Bunker #42 (Moscow: Cold War)

 I cruise the Internet a lot  looking for, amongst other things, Cold War material to put on this Blog. Here is a series of photos from a interesting site I stumbled upon By Simon Raffeiner   'One Man - One Map' .

This is a 'Spare Long-Range Command Bunker of the Soviet Air Forces from 1951 to 1995'
It is located beneath the streets of Moscow. It was sold in auction to a private company that now operates it as a museum. I urge you to go to the site LINK  to read complete descriptions of these wonderful photos.

 

If this is the original entrance I would be surprised. Even the proud Russians would be a little bit more secretive about such an important installation. I'll go with the explanation that it was installed by the museum curators to more easily guide tourists to their Cold War Destination. Although I do notice, from the mess on the sidewalk, that a spy may have been recently shot during some sort of skullduggery sabotage mission.

Gotta love that carpet! Visible are lots and lots of plate and screw shaft pinions used to secure reinforced panels to underground rock. I am thinking of the renovations done to NORAD headquarters inside of Cheyenne Mountain.

 

Be sure to stop by the mannequin to have your papers checked Comrade! He looks like he was recruited from an upscale Woolworth's. Unlike many the disheveled dummies I have seen at other museums. 

 

 

I certainly hope the electrician who produced this work of art was praised. Not sent to Siberia for wasting precious building materials!

 

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