Air Defence History Museum

The museum was founded in 1976 by initiative of Commander in chief of Air Defence Forces marshal P.Ph.Batitsky. The exposition tells about Soviet/Russian Air Defence Forces from the moment their origin in 1915 till nowadays. At the museum about 400 units of combat equipment: antiaircraft machine-guns and guns, antiaircraft systems S-25, S-75, S-200, S-300, radar stations, elements of antimissile defence and other arms.

The Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) occupies considerable part of exposition: original documents, photos, weapon, standards, private things of defenders. In the center of the exposition is a diorama of artist A.N.Semenov "Antiaircraft defence of Moscow".

The post-war period is interesting by the materials telling about operations of Air Defence Forces in local wars and conflicts: Korea, Egypt, Vietnam, Afghanistan.

The visit to the museum was organized and sponsored by the Press-office of Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation http://military-press.livejournal.com Many thanks!