Igor Meshov

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Stalin's bunker in Korostene becomes a museum
10.05.2007

Museum in the bunker have conceived to create in Korostene on ZHitomirshchine. There the unique underground fortress which has helped two hundreds defenders of fatherland to resist week to one thousand fascists was saved, informs the First national.

Hundred metres - such is a thickness of walls of a fortress. It is object "Rock", a part well-known "Stalin's Line". Underground tunnels long in hundreds metres have cut down in a continuous granite rock. The author of the project of command point Korostensky kureprajona - legendary general Dmitry Karbyshev whom fascists for refusal to co-operate alive have frozen, pouring over water on a cold.

In the thirtieth year this object erected metrostroevtsy. All communications are under a floor. Vaults intended for a defence staff. Telecommunication, pure water from own well and, contrary to hundred-metre depth – fresh air.

Germans who have quickly enough grasped Korosten, were amazed – in a city then was not neither steam heating, nor hot water. However all these blessings of a civilisation wonderfully functioned in the 100-metre bunker. After war on this place was musornik. To clear away it three years ago the officers transferred to the reserve have solved.

Sergey Grimovich – the chief of city department from extreme situations Korostenja: "For today of similar objects is not present in safety anywhere in territory of Soviet Union and Europe. It is one of such legendary bunkers, as Hitler and Stalin's well-known bunkers.".

Near military strengthening – nature sanctuaries and histories: the swimming bath of princess Olga, the rate drevljanskogo Had the prince on a grief.

Vladimir Moskalenko – city head Korostenja: "On the basis of the bunker we wish to make a military-historical complex, and also to establish monuments to princess Olga and drevljanskomu to the prince Small."

In one bunker wish to collect the weapon and subjects of a life which soldiers and officers of the Second World used. And territory near a military construction will transform into a rest zone. Already now it is possible to get to the bunker on excursion.

But the majority of caves research only wait - their purpose is not known till now.