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 Stalin's Bunker,
Institute of Culture,
Chapaev Sq. by Sweet_Marina
It is 37 m deep!!!
(Cf.: Hitler's was 16 m. Churcill had an ascape room just on the second undeground floor.)
There are 192 steps leading downstairs. The bunker is actually a 8-m wide shaft.
Absolutely hermetic up to now, and is suitable for 5 days of self-air supply.
It was built within several months in 1942 -1943, when Samara became the extra capital as many factories, plants, embassies, etc. were moved here and Stalin thought of moving there as well in case Hitler took Moscow. The bunker was built in absolute secret, nobody knew of it except for the builders who were obliged to keep the secret till they die.
Only in 1991 it was announced, and opened for visitors. You wil see several rooms, offices inside, pictires of Karl Marx and Lenin, real old telephone that is still working, only is switched off by the supervisors as some of the tourists being on top of delight called their friends to say hello from the Bunker and later the bunker got bills to pay :-)
Though Stalin never visited this bunker as thanks god there was no need for him to use it, but it does not make it less valuable. Still it is history, a war monument, and an amazing marsterpiece of Soviet architects and engineers.
Normally they have excursions for groups from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., it costs USD 20, and actually you can visit it alone and the guide will show you around if you pay the sum. Leave a Comment
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 Helicopter Landing Place by Sweet_Marina
Come over there to spend several hours just enjoying the scenery, the air and feeling freedom from the city noise. Leave a Comment
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Samara has important aerospace industry and also a university for aerospace science.
One room in the university serves as a space museum showing models of Wostok, Sojus and other rockets, Buran, Mir, cosmonaute food etc.
It may be locked, but we asked and then minutes later somebody came and opened the museum.
The university is located on Moskovskoe Chaussee, where tram number 23 crosses. The museum is in the block that is in second line. Nothing from the outside would suggest that there is this museum. Leave a Comment
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Wander through the streets and alleys of old town Samara (e.g south of the Mc. Donalds restaurant and the blocks around) and look out for old - sometimes decaying - wooden houses.
Pay particularly attention to the mostly beautiful window frames. Leave a Comment
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