The unique mobile museum "Victory Train" will arrive in Belarus on June 11
"In our country, the project is implemented by Belarusian Railway and Russian Railways OJSC within the framework of the Year of National Unity and is timed to the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. It is carried out with the support of the Administration of the President of Belarus and the active assistance of the republican volunteer center. The unique mobile museum "Victory Train" will run on the Belarusian Railway from June 11 to June 28 this year," the press center noted.
As clarified by Belarusian Railway, from June 11 to June 13, the exhibition will be located in Minsk, on June 14-15, residents of Orsha will be able to visit it, on June 16-17 - residents of Vitebsk, on June 18, the train will stop in Polotsk, on June 19-20, the exhibition will be available for viewing by residents of Grodno. In Brest, the "Victory Train" will be located from June 21 to June 24, residents of Gomel will be able to visit the museum on June 25-26, and the exhibition will conclude in Mogilev on June 27-28 - on the day of the city's liberation from the Nazi invaders.
"Victory Train" is a large-scale historical and educational project created in Russia by the team of the creative workshop "Nevsky Battalist" in collaboration with the media group "Krasny Kvadrat" with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia, Russian Railways OJSC and the public organization "Volunteers of Victory" within the framework of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the Year of Memory and Glory in Russia.
The train made its first trip from Belorussky railway station in Moscow in October 2020. During its operation, the museum has been visited by about 92.5 thousand people from 38 cities in Russia.
This project is a unique interactive exhibition based on the immersion effect, dedicated to the feat of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War, and created on the basis of the cars of a mobile exhibition and lecture complex. The "Victory Train" consists of 12 cars, 9 of which are exhibition cars. The exhibition in one of the cars is dedicated to the feat of the defenders of the Brest Fortress – the participants of the heroic defense, the soldiers and commanders of the Red Army, as well as women and children – family members of the military personnel, who took the first blow of the German troops. It is symbolic that the "Victory Train", with a car narrating about the feat of the defenders of the Brest Fortress, will be in Brest on the day the Great Patriotic War began.
The exhibition is based on three-dimensional panoramas: picturesque canvases, life-size models, and multi-object displays at arm's length. The route through the "Victory Train" is a transition from one episode to another. Pre-war years – the Great Patriotic War – Victory. To date, there are no such number of multi-figure compositions in sculpture in museums around the world, the Belarusian Railway added.
"The exhibition is also unique in its multimedia accompaniment. In addition, it uses surround sound, theatrical lighting, mechanical special effects, presence sensors, holograms, virtual reality battle panoramas, historical reconstruction filming, and three-dimensional computer graphics with military equipment models. Special music has been composed for each exhibition zone," the press center noted.
The "Victory Train" project is social in both Russia and Belarus. The exhibition is open from 10:00 to 20:00. Break from 14:00 to 15:00. The exhibition is recommended for adults and children aged 12 and over.
No more than 10 visitors can be in one car of the "Victory Train" at the same time; the audio guide listening time is 5 minutes, and the total excursion time is 45 minutes.
"Due to the limited capacity of the train and the current epidemiological situation, visits to the exhibition will be carried out only by organized groups of residents from the regions using invitation tickets distributed among organizations and educational institutions of Belarus by local executive authorities. The operation of the exhibition will be organized in accordance with the recommendations of the Ministry of Health for the prevention and control of the spread of viral infections. Visitors are required to observe the mask regime," the Belarusian Railway added.