A Naval Museum able to withstand a category-I (nuclear yield of 100kt) nuclear explosion built by the 1953 USSR in Sevastopol Crimea
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Gps Coordinates / 44.4997952,33.5956013
Soviet Union Top Secret VR Cold War Facility Crimea Naval Museum
1 99000, Marmurova St, Sevastopol
Includes an underground network of water channels complete with a dry dock, repair shops, warehouses for torpedoes and other weapons.
The complex is located in the mountain of Tavros, on both sides of which are exits.
Gps Coordinates / 44.5011406,33.5977421
Press information from March 2014, Russia considered the possibility of restoring this submarine base in Balaklava.
Additionally it could protect personnel from nuclear fallout.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 44.4985242 / Gps Link 44.4985548 / Gps Link 44.4982487
Gps Coordinates / 44.4985242,33.5945392 / 44.4985548,33.59514 / 44.4982487,33.5948825
The 10th anniversary of the museum was celebrated in June 2013. Submarine veterans, former employees of the base as well as representatives from the authorities, armed forces and students attended the ceremony.
Caisson gates could be used if necessary to seal the entire complex.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 44.5003615 / Gps Link 44.4986409 / Gps Link 44.4992282
Gps Coordinates / 44.5003615,33.5950649 / 44.4986409,33.5963466 / 44.4992282,33.594625
The facility was placed under the jurisdiction of Russia and the southern area of the Military History Museum of fortification structures of the Russian Federation in 2014, after the annexation of Crimea.
The holes in the rock are neatly covered with camouflage devices and networks.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 44.4984324 / Gps Link 44.4986773
Gps Coordinates / 44.4984324,33.5953546 / 44.4986773,33.596127
Object 825 GTS was intended to house, repair and maintain Project 613 and 633 (known as Whiskey and Romeo-class respectively) submarines.
An exit to the open sea is provided on the northern side of the mountain.
Gps Coordinates / 44.5009245,33.5965052
In the period after the Second World War, the two superpowers, the USSR and the US, stepped up their nuclear arsenal, threatening each other with pre-emptive strikes and retaliatory strikes.
This small inlet protects the city not only from storms, but also from reconnaissance as it is not visible from any angle from the open sea.
This site is close to Sevastopol, a major naval base still used by the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet today.
