Museo storico della Campagna di Russia

About the museum

The museum stands next to the Tempio nazionale della Madonna del Conforto in Cargnacco, a hamlet of Pozzuolo del Friuli, about 7 km from Udine. The temple, in exposed brick to a design by the architect Giacomo Della Mea, is dedicated to the fallen and missing of the Russian campaign; the crypt holds the registers with the names of the soldiers who did not return.

The museum, run by the Unione nazionale italiana reduci di Russia (UNIRR), gathers testimonies of the Italian army’s commitment on the Russian front between 1941 and 1943. It displays photographs, documents and relics, and one room is devoted to the arrival on the Don of the other divisions deployed, with uniforms, objects and texts of the time.

The museum’s office can provide information about the fate of soldiers listed as missing. The Russian campaign cost Italy tens of thousands of victims, both fallen and missing.

Highlights

• Photographs, documents and relics of the Russian campaign, 1941–1943
• Room on the divisions deployed on the Don
• National temple with crypt and registers of the missing
• Information on the fate of missing soldiers

Operated by

UNIRR Friuli (Unione nazionale italiana reduci di Russia)

Visitors per year

approx. 3,000

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free admission.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The National Temple and the museum are in Cargnacco, about 7 km from Udine; they can be reached by car, or by train to Udine.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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