“Partisan Camp” Museum Complex of the Poddorye Local History Museum in Belebelka

On 1 August 2019, after major reconstruction, the “Partisan Region” museum complex opened in Belebelka village, Poddorye District. It includes a Hall of the History of the Partisan Movement in the Belebelka village House of Culture named after partisan Yevdokia Ivanovna Orlova, and the open-air “Partisan Camp” museum. Historic interiors were recreated from descriptions by professional journalist, prose writer and poet Ivan Vasilyevich Vinogradov, an honored cultural worker of the RSFSR and active participant in the partisan movement, as well as from memories of other participants and local residents. Visitors enter the atmosphere of a real World War II partisan camp, seeing how detachments lived, where meetings were held and decisions made, and how front-line newspapers were printed. They can also visit a partisan bakery and taste freshly baked partisan bread. The educational program includes guided visits to the complex as a whole or detailed tours of individual sites, covering the partisan movement, notable partisans and their actions, and everyday life in the detachments. Thematic tours are offered for different groups. A general tour lasts 1.5–2 hours. The museum is a structural unit of the Poddorye Local History Museum, MAU “PMSKO.” Tours must be booked in advance.