Stalin's secret bunker

Alexander Kuzmin, the chief architect of Moscow, confirmed the rumors these days that are long can be heard in the Russian capital - that is Izmajlovu, one of the Moscow region, found the secret of Stalin's bunker.

"From the bunkers to the Kremlin is going 15 km long tunnel through which can pass armored techniques. The Army, the owner of the bunkers, opened a tunnel about 100 meters and made it a gallery in which the valuable works of art from the Stalin's times were during the perestroika dropped from Russian museums because they extolled the Soviet era. Bunker is located under the stadium, and not, as thought, below market, "explained Kuzmin.

It is a stadium Staljinac ", built early forties, who stands with 120,000 viewers for that time was the largest in Europe.

Konstantin Mikhailov, coordinator of the movement "Arhnadzor," explains the logic of building bunkers below the stadium: "It was believed that, if it comes to the bombing of Moscow, the Germans would not bomb the stadium because they need to organize on parade in honor of his victory."

Bunker through the subway tunnels - and it is known that in Moscow, next to the metro, which is used daily to transport citizens, there are parallel tunnels constructed for military purposes - was linked to the underground air defense points near the metro "Taganska. After the war the bunker was preserved and - forgotten.

Mikhailov recalls that it literally met by accident at the beginning of the nineties, and then it was bought by a private trader and made it to store their goods.

Officially, there is now a museum, branches of the Central Museum of Armed Forces of Russia. However, in the Museum of the armed forces claim that they do not belong to a museum.

In practice, the bunker for twenty years over hands and until its existence was announced on television they sold tickets for trips in the bunker. Who is selling them - no one could explain. FOP board ZAO "Izmajlovo" does not speak much. However, it is possible to call the phone number and an appointment for 12,000 rubles (about 270 euros) if one person goes, or 15,000 (about 330 euros) - if it is five. For many people - and the price was higher. The phone call in Izmajlovu "correspond to the visit are not allowed. "The court has temporarily banned," said the kind female voice.

Stalin's bunker the whole network of underground tunnels and buildings, which has a tenth output in various parts of the Ismailova. All connections are correct and the rooms are heated - heating system goes throughout the park and goes to the main collector - mnogospratni underground system, "explains Mikhail Savkin, head of the underground research center. He recalls that from time to time in the Moscow media texts appeared for years in which it was claimed that the traders recently closed Čerkizovske market (on which the "Politika" wrote) illegally lived in these tunnels and bunkers, and there is a version (based on statements Yuri Kornejuka , Milicionar) that many rooms in the converted warehouse, which in illegal factories, restaurants, bakeries, brothels ...