Guys, look how well
preserved it is – you wouldn’t believe this samovar saw war. It was from this
samovar that Manshuk Mametova served tea to the soldiers.
One of the most
valuable exhibits at the Military Glory Museum in Pavlodar is a samovar (a tea
urn), which holds a central place in a large-scale exhibition dedicated to
World War II and its heroes. It was donated by public activist Zhumabek Kamzin,
who actively supports wartime search efforts. During one of his expeditions to
battlefields, he met local historians in the town of Nevel, where he learned that
the samovar, once belonging to Manshuk Mametova, had been kept by them all this
time. The museum itself is situated on a former railway station site, from
which soldiers departed for the front. Now visitors can see a large-scale
installation that includes the legendary T-34 tank and the cannon used by
Makhmet Kairbayev to defeat enemies. This cannon travelled over 2,000
kilometres and was fired approximately 1,200 times during the war.
«The pride of our
museum is the legendary cannon of Hero of the Soviet Union Makhmet Kairbayev.
It was transferred to us from the city of Vilnius in 1992. Before that, it was
displayed in a museum in Leningrad, then later moved to Vilnius. Today, it
stands proudly at our entrance, greeting every visitor,» said the museum’s
spokesperson Kulyash Shaidullina.
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