The State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan opened a thematic exhibition “Heroes are always held in high esteem”, dedicated to the 79th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.

As the publication “Turkmenistan: Golden Age” reports, the exhibits at the exhibition tell about the immortal courage shown by Turkmen fighters during the Great Patriotic War.

Here are presented documentary photographs of the heroes of Turkmenistan: Aydogdy Tahirov, Gurban Durdy, Mulki Bayramov, Tagan Bayramdurdyev.

During the Great Patriotic War, the Turkmen people, located deep in the rear, sent warm clothes and money to the front; the wives of front-line soldiers and their mothers gave away their family heirlooms made of silver, helping our men defeat the enemy force. All this is captured in old photographs and posters.

The chairman of the collective farm Lallyk Han, the village of Dushak, Kaakhka etrap, sent all his personal savings to help the front. A battle tank was built with this money. After the end of the war, in September 1946, Lallyk Han was invited to Moscow, where he met with Marshal of the Armored Forces P.S. Rybalko. The marshal presented a small model of the tank. Later, a model of the Lallyk Han tank was transferred to the museum, which is also presented at the exhibition today.

In the exhibition windows, orders and medals, letters and personal belongings of the heroes of Turkmenistan who fought for the victory of their Motherland are displayed in front of visitors. Of great interest are the firearms, military equipment, cylindrical cases for projectiles and much more that have been preserved and transferred to the museum.

For the first time, the exhibition presents photographs of the famous Turkmen writer, participant in the Great Patriotic War, Seitniyaz Atayev. Nearby are the writer’s works about the war: “Teresa”, “Gazap”, “Persuasion”. Among the books of Seitniyaz Atayev there is a small collection of poems by Magtymguly, pierced by a bullet. This book saved the life of the then young front-line writer.

The exhibition will last 10 days.