Moscow tour is one of the most popular tourism programs in Russia, which attracts millions of tourists worldwide every year. Moscow, the capital of Russia, is one of the cities with many tourist attractions, especially in the historical field, and can entertain tourists interested in Russian history. Many of Moscow's tourist attractions are famous in the world. Red Square in Moscow's city center is one of the most well-known attractions in the world and is one of the first places in Moscow that tourists visit during their travel to Russia. St. Basil's Cathedral is one of the most unofficial Russian symbols used in the international media. Tourists use it to take a souvenir photo of a trip to Moscow. Next to the Red Square is the Kremlin, one of Moscow's top attractions that no tourist should miss. Most of Moscow's tourist attractions are gathered in the center of the city. With a bit of tour of the Moscow tourist center, you will find more attractions and sights around the Red Square and the Kremlin that can become your main plans for the tour to Russia. The Cathedral of Christ the Savior, the Moscow Archeological Museum, Zaryadye Park, and many other attractions are examples we can mention. Of course, not all of Moscow's attractions are located in the center of the city. Many of Moscow's tourist attractions are more or less within walking distance of the Moscow Tourist Center or so far away that you can't visit them without taxis or Moscow's Metro, which usually leads to less attention being paid to them during Russia tour programs.
One of the most crucial museum styles and tourist attractions that attracts extraordinary attention from tourists on the Moscow Tour is Moscow's military museums. As the capital of Russia, Moscow has many military museums, which does not seem strange given the history of Russia from its establishment to the Soviet era. Russia has fought many wars throughout its history, perhaps the greatest and most important of which is World War II. One of the highlights of the structure of Russian museums is the preservation of history and relics of the past, as well as the expression of events and the preservation of memories of people. Since World War II was one of the most important wars in which the Soviet Union and Russia, in general, took part, the most critical military museums in Russia should also be dedicated to it. The Great Patriotic War Museum in Victory Park is one of Russia's most important military museums that you should not miss the opportunity to visit. Of course, in addition to the Great Patriotic War Museum, other military museums in Moscow that those interested in Russian military history, war machines, and weapons used by the Russian military can visit during their Moscow tour programs. One of the most important of which is the Central Armed Forces Museum.
The Central Armed Forces Museum is located on Soviet Army Street, relatively far from Moscow's tourist center. For this reason, unlike most of Moscow's major tourist attractions, which are located a short distance apart and can be visited one after the other on foot, visiting the Central Armed Forces Museum requires the use of Moscow taxis or the Moscow metro. The nearest metro station to the Central Armed Forces Museum is the Dostoyevsky Metro Station, which is recommended to tourists during Russia tour programs. In general, some of the Moscow metro stations are introduced as part of the city's tourist attractions, which you can visit our blog to get acquainted with them. The Central Armed Forces Museum is one of the largest military museums in the world, with more than 800,000 exhibits. Of course, tourists should keep in mind that this museum has much fewer multimedia and interactive technology than other prominent museums in Moscow. However, it still attracts the attention of all ages.
The Central Armed Forces Museum was established in 1919 by the then leader of the Soviet government, Vladimir Lenin, as the first exhibition of the military power of the Red Army and the Soviet Republic. The museum, which was housed in the Gum Mall building before being relocated to its current location in the 1960s, gradually expanded its collection and added various sections to the museum to become one of the largest military museums in the world today. In 1924, as many similar museums were opening throughout the Soviet Union, it was renamed the Central Museum of the Red Army and Fleet. In 1951, the museum was renamed the Central Museum of the Soviet Army and moved to its current location in 1965. The current name of the museum was given to it in 1993, after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Today, tourists visiting the museum during their tour to Russia are greeted by a bust of Vladimir Lenin when they want to see the museum's second floor. The Soviet Union is also one of the most interesting and significant eras of Russian history, which you can learn about by visiting our blog and the essential tourist attractions left from this historical period in Russia's most iconic tourist destinations.
The 5,000-square-meter building of the Central Armed Forces Museum consists of 24 large halls, which are periodically and sequentially dedicated to different parts of the history of the Russian army. Tourists planning to visit the museum during their travel to Russia should expect to see this development and the progress of the Russian military from the 16th century to the present day in the museum's halls. The first three halls of the museum were dedicated to the Russian army before the October Revolution. In these three halls, tourists can see the weapons used by the Russian Imperial Army, the uniforms, and documents related to this historical period, even before the formation of the Russian Empire. The following three museum halls are dedicated to the Red Army during the Russian Civil War and foreign intervention. Halls seven and eight of the museum are devoted to the Soviet Red Army and Navy history. Since World War II is so vital in Soviet military history, ten halls (From Halls 9 to 18) of the Central Armed Forces Museum are dedicated to Red Army activities during World War II and the history of the war. The following three halls of the museum are devoted to the history of the Red Army in the post-war period. The last two halls are dedicated to the formation and development of the army during the Russian Federation. The final hall of the museum, Hall 24, is used for holding temporary exhibitions. In addition to the various halls that tourists can visit inside the museum, there are multiple examples of weapons and large war hardware used before the formation of the Soviet government to the latest models of ballistic missiles placed outside the museum for tourists on Russia tour.
As mentioned, the outer courtyard of the museum is dedicated to large war tools that tourists can visit during their Russia tour programs. Inside the museum, most of the museum's attention is focused on Russia's military history, as well as Russia's great heroes. Visitors to the museum can see essential and historical war trophies, such as the Victory Banner raised in Berlin. One of the museum's most significant honors, the Victory Banner, is kept alongside the Nazi army's captured flags, which Soviet citizens and soldiers trampled on Victory Day Parade in Red Square. Other highlights include the wreckage of Gary Powers U-2, an American spy plane shot down by the Red Army in the 1960s. The Central Armed Forces Museum has several branches, including the Central Air Forces Museum, the Air Defense Forces Museum, the Uniform History Museum, and the Memorial cabinet-museum of Zhukov. You can find out more about other military museums in Moscow and Russia and how to visit them during your travel to Russia by visiting our blog at Star Travel Company.
