Red Army Historical Museum

The Red Army History Museum is located in Krasnoarmeisk, Donetsk region. It was founded in 1967, on the initiative of enthusiastic local historians, and soon received the status of national, and later state.

Since 1992, the museum has become an independent institution, having received its modern name. The main idea of the museum was the materials of the events of the revolution of 1905, the civil war, as well as materials of underground groups of the years of the Patriotic War.

The museum contains about 13 thousand exhibits, and in its six rooms it tells about the development of Krasnoarmeisk. In the halls of the museum there are materials telling about the region in ancient times, weapons, tools, dishes, cult objects, Cossack culture, Ukrainian folk towels, models of the interior of the XIX century. There are also materials dedicated to the revolutions of the Russian Empire and the Patriotic War: awards, photographs, documents, personal belongings of soldiers.

The museum also has an exhibition hall, where about 15 exhibitions with works by sculptors and artists are held every year.