after the war work began on creating a modern network of branches of the central naval museum. in 1956 a branch was opened using the cruiser "aurora", the first museum ship in russia. in 1972 a second branch was opened in the village of osinovets, on the shore of lake ladoga, dedicated to the "road of life". a third branch was opened in the kronstadt naval cathedral in 1980, detailing the history of the fortress of kronstadt. in 1994 the submarine "narodovolets" was opened as a new branch of the museum, and the first submarine museum ship in russia.