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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...

Last Saturday, I was in the Kaluga region.  The first town on my way was Zhukov.  It’s a little town that’s known mainly for being the birthplace of General Georgy Zhukov.  He was born into a  poor peasant family in Strelkovka, Maloyaroslavsky Uyezd, Kaluga Governorate, which later merged into the town of Zhukov in Zhukovsky District of Kaluga Oblast. The town looks like a village, as it’s composed mostly of small wooden houses.  In the center of the town, you will find the Museum of Zhukov, facing the square.  The building that houses the museum looks massive, but once inside you see that the museum itself is not very large in comparison.  The entrance fee is 130 rubles, plus another 50 rubles for the right to take photos. This large oil painting was created in 1976.  It depicts the battle of Berlin in 1945.      It was exhibited in the Berlin suburb of Wünsdorf, and in 1993, when Soviet forces were withdrawn from Germany, it...