. Near the workshop - a locomotive and a wagon of a military sanitary train.

The exposition of 18 units of agricultural machinery continues, in the center there is a GAZ-AA car (“half-horse”). The banner “Bread to the Front” is fixed on it. The exposition ends with a section representing 14 samples of modern military equipment and weapons. For the 65th anniversary of the Victory, a new exhibit was installed here - the Transport and Launch Container (TPK) of the RS-20 Voyevoda intercontinental ballistic missile.

The exhibition complex "Salute, Victory!" is included in the Orenburg Governor's Historical and Local Lore Museum. Traditionally, there are Days of Military Glory, meetings with veterans of the Great Patriotic War, lessons of courage, excursions, concerts and other events. Every year the exhibition complex "Salute, Victory!" is visited by more than 25 thousand people, about 50 mass events and more than 200 excursions are held.

The museum has many awards, for example, in 2009 it was awarded the Badge of Honor of the Ministry of Culture of Russia for great military-patriotic work.