Lenino-Snegiri Military Historical Museum

Volokolamskoye shosse, Snegiri
Moskovskaja oblast, Russia

This war museum is dedicated to the Russian 16th Army, which defended Moscow during the battle of Moscow (1941-1942) and documents the fighting in the region Istra during the Second World War. Attached to the museum building is an open air exhibit with tanks and armoured vehicles and a memorial complex with a cemetery of honour. The Russian army general and twice Hero of the Soviet Union Afanasy Pavlantevich Beloborodov is buried on this cemetery.

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Text by: Kaj Metz

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