The exhibition "Allied Northern Convoys and Lend-Lease in 1941-1945" opened in the main hall of the Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic. The exhibition is intended to remind of the joint exploits of Soviet, British and American sailors who provided supplies of critical cargo for the USSR during the war through the dangerous Arctic seas, the press service of the State Commission for the Development of the Arctic reported.
The exhibition presents the personal belongings of the sailors of the northern convoys, their awards, samples of uniforms and cargo that were delivered by the allies to Arkhangelsk and Murmansk through the seas of the Arctic Ocean. Also, elements of the equipment of the convoy ships themselves and models of ships became part of the exhibition.
Viktor Patrushev, the brother of Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, took part in the opening ceremony of the exhibition. He told the participants of the ceremony about their father, Platon Patrushev - a separate stand is dedicated to him at the exposition. Platon Patrushev participated in 11 operations of the northern convoys during the Second World War, for which he was awarded high Soviet and British awards, on the ships of the Baltic and Northern Fleets he served as deputy and political commissar. Viktor Patrushev gave the museum two navy caps of his father.
The exhibition is organized by the Foundation for the Preservation of Historical Memory "International Center of Northern Convoys" and the Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic with the support of the Foundation "History of the Fatherland" and the St. Petersburg Committee for Arctic Affairs.
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