Museum of military and labor feat of 1941-1945

More than half a century has passed since the end of the Great Patriotic War, but it is unacceptable to forget about the price that we received the victory. In memory of the wartime, in 1986, the Museum of Military and Labor Feat of 1941-1945 was opened.

The building of the museum is part of the memorial complex of military glory of Mordovia. The architecture of the building is very original: it is made in a form similar to the contours of the borders of the republic. The facade was decorated with granite slabs lined with stripes of black and orange (colors of the St. George ribbon). It is interesting that the founder of the museum, a veteran of the Second World War - Alexei Mikhailovich Mamaev, who personally raised funds.

The museum funds store about 37,000 exhibits, consisting of documentation, personal photos of war veterans who desperately saved their homeland from the enemy. The museum is divided into four halls. The parade hall, decorated with a mosaic panel - Hall of Fame, the basement Hall of the "Commanders", is decorated with portraits of commanders, and a showcase with a rifle gun, the Hall "Front Roads", stores the main exposition, and the Hall "Continuity of Generations" is dedicated to soldiers - internationalists.

Near the museum there is an exhibition area of military equipment: the T-34 tank, the M-1 anti-aircraft system, guns, howitzers and infantry vehicles.