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Military History Museum<\/strong> in Svidn\u00edk<\/a> It is one of the most significant sites of military history in north-eastern Slovakia. It is housed in a striking building on Bardejovsk\u00e1 Street, whose shape resembles an anti-tank mine. The museum documents the wartime events that had a significant impact on the Eastern Carpathians region in the first half of the 20th century. It devotes particular attention to the fighting during the First World War, the interwar period, the Second World War and, in particular, the Carpathian-Dukla Operation of 1944.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Dukla Museum to a modern exhibition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Svidn\u00edk Museum Department continues the tradition of the Dukla Museum, which was established in 1965. Its exhibition spaces were officially opened on 4 October 1969 to mark the 25th anniversary of the Carpathian-Dukla Operation. The department is currently part of the Military History Museum, based in Pie\u0161\u0165any. As at 31 December 2024, it had 10,685 items on record, organised into 22 museum collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main exhibition, entitled The Military History of Slovakia, 1914\u20131945<\/strong> It was opened to the public in its modernised form in 2011. Through information panels, period photographs, documents and authentic artefacts, it traces the military history of Slovakia from the period before the outbreak of the First World War to the end of the Second World War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weapons, uniforms and artefacts from battlefields<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first section of the exhibition focuses on the fighting in the Eastern Carpathians in 1914 and 1915 and its consequences for the inhabitants of north-eastern Slovakia. Visitors will see the uniforms of Czechoslovak legionnaires and soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Army, as well as cold steel, firearms and historical machine guns. The next section explores the formation of Czechoslovakia, the building of its army, and the events that led to the collapse of the republic in March 1939.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most extensive thematic section is devoted to the Second World War. It covers the events of 1939 to 1945, the partisan movement, the liberation of Slovakia and, above all, the course of the Carpathian\u2013Dukla Operation. Among the valuable exhibits are period weapons and uniforms of German, Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers. Also on display are the uniforms of Army General Ludv\u00edk Svoboda and Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Moskalenko, who commanded Czechoslovak and Soviet units during the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition includes a diorama depicting a panoramic scene of the battles for the Dukla Pass. The space also serves as a small cinema, where visitors can watch a documentary film about the Carpathian-Dukla Operation and the combat route of the 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR. The exhibition is complemented by touchscreen multimedia terminals providing further information and documentary films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Military Equipment Park and War Memorial<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Close to the museum building is an open-air Military Equipment Park. Tanks, armoured vehicles, artillery and aircraft are on display in the natural setting, providing an insight into the weaponry used during the fighting in the region. Next to the museum stands the Soviet Army Memorial, dating from 1954, with a war cemetery where more than 9,000 soldiers who fell during the fighting in the autumn of 1944 are buried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The museum also includes an outlying exhibition at Dukla, featuring a viewing tower. From the tower, there is a panoramic view of the Dukla Pass and the countryside where battles took place during both world wars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source: OOCR R\u0160
Source of photographs: OOCR R\u0160<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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