Our first visit on our second day in Moscow was to Victory
Park & Great Patriotic War Museum, on a hill on the outskirts of Moscow of
significance as all invaders have approached this spot. Inside the Museum we
were shown around by the Museum’s excellent guide Nina, who explained the main
areas of the Museum, its Hallo Remembrance and its Glory Hall to the Soviet
military effort in the war of 1941-45. She told the stories detailed in
dioramas of fighting in Leningrad, Kursk and Berlin. Then we had time to
explore this fascinating museum.
Just over the road, past the spot where Napoleon waited in
vain for the keys of Moscow to be brought to him, is the Borodino Panorama
Museum our next stop. Here we larnt of the struggles between the French and Russian exactly 200 years ago and the final Russian triumph, with Napoleon's retreat.
Particularly fascinating were the English cartoons of the time.
Our morning full and complete we headed for the city and Arbat, the main tourist area for shops and some food.
Particularly fascinating were the English cartoons of the time.
Our morning full and complete we headed for the city and Arbat, the main tourist area for shops and some food.
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