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Museum of the Great Patriotic War (??????????? ????? ??????? ????????????? ?????), Western the administrative okrug, Plosch. Pobedy (??????? ??????), 3 (M: Park Pobedy 1,0km NE, Bagrationovskaya 1,5km N). Tu-Su 10.00-19.00, Th 10.00-20.00. 1.4ha permanent collections and 5,500 sq m for temporary exhibits. Near the entry to the museum is the Hall of Commanders, which features a decorative Sword and Shield of Victory and bronze busts of recipients of the Order of Victory, the highest military honor awarded by the Soviet Union. In the center of the museum is the Hall of Glory, a white marble room which features the names of over 11,800 of the recipients of the Hero of the Soviet Union distinction. Below lies the Hall of Remembrance and Sorrow, which honors Soviet people who died in the war. There are exhibits about the war, including dioramas depicting major battles, photographs of wartime activities, weapons and munitions, uniforms, awards, newsreels, letters from the battlefront, and model aircraft. Also there is an electronic "memory book" which attempts to record the name and fate of every Russian soldier who died in World War II. - Adults RUB200, Seniors, students RUB100.