War in Ukraine: Mariupol Computer Museum Destroyed by Russian Bombings
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As the war in Ukraine continues to rage, we learn that in addition to thousands of innocent people and an invaluable part of the country's historical and cultural heritage, it was also the Mariupol Computer Museuma private museum dedicated to the history of computing and video games.
The Mariupol Computer Museum, located in the city of the same name in southeastern Ukraine overlooking the Sea of Azov, it was destroyed earlier this week by Russian shelling. Although the loss can in no way be compared to the thousands of dead and injured caused by the invasion, it is still sad to hear of the destruction of more than 500 computers, consoles and retro technologies dating from the years between 1950 and the beginning of the 2000s. Among the most interesting pieces were those produced at the time in the Soviet bloc, which turned out to be very different from the objects we have known in the West during the last half-century. century.
The museum was managed by Dmitry Cherapanovwho luckily was not involved in the bombing and is currently safe – which is the most important thing. "The Mariupol Computer Museum is no more"wrote Cherapanov on the it8bit.club Facebook page. “All that remained of my collection built up over 15 years are now only fragments of memories on this page, on the site and on the museum radio”. Man, as if that wasn't enough, he also lost his home.
In the video at the opening of the news, you can admire the Mariupol Compuer Museum as it looked in 2019, when it was visited by Gizmodo.
SOURCE: Reviews News
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