In the Lviv region, a schoolboy opened a museum of the Russian war against Ukraine
In the Lviv region, 13-year-old Bohdan Kalyniv from the village of Korostiv in the Stryi district has created his own museum, collecting over 600 war-related artifacts.
The idea to create the museum came two years ago, after Bohdan received a patch as a gift from a soldier of the 80th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade with the call sign “Dragon.”
Prior to this, the boy had already been volunteering, making trench candles, fire starters, and herbal mixtures for the military, together with his grandfather.
“I started telling other soldiers about my idea. And they began sending exhibits by mail, passing them on through volunteers, or bringing them in person,” Bohdan said.
At first, the collection was kept at home, but over time it needed more space, so the student decided to create a museum.
According to Bohdan, the museum’s goal is to show people what war really looks like, to display the defenders’ equipment and the enemy’s “iron” that brings death to the land of Ukraine.
The collection includes over 600 exhibits: trophies, weapon fragments, soldiers’ personal belongings, arm patches, and flags with signatures, fragments of Iskander missiles, and parts of enemy Lancet and Gerbera drones. The heaviest exhibit is a 234-kg fragment of a guided aerial bomb from the Kharkiv region. The museum also features a salt crystal from Soledar, artifacts from the Kursk region, and a Russian major’s watch.
Visitors can enter the museum for a voluntary donation, and Bohdan himself conducts the tours personally.
