Exhibition my Soviet childhood. USSR museum

The Museum of Moscow hosts an exhibition "Soviet Childhood" dedicated to the life of children in the 1960s-1980s. The project will help to understand the phenomenon of “Soviet childhood”, time and events that have shaped several generations of Muscovites.

The exhibition curators Vladimir Kuznetsov and Irina Karpacheva, as well as the artist Alexei Kononenko, decided to look at the history of the city through the eyes of children. Visitors to the exhibition will visit Moscow during the Olympics, the first space flights, pioneer camps, the adventures of Elektronik and Alisa Selezneva. The exposition includes more than a thousand unique exhibits of that time - books, clothes, toys, furniture, photos, playbills, posters and much more.

Many boys of that time had such a Volga.

“This exhibition will be of interest to both adults and children, it will become for them a kind of portal to the past, to that very“ Soviet childhood, ”says the curator of the exhibition Irina Karpacheva. - For modern children, this world is almost a fantasy, but for their parents it is very personal history... Many will see among the exhibits things that mom and dad gave them in childhood, their favorite toys, their dreams.

Musical instruments piano and metallophone

Part of the exhibition will show the interior of a Soviet apartment of that time, in particular a children's room: toys, strollers, clothes and furniture can be viewed.

Baby lion cub

Toys for Girls: Tea Party Dolls

The exhibition "Soviet Childhood" covers the period of history from the late 1950s to the early 1980s

The end of the 1950s was remembered for the reforms of N.S. Khrushchev - the thaw. For the first time, the question was raised about the care of the state, about the well-being of the people, and in this regard, about the production of the required amount of consumer goods, including goods for children. On June 6, 1957, the Detsky Mir department store opened in Moscow, pioneer camps were created, Palaces of Pioneers were built, the Barrikady children's cinema was opened

Dolls Khryusha, Stepashka, Filya and Karkusha from the TV show "Good night, kids", 1970s

In the late 1960s, after the relative democratization of the Thaw, culture again became the subject of the most close attention of the party. In 1966, the USSR made a transition to general education.

In 1978, the provision of primary school students with free textbooks was introduced.

Previously, the Laws of the Pioneers of the Soviet Union were printed on the back of the notebook.

Pioneer pennant by V.V. Tereshkova, who visited space on the Vostok-6 spacecraft in 1963

Pioneer drum on which Yuri Gagarin left his autograph

Children's vehicles

Pedal car Moskvich.
Every boy dreamed of such a car, but it was expensive and therefore for some it remained a dream

Forward, the Red Rangers squads. In places of revolutionary, military and labor glory of the Soviet people

Pupils! Do not imitate a habit that is unhealthy.

Many Soviet boys and girls kept their diaries (at that time there was no Internet :)) and the diaries were kept in a notebook of 96 sheets)

The curators of the exhibition paid special attention to the celebration of the New Year, which just then became the main children's holiday in the country.

Christmas masks, cards and toys

Plush Three Bears

Toys for boys: Mauser pistol (1960), children's sabers. Panoramic book - "The Tale of the Military Secret, about the Boy-Kibalchish and his firm word"

Clockwork Lunakhod "Electronics", 1977 Moscow Toy Factory "Orlyonok".

The machine followed the commands given by the child. I went forward, backward, stopped shooting and then went again, it was a cool toy! (I remember this one for me New Year presented by Santa Claus :)))

In the 70s, television entered the life of almost every Soviet family.

An adult visitor will probably be able to experience a sense of nostalgia when looking at objects, photographs and works of art from that time. Others will remember this time without regret. But no matter what different emotions would take possession of us - this time, this childhood unites several generations of Muscovites. The exhibition will not only provide an opportunity to remember the past and examine it from different angles, but also to tell today's parents about their childhood to future generations.

The exhibition "Soviet Childhood" is being held in the 3rd building of the Museum of Moscow (metro Park Kultury), the exposition will be on display until March 15, 2015

The Museum of Moscow is currently hosting an exhibition "Soviet Childhood". Of course, I could not help but go to it :)
A little bit of everything is presented there: there are games with toys, and attributes of children's organizations, and school theme, and the theme of holidays, cultural leisure and recreation, and photographs, posters, reproductions ...
And there are also two small cinema halls where they play "The Old Man Hottabych" and "Welcome, or No Unauthorized Entry", a black-and-white TV with recordings of old issues of "Good night, kids!" and Czech cartoons, and two screens - with a TV puppet show and circus performances.
In general, it turned out to be such a nice space, with adults smiling and vividly recalling their childhood, where I have already visited twice (the second time, it is true, by chance, but still :)

For some reason, I had never been to the Museum of Moscow before, so new impressions were provided to me already from the entrance to the huge courtyard.
Father Frost! :)

Just a bike at the ticket office of the main building)

We were at the exhibition for the first time on a weekday, there was silence and emptiness. In addition to us, two grandmothers and two couples were looking at bears and dolls. Mittens with an elastic band and a fur coat made of Cheburashka) I had a red belt with a gold buckle with a star for my black fur coat. Bamboo sticks! It seems to me that my dad, in his bins on the balcony, still has my little red skis with "boot" mounts and such sticks.

You look at the photo on the left - "Walked up" and you directly remember the smell of melted snow on mittens) And dad with two children made me happy)

Galina, and these dolls reminded me of your Funka)

And I also really liked listening to "Radio Girl" by Livshits and Levenbuk. The cover for Carlson is so magical!

These toys have always been associated with the clinic) Although Cipollino lived like this at my house. And the frog, in my opinion, too.

The piano smelled awful delicious inside! And such a doll lives in our country attic. I got it from my sister, and my uncle probably brought her from somewhere "from there", because in my childhood there were no such beautiful rubber dolls with real eyelashes and unsticked hair in stores in my childhood.

The cot is "mine") I slept like this for a long time after infancy, my dad just removed the side walls and cut out the planks in the legs. Yula, I remember, delighted me with her lights for a very long time.

The dishes are so good! I would not refuse this even now)

A meat grinder is a thing! Probably, in childhood, if I saw, I could not forget)) but I had scales, and now I have, only small ones.

From my sister, I inherited one or two such plates, with a knife. And only now I have revealed the secret of their origin)

The refrigerator is something from the world of dreams, in my opinion))

I really liked this photo. Feelings of the fabric from which my jumpsuit was sewn into a cage, these boxes tied with twine, bows on my head. As if I'm sitting)

"This is probably very interesting game! "- said Matvey, looking at the" Merry Labyrinth ".

Oh, how my dad loved to give all sorts of such puzzles! And I could never assemble or disassemble them))

"Pinocchio" intrigued me. What could be inside and what is the point?)

What a nice puzzle) and I had German ones, with some asterix-obelixes, if I'm not mistaken, they also brought my sister from the GDR in the 70s. And then my mother and I bought something impossibly beautiful in Children's World, German too, based on the plots of the Brothers Grimm. I remember Grandma Blizzard and the Brave Tailor.
And this mosaic is round, I, in my opinion, laid out some flowers)

Oh, Matvey) rehearse, only 8 months left)

Scarves based on sketches by Nadya Rusheva

Well, here you can find a lot of "your own") Stove "Anyuta", a sewing machine, baby dolls ... This is all from the Museum of the Central Children's World on Lubyanka, mostly from the 70s.

The tools are so great!

I remember that they bought me such a little man "as a consolation" in the Children's World, when we came there for something necessary and important, like autumn boots. They rarely bought something for me just like that, and if so, it was some kind of very simple toy, like a flag or a dunno cipollino)

Lunokhod was a dream)

The other day I found in our father's bins several plastic alarm clocks-gifts, he holds various bolts, screws and nuts in them. And from the red star, I remember, he made a lantern for photography in the bathroom)

Real circus clown costumes. And the screen was just showing the reprises of Nikulin and Shuydin, whom Matvey is now a big fan)

Lovely on the one hand and somewhat creepy - on the other, animals from some TV show, which was also shown in the hall.

Oh, and this is where?)) I definitely watched something like that in my childhood!

I can only guess that these are characters, well, let's say, "Tales of Lost Time."

Matvey did not master the abundance of toys and went to watch "The Old Man Hottabych", he loves the disc very much, but he saw a movie for the first time.

Characters from the 1974 television play "The Tale of Tsar Saltan".

An interesting design of children's transport) And my brother had such a horse in the 60s, and then stood for a long, long time in our dacha lane until it completely rusted.

I especially liked a few pictures.
DI. Pyatkin "Mothers Walking with Children" 60s.
When I was 12 years old, my mother pasted over my room with reproductions from Ogonyok. I especially loved to look at such scenes from everyday life.

And this is the name I seem to meet for the first time.
L.V. Soyfertis "Children in the Metro" 50s.

"In the store" 1959

Heroes of the popularly beloved program, 70s.

But the dream of an excavator was my most important dream))

I loved the horse very much. I remember that I’ll ride her to my parents’s room, early in the morning, and pull out the ring) and she laughs so loudly and protractedly)

In such a basket, first my sister in my childhood, and then me, collected real mushrooms at their summer cottage. And this little one sits on my bookshelf, his arm is broken off and lies next to me.

The Soviet Union has undoubtedly made a colossal contribution to the development of mankind, but our museum tells not about the history of the Soviet era, but about everyday objects that have become its symbols. For many, this is a world of memories, nostalgia, a world of youth and childhood. Here, dads and moms, grandfathers and grandmothers are happy to look at the environment that was once familiar, and the objects that surrounded us in Soviet times.

The USSR Museum is a unique place where everyone makes a trip to the still not distant, but rapidly forgotten 60s, 70s and 80s of the twentieth century. With the help of the exhibits, one can easily understand how the huge multinational country lived, which bore the proud name of the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics". Our museum is a place where the memories of people whose childhood and youth were spent in the country of the Soviets come to life, and a place where young visitors can see the recent past. great country.

We invite everyone to take a tour of the bright past and wish you a wonderful future!

The most important thing in the museum is your own emotions and memories of the Soviet era. What a person encounters here is already in your memory - we are only helping to remember.

For former citizens, the history of the USSR is not only cold war, total deficit and planned five-year plans. Those who lived in the USSR remember not only political history, but also the smallest details of everyday life, because they were the same at all, did not differ in variety, but are still associated with happy years childhood and adolescence. These are half-liter bottles of kefir, and strict precinct, and pioneer camps, and daily viewing of the programs "Good night, kids" and "Time", the pioneer oath and the famous testament of Vladimir Lenin "Study, study and study."

The theme "Soviet Union" is popular in modern Russia... Exhibitions and museums are opening in Moscow and many cities, demonstrating life in the Soviet era. Quite recently, at ETNOMIR we had an exhibition "Territory of the USSR" with many exhibits in glass showcases and shelves. But we decided to transform the exhibition into a living interactive museum, which will give the visitor an opportunity to immerse himself in the presented atmosphere - sit down at a school desk, leaf through old magazines and newspapers (most likely, you have already read them once!), Look at the map of the USSR, listen to vinyl records to visit the apartment of an ordinary Soviet citizen.

In the new exposition of the USSR Museum, 3 halls have already been opened:

• Apartment with furniture from the late 50s - early 60s
• The school is a recreated classroom from the times of the USSR
• A pioneer corner with famous attributes of the era

In the near future, we will decorate 2 more halls:

• Soviet era dining room
• Hall "Achievements of the USSR"

Apartment

Remember all this? Modest furniture, wall hangings, radiograms, photographs of relatives next to photographs of the country's leadership, the Pravda newspaper, the Krestyanka and Rabotnitsa magazines, tarpaulin boots, aluminum spoons and forks, a plastic thermometer in the form of the Kremlin tower and many other items, certainly were found in every apartment of Soviet citizens. Inspect, photograph, leaf through magazines and books.

School

Part of the museum's exposition tells about the life of Soviet schoolchildren: here you will see school uniforms, attributes of the Octobrists and Pioneer organizations, remember the commandments of the Octobrists - "Only those who love work are called Octobrists!" other.

We invite you to the atmosphere of the school, here you can take a picture with a banner, look at the photos and remember your school childhood, sit down at your desk and even write a review in a school notebook with a ruler with a fountain pen.

Pioneer corner

It will be especially interesting for modern adolescents to see the original uniform of Soviet schoolchildren, musical instruments pioneers - a drum and a bugle, banners with the behests of Ilyich and, of course, a plaster bust of the Leader of the world proletariat, who once stood in every educational institution and every home.

And next to it, in the lobby in front of the main exposition of the museum, there is one of the most amazing objects - the legendary Zaporozhets, produced in 1982. There are also stands with periodicals from the times of the USSR.

The USSR Museum is open daily 10: 00-18: 00.

Entrance to the museum for ETNOMIR visitors is free (no additional payment).

* Taking photos is allowed

Here are collected toys, books, games and films that once so delighted Soviet children.

One of the showcases of the showroom.

The creators of the exhibition offer to plunge into childhood from the very threshold and remember the time when we all "walked under the table". And in the truest sense of the word. To enter the exhibition halls, you need to go under a huge table, imagining that this is not a huge table, but you Small child... But then you pass, dive under the tablecloth-curtain and find yourself in magical world Soviet childhood. Dolls, horses and cubs meet you, joyfully stretching out their arms and legs, cars wink at you with tiny headlights, and airplanes seem to wave their wings.

Crocodile Gena, Cheburashka, Chipollino and other friends.

Horse on Wheels.

The creators of the exhibition emphasized that they deliberately collected the most popular toys of the 1960s and 80s. This is what all the children played, what they all read, what they grew up on, what they loved and what they dreamed about. And now, already being an adult, it is impossible to look at these treasures of childhood, which have become museum exhibits, without nagging nostalgia. You walk around and constantly exclaim: "And I had such a doll! And I have those soldiers! Yes, and this book!" Such relatives, now well-forgotten friends of youth.

Controlled tank.

A gun.

In the exhibition space, there are zones that tell about home, study and games in the yard, as well as TV shows, films and other children's cultural entertainment.
A separate showcase invites you to get to know Filia, Stepashka, Khryusha and Karkusha, who delighted the children of the 1970s. I grew up in the 80s, but even then they were like that. I loved Karkusha very much. Karr-karr-karr ..

Karkusha. Doll from the TV show "Good night kids". 1970s

Opposite the showcase with the heroes of the children's program is an old black-and-white TV broadcasting these programs. Plunge into childhood!

Do you remember the records with children's fairy tales? Heard, memorized, such relatives. How many of you had one? Both me and Sasha had " The Bremen Town Musicians"in such a cover:

Records from childhood.

And this is the school area. There are flags and banners of pioneer organizations, October and pioneer badges, school desks with a blackboard, textbooks and even cheat sheets.

Flags and banners.

Pioneer badge sample 1964.

When I was in school, we still had old desks in some classes. I remember this one, brown and black.

School desks and blackboard.

The same textbook over the years.

New Year's showcase.

A box of a New Year's gift from the Kremlin Christmas tree.
Spassky Tower. Kremlin, 1978.

It is impossible not to remember how Soviet children spent their free time. Of course in the yard! Active games, hide and seek, tag, Cossack robbers. And bicycles, in winter - sledges, and in summer, some lucky ones, have a delightful car!

Bicycles, sledges and a proud red car.

I remember my dad's childhood photo - a proud toddler driving such a car. This is how much happiness!
And right there, next to it, are the posters that once invited children to the cinemas. It was a time when no one ate popcorn in the hall, did not drink cola, and even a candy wrapper could not be crunched. Complete silence and sound only from the screen. And everyone looks with all eyes, it's so interesting! You can also immerse yourself in this atmosphere. Space has been allocated right in the exhibition hall to show two films at the same time. When we were there, we showed "The Old Man Hottabych" and "Welcome or No Entry Is Allowed".

The USSR Museum opened at the end of December 2012 in pavilion 2 at VDNKh (just behind the main one, where there are butterflies and a mirror maze).

The purpose of the museum is to remind us of the things that surrounded us in Soviet times, to tell about the ideology of our great country, which brought up millions of Octobrists, pioneers, Komsomol members and members of the CPSU, to show our leaders through the actions that we remember.

The cult of personality in all its forms, Soviet cars, slot machines, sports cups, computers, telephones, televisions, cameras and radios, alcoholic drinks and food, food coupons, movie posters, clothes and shoes, toys and games, interior items, postcards, medals, badges, stamps and souvenirs - all this was made in the USSR.

Strictly speaking, it can hardly be called a museum, even an exhibition is difficult, but if you walk through VDNKh, then you can run.

Take a walk through the exposition see all ->

In general, the museum is made in good European traditions to make candy out of nothing, when museums of anything are invented on tourist routes.

The exposition, of course, is pretentious and in places in the style of Hollywood films, but this is sold to foreigners with a bang.

The signatures to the exhibits are in Russian and English... So you can really bring foreigners here

What they got at flea markets, they put it up

A big plus is that almost everything can be touched. For children, it’s the most, but for how long?

Children can be shown what toys their parents played with in childhood.

General view of the hall

Automatic machine, unlike the Museum of Soviet slot machines does not work

There is a sign on the bicycle stating that there was no money for cars, so we rode bicycles.

Typical room. Many grandmothers still have this

The organizers managed to squeeze the "humpbacked" Zaporozhets and Victory, elaborately painted with airbrushing and painted in red into the exposition ... Children will definitely study the history of the USSR from Hollywood films

Not without "jokes"

For some reason, they exhibited cheerful modern posters painted by the artist Valery Barykin in the style of the Soviet 1960s-70s.

And this entrance should symbolize the Mausoleum ...

Everything is presented as a reconstruction, but from the "reconstruction" there is only the body:

Lenin lived, Lenin is alive, Lenin will live! At the same time, the layout periodically breathes comically!

Of course, without a shop with artsy souvenirs, nowhere

And at the same time, no one raises his head and does not notice how real Soviet chic is hidden above all this behind a bunch of layers of plastic tents, which must be shown

P.S. a really interesting museum about the USSR is only in Kazan - the Museum of Socialist Life: http://muzeisb.ru/

There really is something to see and done with a soul.