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Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War, Minsk

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Learn about local anti-fascist and partisan activity, Belarusians in the Red Army, and the history of the Auschwitz death camp at Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War. The museum opened shortly after the liberation of Minsk from the Nazi invaders on October 25, 1944. The site features 24 exhibit halls and houses more than 142,000 items in its collection. You'll see the weapons of soldiers and partisans, partisan handwritten journals, documents, photos, army leaflets, government awards, and personal belongings of soldiers. This was the first museum in the world to address the subject of World War II. Put Belarusian State Museum of the History of the Great Patriotic War into our Minsk tour itinerary tool to see other points of interest to visit during your vacation in Minsk.

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• By jeanphonse1

  Everything is just super! The best institution about the Great Patriotic War. I believe that everyone should visit this place. I also liked walking around the museum with an excursion guide who...  more »

• By ashka1

  Really nice museum about the patriotic war. Worth a visit. Reasonable price. Spent about an hour here with a couple of floors of different exhibits.  more »

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• By Pete Hannon

  A fantastic museum in a brilliant setting. Very informative and a huge amount to see, from full size planes and tanks to a wide array of guns on display, medals and other assorted items. I'd recommend planning for a bare minimum of 2 hours as a visit to take it all in.

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• By Alexander Kononovich

  This is very nice place. It is a lot of models of historical vehicles in this museum. Also it is a lot of models of any kind of military things. It was very exciting time while I visited this place. I spent a couple hours for exploring this museum. This is very nice atmosphere in this place and very good personal who work there. Thank you guys for this opportunity to dive back in the history of our grandparents and how they did this victory for their grandchildren.

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