Poncho
Argentina ,
June 1953
МЗСБ КП 4857
85 х 144 cm
fabric, fringe, weaving, embroidery
A gift from the delegation of Argentinean doctors who visited Stalingrad in June 1953. A peculiar coat made of two pieces of hand-made wool fabric sewed together with a head hole left. The neckline is decorated with embroidery in the centre of the front part as well as in the back. On the right and on the left the poncho is covered with decorative vertical brown stripes. The sides and the flaps have a fringe trim. The traditional outer garment of Aymara men, Mapuche and Quechua people, etc. is now worn by farmers and craftsmen of Latin America.
See also
Poster “Friendship of Ostrava – Stalingrad”
Czechoslovakia ,
Poster “Friendship of Ostrava – Stalingrad”
A scene with two smiling workers shaking hands: a worker from Ostrava (the one on the left wearing a red tie) and a worker from Stalingrad (the one on the right wearing a kosovorotka shirt). The figures stand against a background with an industrial theme. In the center between the workers there is a brightly shining red five-beam star. Below are the inscriptions: “Družba Ostravsko-Stalingrad” and “Bez hrdinství stalingradských nebylo by naší svobody!” (We would not be able to enjoy our freedom, if not for the heroic Stalingrad defense!).
Brochure “Stalingrad, the epic in the current war” (Stalingrado, Una epopeya en la guerra actual)
Argentina ,
7.09.1944
Brochure “Stalingrad, the epic in the current war” (Stalingrado, Una epopeya en la guerra actual)
Brochure with the text of a lecture by Lieutenant General Alexis Schwartz - a Russian emigrant, a teacher at the Argentine Military Academy. The lecture was delivered in March 1943 and is the first public professional analysis of the strategy and tactics of the Battle of Stalingrad.
The author’s inscription on the title page: "To the Museum of Defense of Stalingrad / Let the history of defense / be preserved in memory of peoples / forever for the glory of the Russian arms. / 7 / IX 1944."
Buenos Aires
Shield with the emblem of the “Normandie – Niémen” regiment
France ,
Shield with the emblem of the “Normandie – Niémen” regiment
Shield with the emblem of the "Normandie – Niémen" regiment. A gift from the Chevry-Cosigny school named after the air regiment to the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad. Department of Seine-et-Marne.
1973, Chevry-Cosigny