Verkhnyaya Pyshma is a satellite town of Yekaterinburg, the capital of the Urals, located to the north of it. Founded three centuries ago, the city of Verkhnyaya Pyshma after the Great Patriotic War is the concentration of several large industrial enterprises, as well as the base city of the Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC).
But lately Verkhnyaya Pyshma is also known for its magnificent museum complex of military and civilian equipment, designed to pay honor and eternal memory to the heroes of our Motherland.
How the Ural Military Glory Museum was created
The opening of the museum of military equipment in Pyshma is considered to be 2005, May 9.
The museum is located on the territory of the Uralelectromed plant, or rather, at the central entrance of this plant, next to the memorial site "Cranes".
At the suggestion of several active war veterans to the leadership of the UMMC on the creation of a memorial complex in honor of the workers of the plant who died during the war years, UMMC-Holding and Uralelectromed JSC, withWith the support of the Military Council of the Volga-Ural District, we purchased the first models of military equipment.
This is how the idea of creating an open-air museum of military equipment in Pyshma was born. Gradually, new items of military equipment appeared, and exactly a year later, on May 9, the open-air museum complex was solemnly opened.
Pearl of UMMC. Museum of Military Equipment of Verkhnyaya Pyshma
Getting more and more specimens of various types of vehicles and equipment for both military and civilian purposes, the Museum of Military Glory of the Urals has become one of the largest among such museums not only in the Ural region, but in Russia as a whole.
Huge open-air areas in the Pyshma Museum of Military Equipment are systematized into thematic podiums. Each site deserves a detailed, careful study. Post-war and WWII equipment podiums such as artillery, armored vehicles, naval equipment, self-propelled artillery mounts, engineering equipment, naval artillery, rocket launchers, multiple launch rocket systems, railway equipment and much more are presented here.
Automotive
Not so long ago, in April 2016, the Museum of Automotive Equipment was opened on the basis of the Museum of Military Equipment in Pyshma.
The museum's exposition includes more than two hundred units of various vehicles, most of them from the collection of Soviet vehicles of the UMMC military equipment museum. According to the presented exhibits, one can trace the entire history of the development of the domestic automobile industry. Here you will see Soviet cars, both mass-produced and small-scale models, and some copies are rare rarities.
In addition to Soviet cars, the museum presents rare specimens of foreign vehicles that served as a prototype for some Soviet cars. Also in the museum collection are motorcycles of domestic and foreign production. Unique motorcycles since the war of 1914-1918 deserve special attention. Bought abroad, these motorcycles served in the army of Soviet Russia.
Also part of the exposition is occupied by sports equipment, represented by racing cars and sports motorcycles. An equally amazing exhibit is the representative of air transport - a biplane of the early twentieth century, a high-speed pleasure boat, bicycles and much more.
Exhibition pavilion
In addition to open podiums, the Museum of Military Equipment in Pyshma offers a three-story exhibition center built specifically for cars, equipment and other items of the collection that cannot tolerate temperature extremes and require careful handling.
The building of the pavilion, built in the style of neoclassicism, or, as this style is also called, the Stalinist Empire style, with its design and interior is designed to bring the distant military era of the mid-twentieth century closer.
To visit the historical museum, schoolchildren are provided with interactive excursions, duringwhich visually represent the historical events of our Motherland. These excursions are an integral part of the education of patriotism and a sense of duty to the heroic generation of that time.
There are several thousand unique museum exhibits on the 7 thousand square meters of the exhibition center, dedicated to various topics (from military equipment and aviation, to insignia and military headgear).
Stories of history
It is recommended to start visiting the exhibition center from the first floor. Here are cars for various purposes - these are medical, and military, and generals, and cars, and trucks, and cooks, and even amphibious waterfowl.
The second floor is dedicated to the history of the creation of domestic cars, mainly of the post-war period. In addition to cars, there are also a variety of motorcycles, sidecars and scooters.
On the third floor there is an exposition telling about the history of Russian military awards, the history of military uniforms and small arms. Some exhibits are not in the museum's collection, but their models can be seen here with the help of special holographic installations. There are also photos of exhibits of various ancient equipment in the Pyshma (Museum of Military Equipment). And on the third floor, there is a magnificent view of the aircraft models located under a glass roof.
Of course, visiting the exhibition center will be several times more interesting if a guide will give you a tour and tell you about the exhibits.
Ironroad
In just one year, through the efforts of the museum staff and with the help of the Sverdlovsk railway, the exposition of the railway station has grown on the territory of the museum. In 2015, on the Victory Day, it was opened.
Five trains are located at the station with such models of rolling stock as passenger cars, heating trucks, tanks, two- and four-axle platforms and armored vehicles with a railway track.
The railway exposition, recreated from photographs, is a full-size model of the Uzlovaya station. Here you can see the main elements of railway equipment more than half a century ago, namely a water tower, water columns, cranes for loading coal.
The railway workers took an active part in filling the museum collection with railway exhibits, many of which are rare, as well as in their delivery.
Museum of military equipment in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. How to get there?
To visit this magnificent museum complex, it is best to come to Yekaterinburg. There are practically no borders between cities. The borders of Yekaterinburg smoothly flow into the borders of Verkhnyaya Pyshma.
The Museum of Military Equipment is located in Verkhnyaya Pyshma at the address: Alexander Kozitsyna Street, 2. If you get from Yekaterinburg by public transport, then you need to take the shuttle bus 111 or 111a from the Prospekt Kosmonavtov metro station, go to the Metallurgists stop, or as it is now called - Museum of the Militarytechnique.”
Getting to the museum by car is even easier - exit from Kosmonavtov Avenue to Serovsky Trakt, following which, following the road sign, you will reach Verkhnyaya Pyshma in 15-20 minutes. The museum's parking area has over 200 parking spaces, so parking shouldn't be a problem.
Museum in Pyshma of military equipment, the opening hours of which are five days (working days: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and weekends - Monday and Tuesday), open from 10.00 to 18.00.
Please note that the automotive technology museum is located on the territory of the Uralelectromed plant. For those wishing to visit it, special free buses run from the open square of the museum.
Additional activities
The museum also offers unusual entertainment at the most modern level. For example, in a laser shooting range you can feel like a shooter and try different types of weapons.
Tank simulators will help you feel like a tanker no worse than in a famous computer game. Even cadets of tank schools are trained in special 5D simulators.
In an organized modeling circle, younger museum visitors can model their own self-propelled guns and armored vehicles.
Cafes are open on the territory of the museum, and in the warm season you can even try military field porridge.
You can and even need to come to the Museum of military equipment more than once. Each time considering the exhibits, which are regularly replenished,you can learn their special history, which is closely intertwined with the history of our country. The variety and abundance of cars is so great that it can impress even a demanding visitor, not to mention children. By the way, this museum was created just for them - for the future generation.
