Kalinin Front Museum

About museum

Kalinin Front Museum was opened in 2005 — for the 60th anniversary of the Soviet Union's Victory in the Great Patriotic War. It is located in the settlement of Emmaus, 16 km from the regional center — Tver, formerly Kalinin, after which the large military formation created in the vicinity of the city was named — the Kalinin Front. At this place on December 5, 1941, the front's troops broke through the German forces' defenses, thereby beginning the Red Army's counteroffensive near Moscow.
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\r\nThe museum has two exhibition halls, an exhibition and a lecture hall. The artistic design and color scheme of the exhibition are aimed at recreating the spirit of wartime. The museum's lecture hall displays photographs by Kalinin Front correspondent B.E. Vdovenko and works by German photographers. The exhibition hall houses the permanent exhibition "Childhood Scorched by War".
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\r\nThere are several objects on the museum grounds: a mass grave where soldiers killed in the battles for Emmaus are buried; a site with examples of artillery pieces; a field kitchen under a camouflage net with wooden tables and benches.