Visit by employees of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus to the mobile museum «Victory Train»

On July 5, 2024, employees of the National Archives of the Republic of Belarus visited the exhibitions of the unique traveling museum «Victory Train».

NARB employees got acquainted with ten thematic cars presented at the exhibition. The interactive exhibition is dedicated to the feat of the Soviet people during the Great Patriotic War. Each part of the train is the story of a separate time period. In chronological order, we got acquainted with the pre-war years, with the merciless time of the Great Patriotic War and with the long-awaited Victory Day for the Soviet people.

Of particular interest to visitors was the multimedia support of the exhibition using surround sound, as well as theatrical lighting, mechanical special effects, the use of presence sensors, holograms, panoramas of battles in virtual reality, filming of historical reconstructions, and three-dimensional computer graphics with models of military equipment.

The exposition of one of the carriages is dedicated to the feat of the defenders of the Brest Fortress – participants in the heroic defense, soldiers and commanders of the Red Army, as well as women and children from military families who took the first blow of the German troops.

The fusion of classical and modern approaches is complemented by the unique story of the main character – driver Lydia, from whose behalf the story is told. Lydia is not just an audio guide. This young Soviet girl is a collective image of that generation whose fate became the fate of the country.

1. The locomotive of the «Victory Train» is a real steam locomotive of the mid-twentieth century.

2. «Victory Train» arrived on the first track of the first platform of the Minsk railway station

3. An exhibition dedicated to the feat of the defenders of the Brest Fortress.

4. An exhibition dedicated to the heroic crews of armored trains.

5. An exhibition reproducing the situation in a military hospital.

6. Exposition depicting the command bunker.

7. Part of the exhibition dedicated to the homecoming of the winners.