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The Museum presented an exhibition of artifacts about the war, created for the anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Tallinn (Estonia). The capital of Estonia is currently one of the hubs for Ukrainian cultural projects about the Russo-Ukrainian war. Therefore, the opening of the exhibition welcomed many European friends of Ukraine.

It is important that the project was implemented with the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia, so a friend of Ukraine, Minister Urmas Reinsalu, came to the opening.

The idea that museum exhibits, true evidence of the war, should be seen in Tallinn, was proposed to the Museum by the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Estonia to Ukraine Kaimo Kuusk. We sincerely thank the Ambassador that he was also with us on the opening day.

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine in Estonia Maryana Betsa fully supported the Ukrainian project. The diplomats, all as one, assured that they would continue to do everything possible for Russia to be punished for its aggression.

The director of the Swedish National Museum of Military History Helene Rånlund and the head of the restoration department of the Swedish National Archives Johanna Fries Markiewicz, our Swedish partners, came to support the Ukrainian colleagues, as well as another museum project. It was Johanna Fries Markiewicz who worked with the photo content of the exhibition and did everything possible to ensure that the exhibition contained pictures of the highest printing quality.

"The exhibition that just opened in Estonia was the third exhibition of our Museum in the Baltic countries: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The exhibitions are currently active and hospitably welcome European visitors. This shows the considerable, not only military and financial assistance to Ukrainians in these difficult times, but also the cultural support, which is so important in the struggle for national identity" - this is how the museum’s opportunity to present exhibitions about the war during the war at international venues was assessed by the director general of the museum and the curator of the exhibition Yurii Savchuk.

The heads of the Estonian Institute of National Remembrance, exhibition curator Meelis Maripuu and coordinator Martin Andreller worked on the implementation of the exhibition project in Estonia.

The exposition tells about an attack on the territory of an independent state, unprecedented since the last world war. The exhibits were collected during field expeditions to destroyed settlements, conducted throughout 2022. Museum photographer Viktor Byvshev recorded the events. Objects from the collection and impressive photographs formed the basis of the exhibition.

Through artistic techniques and art installations, the visitor sees the true nature of the Russian army, which commits violence and terrorizes peaceful citizens.

The enemy army openly showed its inhuman nature, destroyed everything in its path, and left bloody traces of atrocities everywhere.

Thanks to the support of the partner states, Ukrainian defenders are now strongly resisting the enemy’s onslaught, defending their homeland and standing on guard of the European and the world security.

With the support of:

Ministry of Culture and Information Policy of Ukraine

Embassy of Estonia in Ukraine

Embassy of Ukraine in Sweden

National Archives of Sweden (Riksarkivet)

Organizers:

National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. Memorial complex