Bunker-42 on Taganka
Fortified Cold War command bunker built sixty five meters underground to survive nuclear war.
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This guide to Bunker-42 on Taganka in Moscow starts on the street, in front of an old building that is not what it seems. You go down into a Cold War command post dug in secret in the early 1950s, and meet the communication operators who took their seats there in April 1954 to wait for a single order. Best heard standing outside the entrance, before you head down the stairs.
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