Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Memorial Museum - Works are at Full Speed

The project is implemented as part of the Moscow Oblast state programme called Construction of Social Infrastructure. The project owner is the Moscow Oblast Ministry of the Construction Complex.

The RF President decree declares year 2020 to be the year of memory and glory commemorating the 75th anniversary of Victory Day of the Great Patriotic War. The constructed facility is socially important for the country and aims to preserve historic memory for the future generations, that is why construction of the Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Memorial Museum in the Petrishchevo village of Ruza Urban District is under control of the authorities and the Main Directorate for Construction Supervision.

The building design envisages several exhibition halls, a classroom, and the museum’s interactive and technical exhibits will allow its visitors make a tour on their own, feeling like immediate participants of the events. The facility’s total area will make 2148 sq.m. This museum is a pilot project, and if it gets approval of the government, such complexes will be built all over the country!

The main idea of the project is to guide the visitors along the exhibition space according to the events chronology: from peacetime to after-war period. The tour route will be convenient for visitors of all categories, including mobility impaired people.

On September 13th, a conference commemorating 96th birthday of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was held, with participation of the director of Russia’s Ministry of Culture Museums Department, Vladislav Kononov.

The renovated exhibition of the Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Memorial Museum will be opened in 2020 in the new building situated near the house of Vassiliy and Praskovya Kulik where Zoya spent her last night before her execution. “The existing museum has been functioning from 1956 here,” - said Mr. Kononov. Schoolchildren participated in the commemoration event and paid homage by laying flowers. The memory of Zoya’s heroic deed lives in our hearts. Future generations must know about deeds of the Great Patriotic War heroes.

The new museum will change its status - being municipal, and has now acquired regional importance. Upon instruction of the Moscow Oblast governor Andrey Vorobyov and with participation of the RF Ministry of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, it has become a branch of the museum New Jerusalem.

A new report on importance of the project:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=53&v=puyIyUaaFZ0

At the moment, the construction proceeds at full speed, the following works for the museum main building have been completed: pouring the basement monolith structures, in particular walls, columns, and 50% of the basement ceiling slab, framework of the water intake facility (needed for water supply of the museum).

Basement general view

Currently, works on reinforcing the basement ceiling slab of the museum building are underway (see photo below).

Reinforcing the basement ceiling slab

The builders have also started waterproofing of the basement walls and the building foundation slab. This will protect the monolith structures from precipitation and ground waters.

Reinforcing the basement ceiling slab with a beam

Works on arranging external networks for storm water sewage, potable and fire water pipelines.

Pressurizing the external water supply network (sealing)

In the nearest time we plan to start boring a well to supply the museum building with water, landscaping the territory with soil re-cultivation increasing the fertile layer (for planting flowers, shrubbery, trees, etc.), arranging the external sewage network and the foundation for a modular boiler (required for heating the museum).

Arranging the external water supply network

The construction engages 80 people working in 1 shift mode, organizing 2 shift mode is planned.

The construction works are carried out at full speed to meet the completion dates established by the RF Government.