Military Historical Museum of the Pacific Fleet
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Military Historical Museum of the Pacific Fleet in Vladivostok - a key city museum whose history is directly linked with the history of the Navy. Opening of the Museum of the Pacific Fleet was held in 1950. It was originally located in the building of the Lutheran Church. Currently, the museum located in an old building on the main street, which is a historical and architectural monument. It was erected in 1903 to stay the officers of the Siberian naval crew. The author of the project was made by the famous architect IM Zeeshtrandta.

The building, made in the tradition of "strict" classicism, is part of one of the architectural ensemble of the so-called officers' wings, that the street Svetlanskaya. The facade of the museum building has a symmetrical three-part composition and a number of decorative elements: friezes, window sandriks, curly Attica and triangular pediments. In 1980-1990 gg. the building housed various institutions of the Pacific Fleet. In 1997, it passed the Military Historical Museum of the Pacific Fleet.

To date, eleven halls of the museum there are over 40 thousand unique exhibits that tell visitors about the history of the Pacific Fleet since the time of Peter I to the present. Among the valuable artifacts in the museum you can see - weapons, antique awards, things Russian sailors. The museum also includes: medical instruments during the Russian-Japanese war, marine watercolors, original collection of ship models, and others. Since its founding collection of the Military Historical Museum has not ceased to grow.

Some historical episodes devoted to the Pacific Fleet and branches of the museum - namely, the submarine "S-56" and the Memorial ship "Krasny Vympel 'Ship at the quay, and located on the island of Russian" Voroshilov battery ".

In the halls of the museum are constantly conducted the lessons of history and a variety of themed evenings with unique exhibits.

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