Travel to Petrishchevo: to the places of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya’s feat. Memorial Museum of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya

Museum of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya - 5 km from the station. Dorokhovo, Smolensk direction, is the village of Petrishchevo, where Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya performed her heroic feat. On November 17, 1941, a partisan detachment, in whose ranks Zoya was, crossed the front line near the village of Obukhovo. He was given the task of using fires to direct our army towards the location of large fascist units. Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya and detachment commander Boris Krainev entered Petrishchevo. Krainev set fire to the house where German soldiers were stationed, and Zoya was supposed to set fire to the stable... Zoya did not return from the mission...

All those who have ever studied history have certainly encountered a historically significant place - the village of Petrishchevo. This particular place is where the famous Komsomol member Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya performed her feat.

Currently, in the village of Petrishchevo there is a museum named after Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Museum workers will tell everyone who comes the real story that happened to her during the war years. The museum in Petrishchevo began functioning in 1956. Museum named after Z. Kosmodemyanskaya has a lot of clothing and photographic materials, as well as documentary information about wartime and the exploits of the war.

In the village of Petrishchevo there are several monuments, among which there is a monument to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Kulik’s house is also marked with a special sign. It was here that Zoya spent her last night. At this place Z. Kosmodemyanskaya was executed.

The place of her first burial in the village is marked with a memorial sign. Subsequently, the burial of the partisan was moved. The village of Petrishchevo is located 40 km from the Moscow Ring Road. Already in the seventeenth century this place was very famous. Initially, in the area between the Dubenka and Vori rivers there were two villages called Petrishchevo.

Tour program:

Departure from your designated location. Travel information.
Excursion to the Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Museum.
Free time.
Departure for Moscow.
Arrival at the place you specified.

Included in cost: Transport services, accompaniment of a tour guide, entrance tickets according to the program. Additionally, you can order lunch.

Excursion cost

Accompanying persons - free of charge.

Those were difficult times for the country, the German steel machine, which had not yet known defeat, was rushing to Moscow, the more significant the feat of the fragile eighteen-year-old girl who accepted martyrdom, but did not break under torture. Documents and photographs of that now distant time force us to remember forever; this should not happen again and history cannot be rewritten now in the wake of new trends.
After the museum, we reached the house where Zoya’s last interrogation took place; the house has been restored, and the furnishings of that time have been preserved inside. After this we visited the place of execution. There is magnificent nature around and it is difficult to imagine the events that took place at that time.
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Everlasting memory.

Irina ★★★★★

(17-09-2016)

Dear museum workers, many thanks from the children's variety studio "7 notes" from the MKU "House of Culture Krivskoye" (Kaluga region) for an unforgettable excursion! I practically persuaded the children to go to Petrishchevo, they weren’t really willing. And after the excursion, they thanked us for the trip, shared our impressions, and were deeply imbued with what we saw and heard. Although the children were of different ages (from 7 to 13 years old), everyone liked it without exception. the guide told the story as if she were Zoya’s best friend. I visited the museum in the early 80s as a 10-year-old girl, the impressions are still vivid, but I was very worried that modern children would not understand the feat. ... continuation src="/jpg/plus.gif">

But, thank God, the fears were in vain. And this is thanks to the wonderful staff of the museum, who work “from the heart” and devote all their strength to what they love. Low bow to you, good health and creative success!

It's gratifying that the museum is alive. We got there on Sunday an hour before closing, there were visitors. The impressions are deep, once again there is a reason to think about European values. Undoubtedly, Zoya is the image of the country, its greatness and victory. It’s not for nothing that they threw mud at her in the 1990s.

vadim ★★★★★

(6-09-2014)

It’s a pity that such young girls and boys died. A professional, trained army should fight, not former schoolchildren. The more important, deeper, more significant their feat is.

The museum makes you feel a sense of respect for the young heroes of the Great Patriotic War, especially for female heroes. At the fork in the Minsk highway and the road to Vereya and Petrishchevo there is also a stele - a monument to Zoya. Locals remember and always mention her by name. "Turn at Zoya's", etc. Not far from the stella there is Zoya’s grave - before it was always hung with red pioneer ties - children left it in memory. Nowadays, in my opinion, they hang scarves of different colors, I think it doesn’t matter, the main thing is that the memory lives on...

On the way to the dacha, we constantly pass the monument to the partisan Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, erected at the intersection of the Minsk highway and the road leading from Dorokhovo to Vereya. Every time I reminded myself that it was worth a look at the Zoya Museum in Petrishchevo. And then one day, when the weather was not conducive to relaxing at the dacha, we nevertheless turned along the sign and visited a very small, but very touching museum, which greatly impressed us.

Monument near Minsk highway

The village of Petrishchevo is still quite small, surrounded by forests. Therefore, one can easily imagine what it was like here on the cold autumn days of 1941, when the young intelligence officer accomplished her feat. The following is known about Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya: she was born in 1923 in the Tambov region, then she and her family moved to Siberia, and then they managed to move to Moscow. They lived in the Koptevo area. Near the Voykovskaya metro station there is school No. 201, where Zoya and her brother Alexander, who also died during the war, studied. The children were left without a father early on, and their mother raised them alone.

Zoya with her mother and brother

Zoya studied quite well at school; in the museum of the village of Petrishchevo you can see her diaries with grades, textbooks and notebooks filled with neat handwriting. Even Zoya's embroideries have been preserved. However, Zoya’s relationships with her peers did not work out; she was a rather reserved girl.

A year before the start of the war, Zoya suffered from meningitis and spent a long time recovering from her illness. In the fall of 1941, the Nazis were already on the outskirts of Moscow and occupied many populated areas. Like many other volunteers, at the end of October 1941, Kosmodemyanskaya came to the Colosseum cinema and was enrolled in the sabotage detachment of military unit No. 9903. The training lasted less than a week and already on November 4, Zoya, along with other recruits, was transferred to German-occupied territory to the west from Moscow. The group, which included Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, was tasked with burning a number of settlements near roads, including the village of Petrishchevo.

Verei Young Guards

The calculation was to leave the Germans without warm shelters in conditions of wild frosts, which began very early in 1941. In addition, the fires pointed our command to places where there were large concentrations of the enemy. At the end of November, Zoya and her friends went to the village of Petrishchevo. They managed to set fire to a stable, a communications center and several local houses where the Germans were quartered. The saboteurs retreated separately. The group leader, without waiting for his comrades at the appointed hour, returned to the unit. One of Zoya's partners was captured by the Germans. Kosmodemyanskaya hid in the forest and returned to the village a day later to continue the arson. But the Germans were already on guard. Locals were also instructed to keep an eye on their homes. Zoya tried to set fire to the barn of a village resident, Sviridov, but was captured by him and handed over to the Germans. The Nazis beat the girl for a long time, pulled out her nails, and drove her naked through the cold, but she did not tell them her name or her comrades. She was placed in the Kulik family's house for the night, where the owners tried to talk to her. She didn't say anything to them either. When the locals tried to reproach her for leaving the villagers homeless along with the Germans, she replied that she should have run away from the Nazis and left the occupied territory.

The museum in Petrishchevo preserves the table at which Zoya was tortured, and the bench on which she spent her last night before her brutal execution.

The same table

In the morning the girl was taken to the gallows installed in the center of the village. A lot of people gathered, both fascists and local residents. A sign with the words “Arsonist” was hung around Zoya’s neck. Before her death, she called on people to fight the enemy, and spoke to the Germans about the inevitable victory of the Russians. The Nazis filmed the execution, and later a photo of Zoya in front of the gallows was found on the captured German. Her mother saw them in a newspaper in 1943. But before that, she and her youngest son Alexander came to Petrishchevo to identify her daughter’s body. After her execution, Zoya hung on the gallows for about a month and was abused by German soldiers. She was then buried by local residents.

At the Zoe Museum

And in January 1942, military journalist Pyotr Lidov heard from a local resident a story about the death of a courageous partisan who called herself Tanya. An article was published in Pravda telling about the feat of a brave girl. Then they began to find out who she really was. Local residents and partisans were interviewed. In addition to Zoya's family, her school teacher came to identify the body. Everyone identified eighteen-year-old Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. Although there are still versions that it could have been another girl.

Identification

After the death of her sister, Zoya’s brother Alexander also went to the front and died heroically just a couple of weeks before the victory near Kaliningrad.

On the same day as Zoya, just ten kilometers from Petrishchevo, her friend in the sabotage detachment, Vera Voloshina, was executed by the Nazis. She was also captured by the Germans and hanged after torture. For a long time no one knew about her feat, and she was listed as missing in action.

The museum has special stands dedicated to the partisans of Vereya and nearby settlements. Many of them were under eighteen years old.

In 1948, in the village of Petrishchevo, a memory corner dedicated to Zoya’s feat was organized in one of the houses. And in 1956, with the help of young people, a building was built that houses the Kosmodemyanskaya Museum in our time. There is also a monument to Zoya in front of the entrance, where she is depicted with her hands tied behind her back and her head held high.

Museum of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya in Petrishchevo

There were few people in the museum during school holidays, only one family left the building in front of us. Entrance costs 50 rubles per person.

For an additional fee, you can book the excursion “Live to the Feat!” with a museum representative who will tell Zoya’s story and guide you to memorable places in Petrishchevo. First, the museum hosts exhibitions of “Milestones of War” and military posters.

Maps of German-occupied territories are shown and the most popular propaganda posters from the war are clearly presented. It was they who raised the morale of the civilian population, gave them strength to fight the enemy and instilled confidence in an imminent victory. One of the most famous authors of patriotic posters was Viktor Borisovich Koretsky. To create his works, he used the technique of photomontage. Particularly impressive is his poster “Warrior of the Red Army, Save!”, which depicts a frightened mother hugging her child and protecting him from a fascist bayonet.

Red Army warrior, save me!

In addition, such personalities as A. Nevsky, M. Kutuzov and other outstanding commanders were set as examples for the soldiers. Next comes the hall where Zoya’s personal belongings are collected: notebooks, certificates of commendation and photos.

Zoe's embroidery

Then we find ourselves in a room with examples of volunteer applications and requests to enroll them in active units.

In addition, personal belongings of German soldiers and their letters to relatives are collected here.

Photos of Germans

About brother's service

At the end of the inspection, paintings, sculptures and books illustrating Zoya’s feat are presented.

I must say that the exhibition of the museum in Petrishchevo makes a very strong impression; tears come to your eyes when you realize how much befell the very young children at that time. In the center of the village, among the blue spruce trees, the place of Zoya’s execution was immortalized.

Place of execution

At the place of execution

Nowadays, a granite obelisk stands on the site of the gallows. The Kulik house, where Zoya spent the night before her execution, has also been preserved.

Some facts from the biography of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya during the years of perestroika were used to denigrate her name: she was attributed to schizophrenia and other nervous disorders. However, after visiting the museum in Petrishchevo, which tells about other saboteurs who served in the same military unit as Zoya, such as Vera Voloshina and Klavdiya Miloradova, it becomes clear that Zoya’s feat was not an isolated case of wartime.

The fighting spirit and patriotism of the youth of those years allowed them to make the only right choice: to defend their homeland and their comrades, even enduring severe torture.

In Soviet times, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya was included in the list of the most heroic heroes of the country. During the years of Perestroika, they tried to denigrate her image, presenting Zoya as almost a mentally ill person who set fire to the houses of innocent residents. So who was she really? To better understand this issue, you need to visit the Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Museum in the village of Petrishchevo.

Historical reference

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923-1941). As an eighteen-year-old girl, she volunteered for the Red Army. She became part of the sabotage and reconnaissance detachment. In the winter of 1941, it was captured by the Nazis while trying to set fire to houses in the village of Petrishchevo, Moscow region. She was tortured, but did not betray her comrades. During the execution she showed an example of courage and heroism.

Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya became the first woman Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously). After several articles in central newspapers about the fate of the brave partisan, Zoya became a symbol of the feat and dedication of the Soviet people. In 1956, the Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Museum was opened in the village of Petrishchevo.

Why go? Touch the history of your country, learn more about the feat of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
When to go? The museum can be visited at any time of the year. On weekends, the museum is open from ten in the morning to five in the evening; tickets can be purchased until 16:00. The museum is closed on Monday and the last Friday of the month.
How to get there?
- By car. Seventy-six kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road along the Minsk Highway to the village of Petrishchevo, Ruzsky district. Turn at the sign for Vereya. GPS coordinates of the parking lot for navigators: 55.4965, 36.3062. Parking is free, there is plenty of space.
- By public transport. By train in the Belorussian direction to Dorokhovo station (1 hour 15 minutes), then from the station by bus No. 45 to the village of Petrishchevo (about 15 minutes).
How long to spend? No more than one and a half hours.
What to do with a child? A story about the events of the Great Patriotic War and the heroism of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
What is the price? Adult ticket - 50 rubles, children and pensioners - 40 rubles. Photography - 70 rubles.
Where to eat? The only option for a snack is the cafe at the gas station on the Minsk highway or the Ponponchik cafe, located on the highway.
Weekend route: - Museum of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya - . .

Museum

The Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Museum is located in the village of Petrishchevo, Ruzsky district. It was there that the brave girl accomplished her feat and was executed. A visit to the museum can be combined or with inspection of others.

Right at the exit from Minki there is a huge monument to Zoya. The monument was opened in 1958. The installation location of the sculpture was chosen so that it could be seen from the M1 highway; no memorable actions associated with the heroine of our story took place at this place.

We will not dwell in detail on the biography and last hours of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya’s life. Anyone interested can easily find all the information on the Internet. Let's just say that her feat is not only an example of patriotism and love for the Motherland, but also an example of personal courage, strength and inflexibility of character.

A few minutes later we park in a huge, deserted museum parking lot. There is no one here except us, but the number of parking spaces shows that in Soviet times the museum was more popular. We pass into the territory, here stands another monument to a brave partisan. It is not of such impressive size, Zoya here is made in life-size, but the monument makes an even greater impression.

German soldiers! Before it's too late, surrender. No matter how much you hang us, you can’t hang us all, there are 170 million of us

We go into the museum, it’s deserted and a little dark. A few moments later we manage to find the caretaker, it seems that she also works here as a cleaner. We buy tickets and begin viewing the exhibition.

The museum has several halls, all beautifully decorated. Here are collected paintings telling about the feat of the Soviet Joan of Arc, her pre-war life, and photographs of her execution. A separate hall is dedicated to the battle for Moscow.

Probably, a museum can be called good if it is not only interesting to look at historical things and documents, but also to think, rethink and understand something. The Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya Museum in Petrishchevo is just like that. What motivated her? What made her endure all the torture and heroically accept death? Was there any point in this?

Petrishchevo itself did not seem particularly interesting to us. There is an abandoned store next to the museum. It is possible that it is open in the summer, when the village is filled with summer residents, but at the end of April the store was not open.

Historical reference

Why go? Touch the history of your country, learn more about the feat of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
When to go? The museum can be visited at any time of the year. On weekends, the museum is open from ten in the morning to five in the evening; tickets can be purchased until 16:00. The museum is closed on Monday and the last Friday of the month.
How to get there?
- By car. Seventy-six kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road along the Minsk Highway to the village of Petrishchevo, Ruzsky district. Turn at the sign for Vereya. GPS coordinates of the parking lot for navigators: 55.4965, 36.3062. Parking is free, there is plenty of space.
- By public transport. By train in the Belorussian direction to Dorokhovo station (1 hour 15 minutes), then from the station by bus No. 45 to the village of Petrishchevo (about 15 minutes).
How long to spend? No more than one and a half hours.
What to do with a child? A story about the events of the Great Patriotic War and the heroism of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
What is the price? Adult ticket - 50 rubles, children and pensioners - 40 rubles. Photography - 70 rubles.
Where to eat? The only option for a snack is the cafe at the gas station on the Minsk highway or the Ponponchik cafe, located on the highway.
Weekend route: - Museum of Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya - . .

Museum

German soldiers! Before it's too late, surrender. No matter how much you hang us, you can’t hang us all, there are 170 million of us