Bunker in Moscow allows to play nuclear war

Former nuclear bunker converted into a museum, simulates attack on the US



If you walk through the center of Moscow, perhaps not imagine, but 65 meters below your feet, you can have someone activating an atomic bomb. That is, a fake bomb, but in an environment that already was true. In this equivalent basement there is a 18-story building is the Museum of the Cold War, also called Bunker-42

The idea of ​​the museum is to make the visitor feel as a member of the Soviet army. And there is an effort to make it happen, starting with the venue itself. The area occupied today by the museum once served as a military bunker. It was known as Protected Command Point Tagansky - the name comes from the tunnel that connected the bunker to the metro station Tagansky. The place is full of objects, clothing and the fact that decorations were used during the Cold War. All to set the tone of the time when the nuclear confrontation seemed imminent.






Nuclear shots are part of a tour named "Ultra Secret". In it, visitors pay 1,800 rubles (about US $ 95) and is entitled to participate in a simulated nuclear attack. There you pass through gates designed to close in the case of atomic invested, goes to an area that emulates the decontamination of clothes, down 18 flights of stairs, watching a documentary on the period, it goes through a dark corridor with red lights flashing ( as would occur in case of attack), you can try military clothing of the time, and finally enters the launch atomic room. In this last step, you must choose a new city and turn two keys simultaneously to? Activate? nuclear missile. After that, it will be thanked for services rendered to the socialist republic.



When it was in operation, the military bunker could hold up to three thousand people for 90 days, according to the Moscow Times. Are almost 7000 square meters, which were abandoned from the end of the USSR until 2006, when a local private company bought the area for 65 million rubles (US $ 3.4 million), to turn it into a museum. Who thoroughly enjoy the play can even celebrate special days in the bunker. Local organzia Christmas parties and even children's birthdays. In the second case, children gain colorful helium balloons. It helps set the mood of nuclear weapons.