Armed Forces museum.
The Central Armed Forces Museum is located in northern Moscow, near the Central Academic Theatre of the Russian Army. The first exhibition to highlight the military aspects of the Soviet Republic and to relate the military experience of the Red Army was organized in Moscow in a building that currently houses the State Universal Store (GUM). It was opened by Vladimir Lenin on the 25 May 1919, following a parade in Red Square. On 23 December 1919, an order was issued by the government to construct a museum of exhibits on the "Life of the Red Army and Fleet" in the same location. The purpose was to inform the general public about the achievements of post-October-Revolution Soviet Russia, in the areas of military education, culture, and political discipline in the Red Army and Navy. In 1920, another exhibition was organized, dedicated to the 11th Congress of Comintern in Moscow, about the accomplishments of the Bolshevik government, its armed forces, and the working class...
