Taganrog military museum

Taganrog military museum

Таганрогский военно-исторический музей
File:Таганрогский военно-исторический музей - здание.jpg
Established	May 9, 2004 (opened on May 6, 2010)
Location	Russia, Taganrog
Coordinates
Director	ru:Гаркуша Игорь Викторович
Website	military-museum.ru

Taganrog military museum is the first private museum in Taganrog.

Museum history

The start of museum exhibition creation refers to May 9, 2004, when the club Auto-Retro Taganrog was founded. Subsequently, several vehicle units were purchased and repaired. In 2008, club activity concept got military direction. On May 6, 2010, permanent exhibition consisting of several thousands of exhibits was opened. In July 2012, the name Taganrog military museum got official status.

In the night of October 25. 2014 the building of the Taganrog Military Museum and all of its exhibits were completely destroyed by fire.

Under the museum was formed military historical club participating in historical reenactments in Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, Volgograd, Novocherkassk, Kiev, Odessa, Brest, Berlin and other cities.

Museum exhibits

Cars and motorcycles

• GAZ-AA truck (in Russian)
• GAZ-67 jeep
• BA-64 armoured car
• Opel P4 car (in Russian)
• Opel Olympia car
• TIZ-AM-600 motorcycle (in Russian)
• М-72 motorcycle
• BMW R12 motorcycle
• Victoria Aero motorcycle
• NSU 251OSL motorcycle

Weapon full-scale mockups

• Shpagin machine pistol (PPSh-41)
• Sudaev's submachine-gun (PPS)
• Tokarev Self-loading Rifle (SVT-40)
• Thompson submachine gun
• Mosin–Nagant
• Nagant M1895 Revolver
• Tokarev self-loading pistol
• Makarov pistol
• Volkov-Yartsev VYa-23 aircraft autocannon
• Degtyaryov's machine gun (DP, DT)
• PTRD anti-tank rifle
• PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle
• Maschinengewehr 34 (MG 34) machine gun
• MP 40 submachine gun
• Karabiner 98 Kurz bolt-action rifle
• Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol
• Walther P38 semi-automatic pistol
• Luger P08 pistol (Parabellum)

Other exhibits

Ammunition mockups, cold weapons, military uniform, documents, household goods and other relics.

Gallery

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Location and opening hours

• Location: Russian Federation, Taganrog, st. Lesnaya Birzha, 20 b
• Telephone: +7 (8634) 322-222, 321-222, 323-222, 31-90-60, 322-700, 322-666
• Opening hours:

  summer: 9:00 until 17:00

  winter, spring, autumn: Mon-Fri 9:00 until 17:00, Sat 9:00 until 15:00, day off - Sun

External links

• Taganrog military museum official website (in Russian)