Kirov Museum of Military Glory (a department of the Kirov Regional Local History Museum named after P.V. Alabin) has opened an unusual exhibition project. The traveling exhibition "Fire and Memory" (0+) was placed in a real army tent set up next to the museum.
The project was developed by the All-Russian Voluntary Fire Society (VDPO) and the Russian Military Historical Society (RVIO) and is dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, as well as to the Year of the Defender of the Fatherland.
20 informational panels tell about the heroic work of the fire service from the first to the last days of the war. Firefighters, without rest, were on the front line of the fire front: extinguishing fires caused by enemy bombing and artillery shelling, helping to evacuate people and equipment, serving as blood donors, fighting in partisan detachments and directly on the fronts, and helping residents of besieged Leningrad survive.
One of the most difficult operations was extinguishing burning oil derricks in Grozny in 1944. In a determined fight against the fire the firefighters spent a full three months, but managed to prevail and preserve fuel resources that were strategically important for the country.
It is also interesting to learn that scientific work did not stop during the war. Thus, scientists at the Central Research Institute for Fire Defense developed fire-retardant compositions made of lime, clay and salt. In Moscow and Leningrad alone more than 50 million m² of wooden structures were treated with them, which helped prevent mass fires.
"The feat of the firefighters during the Great Patriotic War is not simply a chronicle of the fight against fire; it is a vivid example of heroism and selflessness that should become an integral part of the patriotic education of our youth," the Museum of Military Glory noted.
Recall that the large army tent, which saw combat during the war in Afghanistan, was donated to the museum for patriotic work with young people by participants in the hostilities. In it Kirov residents have already been able to take the Victory Dictation; the tent became one of the venues for the "Night of Museums" event. The "Fire and Memory" exhibition will be available to all visitors to the Museum of Military Glory throughout the summer-autumn season.
