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2014

25 December 2014“OLD PLATTER” RETRO-EVENING

A new thematic concert of the retro-club “Old Platter” dedicated to New Year celebrations was held in the museum for music fans. The program included video and audio recordings of performances of the 1960s and 1970s.

16 December 2014GUESTS FROM NAVIGATION AND OCEANOGRAPHY AGENCY OF RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY

During the training session of the Navigation and oceanography agency held in Saint Petersburg on December 15-19, 2014, the officers in command of the Naval hydrographic agency visited the Kronstadt Naval Museum.

30 July 2014RECONCILED BY DEATH ARE CALLING FOR PEACE

The Kronstadt Naval Museum took part in the ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of the loss of a Soviet boat МО-105 and a German submarine U-250 together with a delegation from the Federal Republic of Germany.

24 March 2014KRONSTADT COUNCIL OF VETERANS

The museum guest hall received its honorable guests from Kronstadt Council of veterans. The meeting was devoted to the documentary about the Council of veterans made in 2007 by a non-professional cameraman Yuriy Filippov.

22 March 2014ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM GEORGIEVSKIY MUNICIPAL DISTRICT

Citizens of Georgievskiy municipal district, St. Petersburg, expressed their gratitude to the museum and personally to Vladimir Shatrov for interesting tours. During a month, more than 800 district citizens visited the museum.

19 March 2014SUBMARINER DAY

We celebrated Submariner Day by opening a new exhibition Diving and surfacing and a concert “To subsea heroes”.

15 March 2014NEW DONATIONS

On the eve of Submariner Day, Vasiliy Velichko, 1st rank Captain, presented the museum with the items recovered from the nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Kursk that sank in the Barents Sea on 12 August 2000.

05 March 2014“A DIVER IN KRONSTADT HARBOUR”

March 04 2014, according to a decision of the Academic board of the Central Naval Museum, the Kronstadt Naval Museum was presented with a picture of M. V. Petrov-Maslakov “A diver in Kronstadt harbour” for its contribution to support of veterans and patriotic education of younger generations.

04 March 2014OLYMPIC TORCH IN THE MUSEUM

March 1 2014, on the day of the Paralympics torch relay in St. Petersburg, the Kronstadt Naval Museum received an Olympic torch of Sochi 2014.

26 February 2014BOOK PRESENTATION: “THE RYKOVS’ MARINE DYNASTY FATE”

February 16 2014, a book “The Rykovs’ Marine Dynasty Fate”, devoted to the tragic fate of a family and analysis of the events that lead to prosecution of the top Russian army and navy commanders in the 1930s, was presented to the public.

26 February 2014CONCERT “BRAVE SEAMEN”

A concert devoted to Fatherland defender’s day and featuring a vocal trio “Melodiya” took place in the museum.

26 February 2014VISITORS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Administration of the Complex social service centre of the Kronstadt region expressed their gratitude to the museum team for contribution to the cultural programme of the centre, familiarization with the Kronstadt history and patriotic lectures.

26 February 2014CONCERT “THERE’S A PAIN IN MY HEART…”

On the 25th anniversary of the Soviet troop pullout from Afghanistan and just after Fatherland defender’s day the museum hosted a patriotic concert featuring the band Pallada (Director – Lyudmila Semenova).

20 February 2014CONTRIBUTION TO SUBSEA ACTIVITIES

The Kronstadt Naval Museum received two prestigious awards: a Russian National Award “Subsea World” in the nomination Promotion of subsea activities and a medal for Contribution to subsea activities given by the Board of Directors of the Russian Underwater Federation.

20 February 2014NEW BINNACLES

Thank to support of the Russian marine history connoisseurs, the museum binnacles were restored.

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