Tagansky Protected Command Point
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{{Infobox museum
|name = Exhibition Complex Bunker 42
|image = Cold War Museum, Moscow, model.JPG
|caption = Model of the bunker layout
|established = {{start date and age|1956}}
|location = 115172, Moscow, 5th Kotelnichesky Lane, 11
|coordinates = {{Coord|55.741735|N|37.649277|E|region:RU_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
|publictransit = Taganskaya, 5 min walk
|type = Cold War Museum, restaurant
|website = {{URL|http://www.bunker42.com/eng/|Museum website}}
|logo=|map_type=|former_name=}}
File:Cold War Museum, Moscow, entrance.JPG
The Cold War Museum (Moscow) or Bunker GO-42, also known as "facility-02" (1947), CHZ-293 (1951), CHZ-572 (1953), and GO-42 (from 1980), and now Exhibition Complex Bunker-42,{{Cite web |url=https://www.moscovery.com/bunker-42-on-taganka/ |title=About the Bunker 42 museum}} is a once-secret military complex, bunker, communication center in Moscow, Russia, near the underground Moscow Metro station Taganskaya. It has an area of {{convert|7000|m2|sqft}} and is situated at a depth of {{convert|65|m|ft}} below ground.{{Cite web|url=http://www.themoscowtimes.com/arts_n_ideas/article/underground-marvels/363502.html|title=CONTEXT - Underground Marvels |accessdate = 2007-04-20| date = 2007-04-20 | work=The Moscow Times | author = Malpas, Anna |url-access= subscription}}
History
Construction of the facility began in 1951, in connection with the early threat of nuclear war with the United States. The underground complex was built using the same technique that was used in the construction of the Moscow Metro subway, which is connected by two tunnels. The first tunnel was used to supply the facility and connects to the subway at Taganskaya (circle line) station. The second tunnel connects to the technical areas of Taganskaya.Archive chief engineer of the GO-42: Explanatory note to the reconstruction of the object CZ-293 Moscow, Metrogiprotrans, 1973
In 1956, the facility operated as an emergency command post headquarters of the Moscow Air Defence District (PVO) communication center. Personnel at the facility, including technical staff, were changed over every 24 hours. The staff worked in short shifts in order to stay alert and prevent combat anxiety. According to recollections of veterans, many of the staff members worked for various other institutions, including the central telegraph, radio studio, and geodetic laboratory. In the 1960s, the bunker was equipped with everything needed to continue operating in the event of a nuclear attack, including food, fuel, and two artesian wells to provide clean drinking water for an extended period of time.
=Transfer to private ownership=
In 2006, the bunker was put up for public auction by the Russian Federal Agency for State Property Management. It was purchased by a private company, Novik-Servis (Новик-Сервис) for 65 million rubles{{cn|date=August 2022}} and turned into a museum called "экспозицио́нный ко́мплекс Бу́нкер-42", opened in 2006.
Capacity
Approximately 600 people could live and work in the complex for 30 days without assistance from the outside world, thanks to stores of food and medicine, an air recycling system, and diesel generators.
See also
- Detachment Hotel
- Emergency Government Headquarters – in Canada
- The Cold War Museum – a Cold War museum in Warrenton, Virginia
- Plokštinė missile base – a Cold War museum in Lithuania
References
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External links
- [https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxabxarata/sets/72157600283747122/ Photos of the bunker] - Flickr.com
- [https://www.bunkermoscow.ru/подземные-бункеры-москвы-в-интернете/ Moscow bunkers] - [https://www.bunkermoscow.ru/подземные-бункеры-москвы-в-интернете/ https://www.bunkermoscow.ru]
{{Museums and galleries in Moscow}}
Category:Military installations of the Soviet Union
Category:Soviet Air Defence Forces