Museum of Mosenergo and Power Engineering in Moscow
During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), employees of Mosenergo ensured the uninterrupted operation of the city’s energy system despite constant bombing. In the basement of the administrative building on Raushskaya Embankment, a 24-hour command post was established to coordinate emergency recovery operations at damaged power facilities. All personnel were on standby, working in an emergency readiness mode. A specially created energy regiment, whose employees received exemptions from conscription, was engaged in restoring power lines and repairing equipment. They ensured uninterrupted power supply to strategically important facilities and maintained urban lighting while complying with strict blackout measures. At the Mosenergo Museum Moscow’s energy department stores unique wartime exhibits, including electrical appliances stamped by orphanages, as evidence of the involvement of teenagers in industrial work due to a shortage of personnel. The exhibition also contains original documents, photographs of destroyed facilities, personal belongings of workers and samples of equipment from the 1940s.
Address: Moscow, Vavilova St., 13
