In honour of the 79th anniversary of the Great Victory, an exhibition entitled «Heroes are always held in high esteem» was organized at the State Museum of the State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan.
The immortal courage shown by Turkmen fighters during the Great Patriotic War. Among them was the great-grandfather of the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov - Berdimuhamet Annayev. His glorious life is a vivid example of true patriotism, courage and heroism. The exhibition begins with a portrait of Berdimuhamet Annayev, woven by the hands of talented carpet weavers. Ancient weapons are displayed in front of the carpet - sabers and swords, skillfully made by jewellers.
The second section of the exhibition is dedicated to documentary photographs from the distant war years, the liberation war of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany. Before the eyes of visitors, moments emerge of how our compatriots volunteered for the battlefields from the very first days of the war. Young heroes of Turkmenistan look at visitors to the exhibition from photographs of those years, which have now become priceless museum exhibits: Aydogdy Tahyrov, Gurban Durdy, Mulki Bayramov, Tagan Bayramdurdyyev and other brave front-line soldiers.
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: «Everything for the front! Everything for Victory»!
The chairman of the collective farm Lallyk Khan, the village of Dushak, Kaka 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 our 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, Seytniyaz Atayev. Nearby are the writer’s works about the war: «Teresa», «Gazap», «Persuasion». Among the books of Seytniyaz Atayev there is a small book, pierced by a bullet, which saved the life of the then young front-line writer. It was a collection of poems by the great Turkmen thinker and poet - Magtymguly Fragi.
The opening of the exhibition took place on the 7th of May in the Main building of the State Museum of the State Cultural Centre of Turkmenistan. The exhibition will last ten days.
