The museum displays the painting ‘Omsk Liberation from Kolchak’ by Kondraty Belov.
On November 12, 1919, the Supreme Ruler of Russia Alexander Kolchak left Omsk. On November 14, the fifth Army of the Eastern Front under command of Mikhail Tukhachevsky took the city during the Omsk operation.
The 27th Rifle Division under command of Joseph Blazhevich occupied the city. Later it was named ‘Omskaya.’ The memoirs of a division commissar Andrey Kuchkin have been preserved:
On November 12, 1919, the Supreme Ruler of Russia Alexander Kolchak left Omsk. On November 14, the fifth Army of the Eastern Front under command of Mikhail Tukhachevsky took the city during the Omsk operation.
The 27th Rifle Division under command of Joseph Blazhevich occupied the city. Later it was named ‘Omskaya.’ The memoirs of a division commissar Andrey Kuchkin have been preserved: