The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.
 Russia

Moscow 2018

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  VDNKh   Cosmos Museum   Cosmonautics Museum   RSC Energia Museum   Armed Forces Museum
View from the National, Moscow 2018
View from the National
Evening view to Kremlin, Moscow 2018
Evening view to Kremlin
View from the National, Moscow 2018
View from the National
Marshal Zhukov, Moscow 2018
Marshal Zhukov
Ploschad Revolyutsii, Moscow 2018
Ploschad Revolyutsii
Ploschad Revolyutsii, Moscow 2018
Ploschad Revolyutsii

VDNKh

VDNKh Grand Entrance, Moscow 2018
VDNKh Grand Entrance
Lenin at VNDKh, VDNKh, Moscow 2018
Lenin at VNDKh
Lenin at VNDKh, VDNKh, Moscow 2018
Lenin at VNDKh
Fountain of the Soviet Nationalities Sixteen, including the sho, VDNKh, Moscow 2018
Fountain of the Soviet Nationalities
Sixteen, including the short-lived Karelo-Finnish SSR

Worker and Kolkhoz Woman

Originally built for the Soviet Pavilion at the 1937 World Fair in Paris.

Cosmos Museum

This is a new cosmonanautics museum just opened at VDNKh.
Cosmos Museum Pavilion, Moscow 2018
Cosmos Museum Pavilion
A full-scale Vostok mockup, Cosmos Museum, Moscow 2018
A full-scale Vostok mockup
Buran mockup, Cosmos Museum, Moscow 2018
Buran mockup

Vostok-1

To my utter amazement, the Cosmos Museum had temporary loan of Gagarin's original Vostok-1 capsule. Oh wow! I've wanted to see this for years.
It was on temporary loan from the RSC-Energia Musuem at Korolev City. A sacred relic indeed!

Scotsman with Vostok-1, Moscow 2018
Scotsman with Vostok-1

Remainder of Cosmos Musuem

Sadly, other than the Vostok-1 capule, most of the rest of the museum of only mockups or samples.
Vostok control panel, Remainder of Cosmos Musuem, Moscow 2018
Vostok control panel
R-7 Rocket engine, Remainder of Cosmos Musuem, Moscow 2018
R-7 Rocket engine
Mockup of Almaz-1 space station Unmanned military reconaissance, Remainder of Cosmos Musuem, Moscow 2018
Mockup of Almaz-1 space station
Unmanned military reconaissance station
Mockup: reusable return verhicle for Almaz-1, Remainder of Cosmos Musuem, Moscow 2018
Mockup: reusable return verhicle for Almaz-1
Sample Soyuz capsule, Remainder of Cosmos Musuem, Moscow 2018
Sample Soyuz capsule

Cosmonautics Museum

Monument to the Conquerors of Space

Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow 2018
Monument to the Conquerors of Space
Korolev statue, Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow 2018
Korolev statue
Korolev statue, Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow 2018
Korolev statue
Gagarin bust, Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow 2018
Gagarin bust

Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics

Now one of three Cosmonautics museums around Moscow!

Vostok-1 Replica, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Vostok-1 Replica
Belka, Strelka, and return capsule. (But RSC Energia claim to h, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Belka, Strelka, and return capsule.
(But RSC Energia claim to have the original.)
Belka, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Belka
Strelka, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Strelka
Museum Note Buran and Almaz return module mockups, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Museum
Note Buran and Almaz return module mockups
Soyuz TM-7 (1988) "Cosmonauts in the Snow", Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Soyuz TM-7 (1988)
"Cosmonauts in the Snow"
Soyuz TM-7 rear, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Soyuz TM-7 rear
Michael Collins Spacesuit, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Michael Collins Spacesuit
Soyuz-37 (1980), Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Soyuz-37 (1980)
Soyuz-37 (1980), Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Soyuz-37 (1980)
Gagarin's Medals, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Gagarin's Medals
"Lenin is more alive than the living.  Our knowledge is power, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
"Lenin is more alive than the living. Our knowledge is power and weapons." (1959)
The quote is from an epic poem by Vladimir Mayakovsk.
Young Pioneer poster (1961) (But I can't find any data on an ac, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Young Pioneer poster (1961)
(But I can't find any data on an actual Soviet Pioneer-7 rocket
Modern museum poster With Belka and Strelka, Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, Moscow 2018
Modern museum poster
With Belka and Strelka

RSC Energia Museum

I've been trying to get into the RSC Energia Museum at Korolev City for years. I finally made it!
RSC Energia Museum Entrance With protective deities and guide., Moscow 2018
RSC Energia Museum Entrance
With protective deities and guide.
Original Belka and Strelka capsule Including the original retur, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Original Belka and Strelka capsule
Including the original return sub-capsule
Kosmos-110 A 22 day "Dogs in Space" mission, 1966, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Kosmos-110
A 22 day "Dogs in Space" mission, 1966
View of capsule outer wall, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
View of capsule outer wall
Vosotok-1 hatch cover, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Vosotok-1 hatch cover
Vostok-6 (Valentina Tereshkova) (1963), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Vostok-6 (Valentina Tereshkova) (1963)
Three man Voskhod-1 (1964), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Three man Voskhod-1 (1964)
Voskhod-2 (first spacewalk)(1965) Original capsule, but replica, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Voskhod-2 (first spacewalk)(1965)
Original capsule, but replica airlock
Three Soyuz-class return capsules, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Three Soyuz-class return capsules
Soyuz 3 (1968), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Soyuz 3 (1968)
Unmanned Zond 5 (1968) Circled the moon and returned safely to, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Unmanned Zond 5 (1968)
Circled the moon and returned safely to Earth
Soyuz T3 (1980), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Soyuz T3 (1980)
Soyuz-19 (1975) Used in Apollo-Soyuz Mission, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Soyuz-19 (1975)
Used in Apollo-Soyuz Mission
Soyuz TM-14 (1992), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Soyuz TM-14 (1992)
Soyuz TMA-13 (2008), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Soyuz TMA-13 (2008)
Sputnik-2 + Laika (replica), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Sputnik-2 + Laika (replica)
Sputnik-3 (replica), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Sputnik-3 (replica)
Luna-9 (Replica), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Luna-9 (Replica)
Molniya-1 Communications Satellite (replica), RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Molniya-1 Communications Satellite (replica)
Full-scale Apollo-Soyuz Mission mockup, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Full-scale Apollo-Soyuz Mission mockup
Full-scale Mir mockup, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Full-scale Mir mockup
Mir mockup interior, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Mir mockup interior
A relic of the difficult 1990s, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
A relic of the difficult 1990s
Relics of the difficult 1990s, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Relics of the difficult 1990s
Korolev's Office, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Korolev's Office
Scotsman at Korolev's desk, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Scotsman at Korolev's desk
Korolev's funeral, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Korolev's funeral
Korolev ID card, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Korolev ID card
Gagarin and Korolev, Korolev City, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Gagarin and Korolev, Korolev City
Cosmonaut mosaic, Korolev City, RSC Energia Museum, Moscow 2018
Cosmonaut mosaic, Korolev City

Central Museum of the Armed Forces

Hall of Victory, Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow 2018
Hall of Victory
Banner of Victory, Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow 2018
Banner of Victory
Nazi banners used in Vict, Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow 2018
Nazi banners used in Vict
Gary Powers' U-2 (1960), Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow 2018
Gary Powers' U-2 (1960)
Soviets and US forces meet up., Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow 2018
Soviets and US forces meet up.
Normandy Landings, Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow 2018
Normandy Landings
"Power to the Soviets" (1987) Painting of revolutiona, Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow 2018
"Power to the Soviets" (1987)
Painting of revolutionary heroes.
Note the imp-like Trotsky on the far left.
Painting key, Central Museum of the Armed Forces, Moscow 2018
Painting key

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