Suvorov Museum is a historical and military

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in Tymanivka,

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, dedicated to the memory of

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(1729–1800), who stayed and trained his troops in that area in 1796–1797.

Background

Suvorov lived in Tymanivka from 1796 to 1797, staying at the house of the Timanivka estate local manager in the center of the village. Suvorov's headquarters were situated nearby in

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at that time. There was a field camp with special facilities to train

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s. Suvorov used his time there to write his famous book ''Science of Victory'' (''Nauka Pobezhdat''). In the area there still exists military barracks.

History of the museum

The museum was founded in 1947 in the house in which Suvorov used to live in. The museum was established by an initiative by Pilip Oleksiovych Gelyuk, the chairman of the local collective farm "Red October", with support from all inhabitants of the village, along with help and support in funds from the Leningrad Historical Museum of Artillery. Much of the organization of the museum was carried out by its first director, О. Shvets, and the teachers P. Novikov and N. Kozak-Novikova. In 1954, a statue of Suvorov was placed in front of the museum. In 1967, the museum was granted the rank of folk museum and included into the main tourist's routes.The Folk museums
/ref> At this point more than 300 delegations from all over the world had already visited the museum. From 1991 to 2002, historical conferences and meetings were organised which took place at all six museums dedicated to A. Suvorov:

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, Konchanskoye-Suvorovckoye in

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, Tymanivka in Ukraine,

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. The museum has a collection of approximately 1300 objects, and annually has about 3600 visitors.

Exposition

The main collection of the museum is based on artifacts found while digging in the area: coins, fragments of rifles, cannons, drums and others. There are unique displays: collections of officers and soldier's uniforms from the Russian army (end of the 18th century); weapons, ensigns, flags of Russian,

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troops (18th century); collection of coins from 18th century. Many exhibits were donated to the museum by private collectors.

References

External links

* ttp://muzey.vn.ua/node/146 The Folk museums{{in lang, uk Museums established in 1947 Museums in Vinnytsia Oblast Suvorov family 1947 establishments in the Soviet Union History museums in Ukraine Biographical museums in Ukraine Military and war museums in Ukraine

Background

History of the museum

Exposition

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