Exhibition of Soviet New Year's toys held at the Victory Museum in Moscow

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In the Moscow Victory Museum, which is located on Poklonnaya Hill, on November 21, an exhibition was opened, called "Good Old New Year." The peculiarity of this exhibition is that it features items from the private collection of Alexander Oleshko, Honored Artist of Russia. The central place in it is occupied by New Year's toys, of which there are about 500 pieces. In addition to them, the exhibition features carnival masks, souvenirs, discoveries, as well as other items that are associated with the New Year holidays.

Alexander Shkolnik, who is the director of the Victory Museum, called this exhibition unique, since it can be used to trace the history of an entire country. The most important years of Soviet history can be traced by looking closely at the Christmas tree decorations. In these decorations for the New Year's tree, the masters tried to capture everything that caused a bright feeling in people, was associated with warmth.

He also recalled that such jewelry was made every year. This production did not stop even in the most difficult years - during the war. At this time, the craftsmen used for work everything that came to their hand and could be used to create Christmas tree decorations, even small pieces of wire.

Each visitor to this exhibition, passing from one exhibit to another, will get acquainted with the next period in history. Here you can get acquainted with rare toys of polar explorers, which were made in the late 30s of the last twentieth century. Christmas tree decorations, made in the form of astronauts and rockets, immediately make it clear that their craftsmen were engaged in making them in the 60s, since it was then that serious discoveries were made, and various space explorations were carried out. It will be possible to visit the exhibition with such unusual exhibits until the end of January 2019.

On the opening day of the exhibition, it was decided to hold a quest called "Victory Tree". This fascinating event was attended by children of police officers and military men who died in the line of duty, as well as children who are wards of the fund "Hurry to do good!" At the end of it, all the participants received gifts from Santa Claus.