During World War II, it was a sequence of connected strategic maneuvers that happened along the banks of the river in the fall of 1943,[5] from 26 September to 23 October.

[9] The diorama was produced by Nikolay Jakovlevitsj But and Mykola Vasyliovych Ovechkin,[10] who are experts of war painting from the military art studio named after M.B.

An outdoor exhibition including destroyed cars and war remnants was set up to narrate the tale of Russia's takeover of Crimea in 2014.

[13] The diorama is located close to a permanent exhibition of Soviet military equipment from World War I, including howitzers, tanks, and anti-aircraft weapons.

[2] Its collection includes tanks from World War II (T-34-85 and T-70), a surface-to-air missile system (S-125), a field gun (BS-3) and a BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher based on the ZIS-151 chassis.