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Museum of Wooden Architecture “Vitoslavlitsy”
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The branch of the Novgorod State Museum-Reserve “Vitoslavlitsy” is located near Yuriev Monastery (about 5 km from Veliky Novgorod), on the shores of Lake Myachino.
Various wooden buildings (churches, peasants houses, mills, barns, etc.) that have architectural and historical value are moved here from all the districts of Novgorod oblast. At the present time around 30 buildings are gathered in the museum.
Tags: museum · Novgorod oblast
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The Museum of Lend Lease in Moscow
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, Photos, Travel
This unique museum was founded by enthusiasts. The exhibition can be found in one of the halls of the Moscow school №1262. The room is full of various exhibits in one way or another related to the Lend Lease program.
Lend Lease was a state program of the United States during the Second World War. In accordance with the program the U.S. supplied its allies (mainly the Great Britain, the USSR, France, and China) with munitions, military equipment, food, and strategic raw materials, including petroleum products. Photos by moscowwalks.ru
Tags: Moscow city · museum
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The museum of Soviet helicopters in Torzhok
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On the territory of Torzhok (small town in Tver oblast) the 344th Training Center of Army Aviation Pilots is located. The center includes the 696th instructors’ helicopters testing regiment. The regiment conducts the testing of all current models and modifications of Russian military helicopters.
Since 1989 there is a helicopter museum on the territory of the center. The unique collection of the museum has 14 machines representing the history of the helicopters in the USSR. Photos by Denis Mokrushin.
Mi-1. The first Soviet helicopter constructed in 1948. It was used for training in flight schools until the mid-1970s.
Tags: museum · Soviet past · Tver oblast
Museum of lace is a museum in Vologda city, the branch of Vologda State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve. The address: Vologda, Kremlin Square, 12.
The museum is located in the historic center of Vologda in a two-story stone building – an object of cultural heritage of federal importance of the 18th century.
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The museum of railway equipment of Novosibirsk oblast
No comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Photos, Technology, Travel
Novosibirsk museum of railway equipment named after N.A.Akulinin is located in Sovetsky district of Novosibirsk oblast, near railway station Seyatel, on the road from Novosibirsk city to Akademgorodok.
The museum has a large collection of steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, electric locomotives and wagons, mostly working on the railways in Western Siberia. The photos were captured by Victor Borisov.
Tags: museum · Novosibirsk oblast
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The museum of flat iron of Pereslavl-Zalessky town
2 Comments · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Culture, Photos, Society
Pereslavl-Zalessky is a small Russian town (the population is about 42,000) situated in the southern part of Yaroslavl oblast. The following photos were captured by Lipilin Alexander at the local Museum of Flat Iron located on the central street of the town (the pictures are clickable).
Tags: museum · Yaroslavl oblast
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The museum of electric transport of Nizhny Novgorod city
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The following pictures were captured at Nizhny Novgorod museum of city electric transport located on Ivliyeva Str., 1, Tram depot #1, contact phone: +7 831 468 98 88.
The museum has the trams and trolleybuses of the city’s past. The photos were captured by antares_610 (the photos are clickable).
Tags: museum · Nizhny Novgorod city
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Kostroma city open air museum
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The following scenic pictures were captured by Padunskiy one summer evening on the territory of open air museum located in Kostroma city.
Tags: Kostroma city · museum
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The museum of Russian wooden architecture
1 Comment · Posted by Sergei Rzhevsky in Architecture, Photos, Regions, Travel
The following museum “Vitoslavlitsy” located near Veliky Novgorod city offers unique exhibit of Novgorod land wooden architecture. The photos were captured by Petr Ushanov.
Tags: museum · Novgorod oblast
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The House of Masters of Kaluga city
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The following wooden building constructed in the beginning of the 20th century hosts the municipal House of Masters and the Museum of local people handicrafts and art. There are nice exhibits of national costumes and fancywork.
Also there is a large collection of Khludnevskaya traditional clay toys. The address of the House of Masters is Kaluga city, Grigorovsky pereulok (side street), 9. The photos of the house were captured by ehidnazevaka (all the pictures are clickable).
Tags: Kaluga city · museum