The Museum of Political History of Russia — Attraction in Посадский округ

It is evident, that a lot of work has gone into making all the exhibitions. Also thought has been given to how the visitors can navigate inside the museum. However, the exhibitions are in a weird order, the "narrative" in them is hard to find, it's impossible to keep up with the exhibitions, when there is no basic information on the most important events. For example displayed photos of red, white and green forces in the civil war is not enough (there has to be some information about them??). I study Russian political history in university, but still had a hard time trying to figure out the exhibitions. Thank you for the English translations though! And the signs on the...

Excellent museum about difficult and bloody political history of Russia. You can learn there about different sides of life which were affected by politics, you can see a typical room in russian kommunalka (communal flat) and a typical room at russian izba (village house). Highly recommended if you are interested in history. The building is worth checking out on his own- it used to be Matilda Kshesinskaya’s (ballerina, Nikolay II’s lover) mansion - very beautiful, modern and cosy little house for her birthday was built by another Romanov, who had relationship...

If you speak Russian, bring a lot of time, at least half a day! If you don't, it's probably not worth coming here. Signage in English is very limited (decent and almost acceptable in some rooms, almost non-existent in others). The museum itself has a great collection, and well done displays. Sadly it's organized in a total chaos. There's a tour with numbered rooms to follow - but rooms with increasing numbers aren't always next to each other. Also, the numbering does not follow events chronologically at all. It's jumping wildly all over history, making it...