This tea set was created at the Gorodnitsky Porcelain Factory in 1949. It consists of a tea pot, sugar bowl, milk holder, rinsing bowl and 16 cups with saucers.
The Czartoryski dukes opened the Gorodnitsky Porcelain Factory back in 1799. After the October Revolution, the plant was nationalized, and during the Civil War it was badly damaged. Later, the factory came under the authority of the Main Committee of the Glass and Porcelain Industry of the Supreme Council of National Economy and was upgraded to the then state of the art level. During the Great Patriotic War, half of the factory was destroyed and again put out of operation for a while. During the years of the fourth five –year plan, it was restored to resume its operations.
The factory’s artists specialised in tea sets, crockery and small porcelain statues. Such things were popular both at home and abroad and often exhibited at international exhibitions.
The exhibition shows only a fragment of the tea set the Gorodnitsky factory created in memory of the Stalingrad Battle.
Stalingrad was Germany’s strategic goal in the summer of 1942. The German military command had planned to capture the city, its industrial and military enterprises and to get access to the Volga River. The plan was to be implemented by the Army of Friedrich Paulus.
The Stalingrad Front was organized on 12 July to confront the 6th Army of Germany. Fierce fighting started on 17 July. ‘On 10 November 1942, 1140 tanks, 5629 cannons, 11400 mortars, over 1000 aircraft hammered the enemy, ” – recollected Marshall of the Soviet Union Nikolai Bulganin. Lieutenant-general Vasily Chuikov, who led the army that defended the city, said at that time: “I swear, I either die in Stalingrad, or save the city”.
Despite strong Soviet resistance, the Nazis managed to capture almost all the city by November. While defending the city, the Soviet commanders were also developing the plan of an offensive named “Uranium”, with Marshal Georgy Zhukov put in charge of its preparation.
On 19 November, the armed forces of the South-Western Front started an offensive, the armies led by generals Nikolai Vatutin and Konstantin Rokossovsky encircled the enemy and soon reinforced the cordon around the army of Paulus. “I am pleased to inform you, Comrade Stain, that today, on 23 November, the German army group near Stalingrad was completely encircled, “− reported the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Alexandr Vasilevsky.
The date when the Stalingrad Battle was over is 2 February 1943 – the day when Soviet armed forces completely destroyed the last enemy group.
The Stalingrad Battle became the turning point in the Great Patriotic War. By winning the battle, the Red Army was able to recapture the strategic initiative and soon started a full scale offensive against the Nazi armed forces.
The set of the Gorchakovsky factory depicts episodes of the Stalingrad Battle, as well as portraits of members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and Soviet military commanders, which are followed by their quotations about the Great Patriotic War.
Initially one of the cups depicted the portrait of Lavrentiy Beria. However, his portrait and quotation were removed, and it is impossible to restore them now.
The Czartoryski dukes opened the Gorodnitsky Porcelain Factory back in 1799. After the October Revolution, the plant was nationalized, and during the Civil War it was badly damaged. Later, the factory came under the authority of the Main Committee of the Glass and Porcelain Industry of the Supreme Council of National Economy and was upgraded to the then state of the art level. During the Great Patriotic War, half of the factory was destroyed and again put out of operation for a while. During the years of the fourth five –year plan, it was restored to resume its operations.
The factory’s artists specialised in tea sets, crockery and small porcelain statues. Such things were popular both at home and abroad and often exhibited at international exhibitions.
The exhibition shows only a fragment of the tea set the Gorodnitsky factory created in memory of the Stalingrad Battle.
Stalingrad was Germany’s strategic goal in the summer of 1942. The German military command had planned to capture the city, its industrial and military enterprises and to get access to the Volga River. The plan was to be implemented by the Army of Friedrich Paulus.
The Stalingrad Front was organized on 12 July to confront the 6th Army of Germany. Fierce fighting started on 17 July. ‘On 10 November 1942, 1140 tanks, 5629 cannons, 11400 mortars, over 1000 aircraft hammered the enemy, ” – recollected Marshall of the Soviet Union Nikolai Bulganin. Lieutenant-general Vasily Chuikov, who led the army that defended the city, said at that time: “I swear, I either die in Stalingrad, or save the city”.
Despite strong Soviet resistance, the Nazis managed to capture almost all the city by November. While defending the city, the Soviet commanders were also developing the plan of an offensive named “Uranium”, with Marshal Georgy Zhukov put in charge of its preparation.
On 19 November, the armed forces of the South-Western Front started an offensive, the armies led by generals Nikolai Vatutin and Konstantin Rokossovsky encircled the enemy and soon reinforced the cordon around the army of Paulus. “I am pleased to inform you, Comrade Stain, that today, on 23 November, the German army group near Stalingrad was completely encircled, “− reported the Chief of the General Staff of the Red Army, Alexandr Vasilevsky.
The date when the Stalingrad Battle was over is 2 February 1943 – the day when Soviet armed forces completely destroyed the last enemy group.
The Stalingrad Battle became the turning point in the Great Patriotic War. By winning the battle, the Red Army was able to recapture the strategic initiative and soon started a full scale offensive against the Nazi armed forces.
The set of the Gorchakovsky factory depicts episodes of the Stalingrad Battle, as well as portraits of members of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks and Soviet military commanders, which are followed by their quotations about the Great Patriotic War.
Initially one of the cups depicted the portrait of Lavrentiy Beria. However, his portrait and quotation were removed, and it is impossible to restore them now.
