Inside a former Soviet secret submarine base

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Uploaded by on Nov 3, 2006

In October 2006 I visited Balaklava in the Crimea, Ukraine and went into the former submarine base dug deep into a cliff. This was once one of the USSR's most secret facilities during the Cold War. It's now a museum but could pass as a set for a James Bond or Indiana Jones movie!

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  • my father was 30 years ago there-as a soldier. he saw this video and had just the tears in hes eyes....than you!

  • I love bunkers and the like - they're like a window into the past and show how dangerous the past times were - a remainder not to repeat the same mistakes.

    The cold war especially was fascinating - the purpose of this base: to take a nuclear hit or two and let the submarines survive long enough to go out and deliver the counter-strike - mutual assured destruction. :)

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  • I was there before they tidied up the interior; my guide had been before and knew what he was talking about. Ironic that back in the 1850s the British fleet was anchored in the same harbour seen at the end of the video and a few minutes up the road is where the Charge of the Light Brigade took place. I hope that more visitors go to the Crimea/Krim and see this and other attractions. Sevastopol and Yalta are both close by.

  • i have not seen a modern military base in the USA that is a museum . i have seen bases that are no longer in use and are just left pretty much as they were . i would be there for a private company to deliver something on a truck as some private companies might rent out a very small section of one base . some of them were very large.

  • @bill739 he is english huh

  • could you get some english speaking person to help you with this video and have them explain the different objects as the movie goes along

  • @Drezdenn how the hell should i know

  • @Andersng1 so USA military bases make tourist excursions? 

  • Oh for a world without weapons or soldiers. Such a complete waste of money and life.

  • Doctor evils old lair .....Where's the friggin "Lazers" ?

  • USSR was a great country most of my friends are communist as well as i.

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