Exhibition "Letters from the Front"

About exhibition

The permanent exhibition "Letters from the Front" introduces visitors to the history of the Great Patriotic War. The museum's collections hold a large number of frontline letters, which formed the basis of the exhibition. The frontline letters displayed in the hall most often take the form of simple triangles. In addition to triangle letters, secret notes, envelopes and postcards were also issued during the war. Most letters reflect the mood of soldiers in combat. They bore inscriptions such as "Death to the German occupiers", "Military", and sometimes "Letter from the Front". The drawings on them were usually on themes of military actions and the heroic labor on the home front. The exhibition covers the Ryazan period in the history of the war — October–December 1941. During the Battle of Moscow, the territory of the Ryazan region became the nearest rear area to the front. Nazi divisions were located 25–30 kilometers from the city. Ryazan was subjected to bombing. However, the city itself was not occupied by the Nazis, although several districts of the Ryazan region were occupied. On November 24 Mikhaylov was taken, on November 25 — Zakharovo, and a few days later — Skopin.