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In the years of the Soviet Union throughout the country were built a large number of military bunkers, many of which were declassified and open to the public only today. EN masse has created silos in Europe. Several of these bins we will look at next.
1. Stalin’s bunker in Samara
“Stalin’s bunker” — colloquial name of a defensive structure in Samara, created as a backup location the Supreme commander of the Armed forces of the USSR I. V. Stalin. Built in 1942, declassified in 1990.
The bunker was erected by the best specialists of the country – the Moscow metro builders and Donbass miners and ordinary workers. Underground construction is the reduced copy of the Moscow metro station “Airport”.
From all of the builders was taken subscription about nondisclosure of state secrets, does not have a Statute of limitations. So even living close to the city’s residents had no idea what was happening behind the high fence construction. The soil was taken out by cars at night.
Builders almost never left the object, ate in the dining room was built here, and spent the night in a hostel in the courtyard of the regional Committee or in underground facilities. The work was carried out around the clock in two shifts. Less than a year, was excavated 25 million cubic meters of soil, laid 5 thousand cubic meters of concrete.
It is the most powerful of the now declassified bunkers. Its depth – 37 meters, the height of a 12-storey building. For comparison, the depth of Hitler’s bunker in Berlin was 16 meters, Churchill’s shelter in London was located at a depth of only two floors.
2. Bunker-42 in Moscow
This bunker is located in the center of Moscow, at Taganka. Many years ago, there was a reserve aviation command post (ET-42. The bunker was built in the 50-ies for use in the event of a nuclear attack. The bunker area is 7000 square meters. It is located 65 meters under the ground. Today the bunker is a Museum.
In the construction of this bunker was also attended by prisoners.
The temperature in the bunker is 16 degrees above zero all year round. Humidity is very high.
The control panel of a ballistic missile.
In 2006 the bunker was sold and has since been part of his premises to be used as rooms for presentations, symposiums, as well as the club.
3. Bunker “Burlington” in England
The city of Burlington (Burlington) in the English County of Wiltshire known as the City of the cold war (Cold War City), because it was built in the 1950-ies at the depth of 36 meters as a shelter in case of nuclear attack from the USSR to the government of British conservative Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and nearly 4,000 elected public servants.
The underground city was located in the former stone quarry, was almost a kilometer in length and had nearly 60 miles of roads.
The very existence of this bunker was kept in strict secret, but in 2013 the bunker was decommissioned and declassified.
Now this bunker is for sale. Most likely he will get an English businessman, who will make it Europe’s largest wine cellar.
4. The stock of nuclear warheads in the Czech Republic
In Western Bohemia near the village of myshiv is the Atomic Museum. This underground building where they kept the nuclear warheads owned by the Soviet army. Secret bunker, built in Czechoslovakia in 1960, has retained its original appearance. Basement storage area was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of defense of the Soviet state.
In the post-Soviet space bunkers of such a huge number, but to open the Museum only in the Czech Republic.
The warehouse is located under the ground (16 meters) consists of 4 levels. Its scale is impressive, it can accommodate up to 5,000 people. Up above the bunker is a Park with a Playground. The entrance is a small door on the terrace, decorated with graffiti.
5. Object 825 GTS in Balaclava
The facility was built as a plant for submarines in 1957-1961. The submarine came into dock at the 600-metre-long tunnel made in the rock.
Simultaneously, the bunker served as a safe haven that can withstand a nuclear explosion by capacity 6 times greater than Hiroshima. During the month here could hide 3,000 people.
Now inside this once secret facility is a Museum and everyone can visit this secret facility.
6. Project 816 in China
A huge bunker was started in 1967 in the body of the mountain Shangshang. The total length of the obtained underground structures – 21 km, space hopper located on 9 levels. In the bunker to protect themselves from earthquakes of 8-9, and also close the gap nuclear warheads with a capacity up to 1 MT.
The bunker was planned to accommodate a weapons factory, however, it was completed only 60%. In 2002, the “816 project” was declassified, and in 2010 – opened for tourists.
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