Patriotic education of children and youth is an important component of the educational process. True patriotism is impossible without knowledge of the history of the native land, the cultural achievements of the ancestors, the exploits of officers and soldiers defending their home country. Not the least role in the formation of a sense of patriotism is played by museums. Voronezh invites to learn more about the country's military history, visit mass graves, thematic exhibitions. The Diorama Museum gathered under one roof military-patriotic relics of Russia and the Voronezh region.
Exposition
The museum building has several exhibition halls. An exhibition dedicated to the defenders of the city from the Nazis was located in the lobby. Visitors are offered a map of the hostilities in Voronezh and its environs. The exhibition “In Memory of the Fallen” presents portraits of ancient commanders, commanders of the Civil War, and marshals of the USSR.
The main exhibition is in a large exhibition hall, the center of which is a mini-diorama depicting the battle at the Chizhov bridgehead. The canvas is six-meter wide and two-meter long manufactured by the decade of the museum.
The fighting at Chizhovka began in September 1942. The soldiers, among whom were representatives of the Voronezh people's militia, recaptured the city from the enemy, which outnumbered Soviet troops. The victory on the right-bank suburb of the city (1943) allowed the Voronezh-Kastoren offensive operation to begin. Today, on the spot of bloody battles, the Diorama branch operates.
On the site of the second floor are collected exhibits dedicated to the Navy. Visitors are interested in the decrees of Peter I, a submarine from the times of World War II (model), an anchor of a Turkish ship of the 18th century found in the Sea of Azov, and other relics.
Voronezh is a city in which airborne troops formed. Portraits of servicemen involved in an important event are located on the second floor. There is also a showcase with personal belongings of the Air Force command staff, informational, documentary materials, a table reflecting the combat path of the airborne troops.
The administration and employees of the museum did not ignore the soldiers-internationalists. A separate room contains materials about the heroes of the Soviet Union and Russia who fought in Spain, Cuba, Afghanistan, Africa, and the North Caucasus.
Voronezh (Diorama Museum) also invites to thematic exhibitions.
activity
Since “Diorama” is the center of patriotic education, various actions, film lectures, non-standard lessons, meetings, solemn farewells of draftees are held here. So, on July 7, 2015, residents and guests of Voronezh met with the defenders of the Fatherland who participated in the First World War. On the same day, employees of the center met the participants of the rally “From Sea to Sea”.
On June 23, elementary school students watched a film about the celebration of victory and got acquainted with the exposition “Voronezh - the city of the sentries”, and a day earlier the museum took part in the campaign “Memory Wreath” in the region and celebrated the anniversary of A. T. Tvardovsky.
On the eve of the Day of Remembrance and Sorrow at the site near the center of patriotic education, the event "Tomorrow was the war." Voronezh (Diorama Museum) invited everyone to participate in a patriotic action. Veterans, their families, military personnel and police officers lit candles in memory of those who died for peace and quiet on earth. Every year, the museum conducts initiation into cadets.
Diorama employees, war veterans, and simply indifferent citizens participate in the patriotic education of children and youth, not only within the framework of a unified state policy, but also at the call of the heart.
Mass grave number 6
The memorial complex dedicated to the war against fascism, together with Diorama, includes an exhibition of armored vehicles, artillery and a mass grave with registration number 6. Soldiers and officers who died in the battle for the city are buried here.
In 1942, German troops captured part of Voronezh. To liberate the city from enemies, Soviet soldiers dug in the area between the Vogres bridge and the Chernavsky dam. The Nazis bombed and fired fighters all the time. The killed soldiers were buried in a grove near the village of Monastyrschenka. Today, the area is part of the city, and the grove is transformed into the Patriot Park.
Until the beginning of the 90s, a monument towered over the mass grave: a soldier breaks a swastika. The monument was dismantled, but in 2010, in connection with the assignment of the title of “City of Military Glory” to Voronezh, a stele appeared in front of the Diorama building.
Voronezh, the Diorama Museum, a mass grave, an exhibition of weapons are illuminated by the Eternal Flame.
Museum address, opening hours
Diorama is waiting for visitors at 94 Leninsky Prospekt. The doors of the museum from Tuesday to Friday open for visitors at 10.00 and close at 18.00. On Saturdays and Sundays, the museum is open from 10.00 to 16.00.
Other museums in Voronezh
In addition to institutions of a patriotic orientation, in the city of Voronezh there are treasuries of literary, artistic, historical heritage, as well as natural science museums. Historical museums include the estates of I. S. Nikitin, A. L. Durov, S. A. Yesenin, the Kostenki Archaeological Museum-Reserve, the Museum of Popular Culture, the Museum of Local Lore, in the branch of which is the Museum of the Great Patriotic War, the Museum of the History of Public Education of Voronezh areas and others.
Literary museums were established in memory of the poets I. S. Nikitin, S. A. Yesenin, D. V. Venevitinov. Also in the city are the Voronezh State University Book Museum and P. D. Ponomaryov Museum-Library. Works of art are on display at the I.N. Kramskoy Museum. Knowledge in natural sciences is enriched in the aforementioned local history, archaeological museums and the Geological Museum of Voronezh State University.