Музей КДБ KGB Museum

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The KGB Museum was organized thanks to a private collector who had lived in Russia for some time. In Russia, the man began to collect his unique collection. The collection is based on historical exhibits that came to it in the nineties of the twentieth century. In those years, many small specialized exhibitions and museums closed, ceasing to exist forever, and items from there in the best cases fell on flea markets.

This is one of the few places where a large number of items that were once in the possession of the first persons of the USSR, the leaders of the Cheka, DPU, ODPU, NKVD, MGB, KGB were able to collect. The museum's collection includes quite unusual items, including Lenin's posthumous mask, a radio from Lavrentiy Beria's personal office, as well as weapons of the assassination of Leo Trotsky and secret equipment from the laboratories of the State Security Committee.
An interesting part of the museum is a photo exhibition entitled "Prague 1968 - through the eyes of a KGB officer. " In 1968, Soviet troops entered Prague and met with strong resistance from the townspeople. One of the halls of the museum was completely dedicated to this event.