28 of April 2015 the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War will introduce to visitors a large-scale international exhibition "In the struggle against Nazism, we were together." This project will start on the eve of the official date – 70 – th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War and become one of the main cultural events of 2015, dedicated to the anniversary of the Great Victory.
For visitors the exhibition will be open from 28.04.2015 – 15.10.2015.
Organizers: Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War, the Russian military – Historical Society, CIS Executive Committee, Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation – CIS member states, with the participation of the Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Club commanders of the Russian Federation.
The Great Patriotic War – a significant event in the history of our country and our people – it is not spared a single family. Relics of those years are carefully stored until now and handed down from generation to generation. The strength of the spirit of our people, our grandfathers and great-grandfathers united people of different ages and different nationalities to fight a common enemy – Nazism. This gives an undeniable reason to be proud of our past. In unprecedented in scale, tense and fierce war that lasted long 1418 days and nights, the multinational people of the Soviet Union defended the freedom and independence of the Fatherland, achieved the historic mission of liberation in Europe, made a decisive contribution to the rescue of European and world civilization from the brown plague.
The Armed Forces of the Soviet Union – unique in the world power which as a result of the heroic struggle stopped continuous winning streak of aggression of Nazi Germany in Europe in December 1941 near Moscow. This happened at a time when the power of Hitler's war machine was the largest and military capabilities of USA just deployed. The victory of the Soviet Union dispelled the myth of the invincibility of the German army, contributed to the rise of the resistance movement in the occupied countries and strengthened the anti-Hitler coalition. Patriotism, dedication, mutual assistance, unselfishness of nations, interaction of the fraternal republics, their solidarity in the preparation of fighting reserves, taking into account the traditions and opportunities in each region became an important factor of our common victory in the Great Patriotic War.
Full-scale project "In the struggle against Nazism, we were together" consists of 15 exhibitions, each of which will be dedicated to one of the republics that made up the Soviet Union. There will be reflected in detail the main stages of the Great Patriotic War and disclosed military and labor contribution of citizens of those republics to the victory over the German – fascist invaders, what more convincing will give to feel strength and power of our centuries-old ties of kinship and unity. The Ministry of Culture and National Museums of Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan will present their exhibitions. Contribution to the victory of the other Soviet republics will be shown by the specialists of the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War.
For the first time to the public will be presented priceless artifacts from the museum of the former Soviet republics: paintings, documents; printed products: posters, newspapers, books, brochures; personal things of frontline fighters: tunics, awards, military weapons. Priceless cadres of war newsreel, preserving the memory of the war, will vividly resent feats of soldiers of the Soviet aviation, land and naval forces, as well as labor exploits of people in the rear.
The exhibition aims to present the events of those years on the basis of authentic artifacts and evidence that demonstrate the unbreakable friendship of the people and the patriotism of the Soviet people, conquered in the grim years of the war on the battlefield and on the labor front in the same ranks the overall victory. The main goal of the international project – the desire to preserve the spiritual and moral unity of our peoples, as well as the willingness to stand together against worldwide threat, as it was during the past war. On the same day at the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War will be an international historical – cultural forum "The Great Victory achieved by unity", which is also dedicated to the 70 – anniversary of the Victory.
