Balaklava Underground Museum Complex. Transport passage.

So, we have a long corridor ahead of us. By the way, notice how much deeper we’ve gone.

Initial report: Balaklava Underground Museum Complex. Entrance.

Previous report: Balaklava Underground Museum Complex. Beginning.

With very long exhibition stands on both walls.

I dutifully photographed all 19 submarine models, but the reflective glass proved a hindrance once again. So I won’t show them all, but just one. Later, it will become clear why I chose this one.

As you can see, glare on the glass from the lighting and the reflection of the stand on the opposite wall are detrimental to image quality.

Let’s look back at the path we’ve taken

and we’ll continue moving.

We come to the expansion called the transport hub of the torpedo section,

In which we are shown the cutaway models of torpedoes 

Behind them is a transparent display (I don’t like that!) with a visual depiction of the evolution of Soviet torpedo weapons. And another “depth” cutoff.

One of the torpedoes appears to be emerging from the transport passageway.

which I also dropped into.

Those who are particularly attentive may have noticed a rail turntable and a naval mine in the corner.

Actually, there are two identical ones there.

A film is being shown on the end wall next to one of them, one frame of which will give a better understanding of the structure of the complex than fragmentary evacuation plans.

By the way, we are in a square room under the point “1964”.

If you have a couple of minutes to spare, you can watch the entire film demonstrating the torpedo production process. But only in Russian; I don’t know how to translate films yet.

I had time, so I watched the film.

The quality isn’t exactly great. It was fine when I was filming it. Sorry about that!

Let’s move on.

As we can see, there is a row of torpedoes lined up along the right wall.

Although it immediately becomes clear that not all of them are torpedoes.

Between the torpedoes on the wall hang photographs of 5 separate consecutive frames from a training film about the force of a nuclear strike,

where a perfectly normal house is reduced to dust.

It is quite possible that this could be a more visual illustration of this rather unclear stand.

The most tangible way to experience this is, of course, to experience it yourself. And you are presented with such an opportunity, but without such destructive consequences.

Now you can guess for yourself why all nuclear fallout shelters, and not only them, are so fond of curved corridors. A favorite question of all tour guides at such sites.

Along the left wall there is a series of stands that refresh the memory for those who, like me, studied this in school, or demonstrate it for those who did not know it. We are in a fallout shelter after all!

Continuing on the topic – a small collection of gas masks.

There are also small-caliber anti-doat missiles, but since they were there before, I will skip them.

And only at the end of the journey do we learn that all this time we were moving along a transport tunnel!

A special window was made in the floor to display hidden communications.

That’s why I thought the cables were there and visible, but the pipes weren’t visible. And here they are!

Here we have come to the end of another section.

Congratulations on another depth record!

By the way, it is precisely these doors that ensure the progressive movement of visitors: they open there, but not back. You can walk around within a single section until you get bored.

To be continued: Balaklava Underground Museum Complex. Continuation of the route.