A 'frontline' Christmas tree has been decorated at the Kirov Museum of Military Glory\r\n\r\nVisitors will be told how soldiers of the Russian army celebrated Christmas and New Year\r\r\nOn the eve of the New Year, a 'frontline' Christmas tree was installed at the Kirov Museum of Military Glory.\r\n\r\n"Even in the harsh years of war, soldiers found a way to mark this holiday, which reminded them of home, of family, of peaceful times. In a dugout, pillbox, or soldier's tent, rank-and-file soldiers and commanders tried to put up a little tree, modestly decorate it, and prepare a simple 'festive' meal: often just tea, bread, sugar," said Vladimir Ogorodnikov, head of the Museum of Military Glory.\r\n\r\nVisitors to the museum will be told about how Christmas and New Year were celebrated beginning from the time of the First World War. The memoirs of soldiers and officers of the Russian army contain accounts that even under frontline conditions the warriors did not forget this Holy Holiday.\r\n\r\nDuring the Great Patriotic War, the tree was sometimes decorated with ornaments made from various improvised materials: pieces of bandages, tufts of cotton, candy wrappers. At the Museum of Military Glory one can see an improvised table assembled from ammunition crates and containers from medical equipment. Nearby are a samovar, a kerosene lamp, and a brazier stove.\r\n\r\nDuring the New Year holidays visitors will also be able to decorate the frontline tree with homemade ornaments. Workshops will be held at the Museum of Military Glory.