Decommissioned Soviet Sub Base
A top-secret, abandoned Soviet submarine base in Sevastopol, Crimea, hidden for decades and now a museum.

📜 Decommissioned Soviet Sub Base in Sevastopol, Crimea.
🔍 This former top-secret military facility, built during the Cold War, is now a museum.

Why Go

🌊 Explore a massive concrete and steel complex designed to withstand nuclear attack.
🔍 Discover a warren of tunnels and corridors that housed advanced Cold War weapons.
🏛️ Visit a small museum in a former ammunition depot buried deep within the hillside.
📜 Learn about the secrecy and militarism that surrounded the Cold War.

Tips

🗺️ Located on the Black Sea Coast, only six miles or so outside of Sevastopol, in Balaklava.
🚶‍♂️ The base could support its entire population (3000 people) autonomously for three years in case of nuclear fallout.

Hours

🕒 Open for tour groups after a period of reconstruction.

Last updated 9 days ago

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