Appropriate instructions were issued to the Russian Federation Government and the Culture Ministry.
More than 500,000 people a year visit the Museum of the Heroic Defence and Liberation of Sevastopol, founded in 1960. The museum features, among other exhibits, a Panorama of the Defence of Sevastopol in 1854–1855; a Diorama of the storm of Sapun Hill on May 7, 1944; the Malakhov Mound defence tower; St Vladimir Cathedral, where outstanding Russian admirals are buried; and the House Museum of Sevastopol Underground Fighters of 1942–1944. The museum is the centre for studies into the history of Sevastopol from its foundation in 1783 until present times.