Major events are often rooted deeply in the past—the “long fuse” that leads to explosions.

During the German invasion of the USSR, the Soviet Secret Police (NKVD) brutally murdered between 10,000 and 40,000 political prisoners in Western Ukraine over the course of eight days, which sparked waves of ethnic violence following the German occupation of the region.

In 1942, a submarine skipper grew frustrated when a requisition for an essential item was cancelled. His response is still famous in the Navy today.

Museum adds rare barrage balloon equipment to Collection.

Hilter's Gotterdammerung: The climactic Battle of Berlin as seen at the Great Patriotic War Museum in Moscow.