Museum of the History of Russian Submarine Forces named after A.I. Marinesko
Our Museum is named after the brave submariner Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko, who during the Great Patriotic War commanded the submarine S-13 and became famous for his “Attack of the Century,” which led to the sinking of the huge German liner Wilhelm Gustlov.
Address:
Kondratyevsky pr., 83, building 1
Telephone:
8 (812) 543-61-91, 8 (812) 543-61-94
Information about the Museum of Russian Submarine Forces named after.
A.I. Marinesko In the early 80s, a group of young pathfinders “Poisk” was formed at Leningrad school No. 189, which directed its informal interest to studying the history of the submarine forces of the Baltic Fleet: meeting veteran submariners, collecting documents, trips to historical places, caring for graves sailors, holding memorial events.
Veterans who were always nearby, taking care of the school museum, came to the aid of the schoolchildren. Activists of the United Council of Navy Submariner Veterans appealed to the heads of administration of the Kalinin and Central regions with a request for assistance in creating a museum of the history of the Russian submarine fleet. The titanic organizational work ended with the signing by the Governor of St. Petersburg of an order on the creation of the state institution “Museum of Russian Submarine Forces named after. A.I. Marinesko" in the Kalininsky district. The fate of the legendary commander of the S-13 submarine, Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko, makes one think about the bizarreness of the life collisions of an extraordinary person, as soon as historical documents begin to “testify”: photographs from a family album, fragments of a logbook, extracts from service characteristics, an autobiography, a personal file, military awards , printed publications, personal items.
A bright personality, a born sailor, a professional submariner, both submarine crews and superiors spoke a lot about him in the Baltic Fleet. Both of them often placed different emphasis in their assessments. Marinesko's crew was responsible for one of the most high-profile victories of Soviet submariners at sea, which really brought Victory Day closer - the sinking of the symbol of Nazi Germany, the liner Wilhelm Gustloff. What is the nature of the conflict between the commander and his superiors, why the experienced sailor could not find his place in peaceful life, why his services to the Fatherland were appreciated only many years after his death - look for answers in the memorial compartment of Hero of the Soviet Union A.I. Marinesko, whose name the museum bears. The history of submarines in the 18th and 19th centuries is usually called a period of trial and error.
This initial stage is illuminated by portraits of designers who were often ahead of their time, diagrams, and artistic canvases detailing the first steps of Russian submarine shipbuilding, starting with the secret ship of the possessionist peasant of Peter the Great's time, Efim Nikonov, and up to numerous samples of experimental submarines by Stefan Dzhevetsky. War in all centuries has stimulated the development and testing of new weapons, including underwater ones.
The designers - the creators of the Russian type of combat submarine, the first combat commanders, the first victories and losses are presented in the materials of the section dedicated to the Russian Imperial Submarine Forces during the Russo-Japanese and World War I. The Spanish Civil War, the Soviet-Finnish winter campaign and the Great Patriotic War were a series of severe trials for submarine crews. Each trip could have been the last, but despite this, the submariners selflessly performed their daily titanic work. Not everyone got to celebrate Victory Day; 3,636 submariners remained at sea forever. Their names are kept in the Book of Memory. A new stage in the exploration of underwater depths - a new museum space.
The dream of designers of submarines of all times and peoples has come true - a single engine powered by nuclear fuel has been created, which has radically expanded the limits of human being under water. The model of the first nuclear submarine K-3 “Leninsky Komsomol” is the dominant feature of this room, and the ship itself is a symbol of the new era. The profession of a submariner is the profession of real men who serve in extreme conditions of months-long isolation and increased tension. How do they live, these knights of the underwater depths, what customs and traditions do they continue, how is their autonomous voyage scheduled, how do they cope with accidents and how do they adapt on shore? These questions will not go unanswered. Rescue equipment is presented in the museum with objects that an inquisitive visitor can examine: a personal breathing apparatus, an emergency life raft, a tapping table, an emergency food ration, a portable radio station, elements of a wetsuit and much more, which specifically tells about the actions of the crew in emergency situations. There are things in the organized museum space that form a special personal attitude towards historical events, ancient and modern.
The photographs of smart, strong and eternally young sailors of the submarines K-129, K-8, K-278 “Komsomolets”, K-219, K-141 “Kursk”, who shared the fate of their lost ships, make one empathize and cause a strong emotional outburst. Here are their personal belongings, uniforms, certificates, diplomas, certificates of qualification, awards, carefully preserved by their mothers and wives. Direct, contact communication between the visitor and history takes place on the open museum area, which allows you to explore everything that is located here: the wheelhouse of a Project 641 diesel submarine, torpedoes and mines, a cannon, hatches, naval items: anchors, bollards and buoys.
But, the main thing that will allow you to experience unforgettable emotions is observing the surrounding life of the microdistrict through a periscope, imagining yourself as a seasoned submariner, salted by the sea winds. A photograph at the commander’s periscope will allow you to preserve for a long time the memories of traveling “through the waves” of the history of scuba diving. The location of the museum was not chosen by chance at Kondratievsky Prospekt, building 83, building 1, near the Bogoslovskoye cemetery.
By the will of fate, Heroes of the Soviet Union A.I. Marinesko, N.A. Lunin and many other famous submariners found their eternal rest on it. Biography of the hero of the Soviet Union Marinesko A.I.
Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko Born on January 2, 1913 in Odessa in the family of a Romanian emigrant worker Ion Marinescu, his mother was Ukrainian.
In the first half of the twenties, Alexander studied at Odessa labor school No. 36, where he graduated from six classes, after which he became a sailor's student. For his diligence and patience, he was sent to cabin school, after which he served as a first-class sailor on the ships of the Black Sea Shipping Company. Then he entered the Odessa Naval College and, after graduating in 1933, served as third and second mate on the ships “Red Fleet” and “Ilyich”. With a Komsomol voucher, he was sent to special courses for command staff of the RKKF, after which Marinesko was appointed navigator on the submarine L-1, then commander of the small submarine M-96, the crew of which, based on the results of combat and political training in 1940, took first place in the Baltic Fleet, and the commander was awarded a gold watch.
In April 1943, Marinesko was appointed commander of the more powerful submarine S-13. From January 9 to February 15, 1945, making his fifth military campaign, Marinesko and his crew sank two large German transports - Wilhelm Gustlov and Steuben.
After the war, Alexander Ivanovich at various times worked as a senior mate on ships of the Baltic State Merchant Shipping Company, deputy director of the Leningrad Research Institute of Blood Transfusion, topographer of the Onega-Ladoga Expedition, and headed the supply department group at the Leningrad Mezon plant.
In 1949, on charges of embezzlement of socialist property, he was sentenced to three years in prison. Died November 25, 1963. Only in May 1990 was he posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
A.I. Marinesko In the early 80s, a group of young pathfinders “Poisk” was formed at Leningrad school No. 189, which directed its informal interest to studying the history of the submarine forces of the Baltic Fleet: meeting veteran submariners, collecting documents, trips to historical places, caring for graves sailors, holding memorial events.
Veterans who were always nearby, taking care of the school museum, came to the aid of the schoolchildren. Activists of the United Council of Navy Submariner Veterans appealed to the heads of administration of the Kalinin and Central regions with a request for assistance in creating a museum of the history of the Russian submarine fleet. The titanic organizational work ended with the signing by the Governor of St. Petersburg of an order on the creation of the state institution “Museum of Russian Submarine Forces named after. A.I. Marinesko" in the Kalininsky district. The fate of the legendary commander of the S-13 submarine, Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko, makes one think about the bizarreness of the life collisions of an extraordinary person, as soon as historical documents begin to “testify”: photographs from a family album, fragments of a logbook, extracts from service characteristics, an autobiography, a personal file, military awards , printed publications, personal items.
A bright personality, a born sailor, a professional submariner, both submarine crews and superiors spoke a lot about him in the Baltic Fleet. Both of them often placed different emphasis in their assessments. Marinesko's crew was responsible for one of the most high-profile victories of Soviet submariners at sea, which really brought Victory Day closer - the sinking of the symbol of Nazi Germany, the liner Wilhelm Gustloff. What is the nature of the conflict between the commander and his superiors, why the experienced sailor could not find his place in peaceful life, why his services to the Fatherland were appreciated only many years after his death - look for answers in the memorial compartment of Hero of the Soviet Union A.I. Marinesko, whose name the museum bears. The history of submarines in the 18th and 19th centuries is usually called a period of trial and error.
This initial stage is illuminated by portraits of designers who were often ahead of their time, diagrams, and artistic canvases detailing the first steps of Russian submarine shipbuilding, starting with the secret ship of the possessionist peasant of Peter the Great's time, Efim Nikonov, and up to numerous samples of experimental submarines by Stefan Dzhevetsky. War in all centuries has stimulated the development and testing of new weapons, including underwater ones.
The designers - the creators of the Russian type of combat submarine, the first combat commanders, the first victories and losses are presented in the materials of the section dedicated to the Russian Imperial Submarine Forces during the Russo-Japanese and World War I. The Spanish Civil War, the Soviet-Finnish winter campaign and the Great Patriotic War were a series of severe trials for submarine crews. Each trip could have been the last, but despite this, the submariners selflessly performed their daily titanic work. Not everyone got to celebrate Victory Day; 3,636 submariners remained at sea forever. Their names are kept in the Book of Memory. A new stage in the exploration of underwater depths - a new museum space.
The dream of designers of submarines of all times and peoples has come true - a single engine powered by nuclear fuel has been created, which has radically expanded the limits of human being under water. The model of the first nuclear submarine K-3 “Leninsky Komsomol” is the dominant feature of this room, and the ship itself is a symbol of the new era. The profession of a submariner is the profession of real men who serve in extreme conditions of months-long isolation and increased tension. How do they live, these knights of the underwater depths, what customs and traditions do they continue, how is their autonomous voyage scheduled, how do they cope with accidents and how do they adapt on shore? These questions will not go unanswered. Rescue equipment is presented in the museum with objects that an inquisitive visitor can examine: a personal breathing apparatus, an emergency life raft, a tapping table, an emergency food ration, a portable radio station, elements of a wetsuit and much more, which specifically tells about the actions of the crew in emergency situations. There are things in the organized museum space that form a special personal attitude towards historical events, ancient and modern.
The photographs of smart, strong and eternally young sailors of the submarines K-129, K-8, K-278 “Komsomolets”, K-219, K-141 “Kursk”, who shared the fate of their lost ships, make one empathize and cause a strong emotional outburst. Here are their personal belongings, uniforms, certificates, diplomas, certificates of qualification, awards, carefully preserved by their mothers and wives. Direct, contact communication between the visitor and history takes place on the open museum area, which allows you to explore everything that is located here: the wheelhouse of a Project 641 diesel submarine, torpedoes and mines, a cannon, hatches, naval items: anchors, bollards and buoys.
But, the main thing that will allow you to experience unforgettable emotions is observing the surrounding life of the microdistrict through a periscope, imagining yourself as a seasoned submariner, salted by the sea winds. A photograph at the commander’s periscope will allow you to preserve for a long time the memories of traveling “through the waves” of the history of scuba diving. The location of the museum was not chosen by chance at Kondratievsky Prospekt, building 83, building 1, near the Bogoslovskoye cemetery.
By the will of fate, Heroes of the Soviet Union A.I. Marinesko, N.A. Lunin and many other famous submariners found their eternal rest on it. Biography of the hero of the Soviet Union Marinesko A.I.
Alexander Ivanovich Marinesko Born on January 2, 1913 in Odessa in the family of a Romanian emigrant worker Ion Marinescu, his mother was Ukrainian.
In the first half of the twenties, Alexander studied at Odessa labor school No. 36, where he graduated from six classes, after which he became a sailor's student. For his diligence and patience, he was sent to cabin school, after which he served as a first-class sailor on the ships of the Black Sea Shipping Company. Then he entered the Odessa Naval College and, after graduating in 1933, served as third and second mate on the ships “Red Fleet” and “Ilyich”. With a Komsomol voucher, he was sent to special courses for command staff of the RKKF, after which Marinesko was appointed navigator on the submarine L-1, then commander of the small submarine M-96, the crew of which, based on the results of combat and political training in 1940, took first place in the Baltic Fleet, and the commander was awarded a gold watch.
In April 1943, Marinesko was appointed commander of the more powerful submarine S-13. From January 9 to February 15, 1945, making his fifth military campaign, Marinesko and his crew sank two large German transports - Wilhelm Gustlov and Steuben.
After the war, Alexander Ivanovich at various times worked as a senior mate on ships of the Baltic State Merchant Shipping Company, deputy director of the Leningrad Research Institute of Blood Transfusion, topographer of the Onega-Ladoga Expedition, and headed the supply department group at the Leningrad Mezon plant.
In 1949, on charges of embezzlement of socialist property, he was sentenced to three years in prison. Died November 25, 1963. Only in May 1990 was he posthumously awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.
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Telephone:
8 (812) 543-61-91, 8 (812) 543-61-94
Address:
Kondratyevsky pr., 83, building 1
