In the Penza museum dedicated to the Special Military Operation
In the Penza museum dedicated to the Special Military Operation, Ukrainian military insignia and identification cards will be laid on the floor so that visitors can walk on them. Penza region Governor Oleg Melnichenko handed over a helmet, identification cards, and patches of deceased Ukrainian soldiers to the museum, which opened in February, according to 7x7.
Consensus
- The 'Museum of the Special Military Operation' in Penza opened in November 2023.
- The museum is located in the Penza Regional Museum of Local History.
- Governor Oleg Melnichenko of Penza Oblast transferred items to the museum, including identity documents, patches, and a helmet from deceased Ukrainian soldiers.
- The items include patches with Nazi and Bandera symbolism.
- The governor requested that these items be placed under glass in the museum floor so visitors would walk over them.
- The museum displays over 500 exhibits, including personal belongings of fighters, weapons, and volunteer materials.
- The museum is part of a broader network of SVO-related museums in Russia, with over 150 such museums and 18,000 educational exhibitions as of the end of the previous year.
Points of divergence
- The governor also announced the opening of a school in the Lugometriya microdistrict named after fallen commander Valeriy Kanakin, with plans to open a museum about him and install a bust in the next year. — kommersant
- The governor stated that the items are 'our enemies', specifically 'Banderovtsy and executioners', and emphasized they should be thrown under visitors' feet. — tg_tvrain
- The governor stated that the items include 'Banderovtsy and executioners' and that they should be placed under visitors' feet. — tg_horizontal_russia
- The governor stated that the identity documents are of 'liquidated Bandera fascists and executioners', and that the items should be thrown under visitors' feet. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The governor also transferred a Ukrainian high school textbook on 'Defense of the Fatherland' for 10th grade to the museum. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The governor's office contains a bust of Stalin and a NKVD officer's cap. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The governor has been in office since 2021 and is running for re-election. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- Since June, residents have reported mass raids on men forced to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense and go to war as volunteers. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The museum in the same building was previously a state treasury office where Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin once worked. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- A 'Museum of the SVO' also exists in North Korea, containing urns with the ashes of nearly 2,000 North Koreans. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
Coverage (4 sources)
- On the floor of the 'SVO Museum' in Penza, equipment of deceased Ukrainian soldiers will be placed — Коммерсантъ
- In the Penza museum 'SVO', Ukrainian military badges and ID cards will be laid on the floor so visitors can walk on them — Дождь (Telegram)
- Chevrons and identification cards of Ukrainian soldiers will be laid on the floor in the Penza "SVO Museum" to walk on them — 7х7 — Горизонтальная Россия
- «So that they walk on them»: the Penza governor handed over documents of 'liquidated Ukrainian servicemen' to the 'Museum of the SO' and... — Говорит НеМосква