Stories about the underground city near Moscow have been circulating for a very long time. According to unofficial information, the so-called Metro-2 is a whole network of underground structures, which were previously supervised by a special department of the KGB. What has been hidden from prying eyes for more than 50 years under the capital's streets? Let's try to figure out a few facts.
Who came up with the term
In 1992, the Yunost magazine published a large novel by screenwriter Vladimir Gonik. The book "Hell" was set in the underground bunkers of Moscow. At the presentation of the sensational novel, the author himself admitted that he had been writing it for ten whole years, and had collected information about bunkers and secret metro lines bit by bit. The term itself, Metro-2, was coined and commissioned by Gonik, after which it was already picked up and replicated by all national media.
I would be surprised if it did not exist - Dmitry Gaev, ex-head of the Moscow Metro.
Medical secrecy
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The reader has practically no reason not to believe Vladimir Gonik. As a source of basic information, the writer pointed to numerous high-ranking patients - Gonik worked for a long time as a doctor in a polyclinic of the Ministry of Defense. According to Vladimir, initially Metro-2 was just a system of very comfortable bunkers for the leadership of the Politburo and the Central Committee of the CPSU - here those who hypocritically declared their readiness to die for the good of the people were going to save their skins.
Estimated characteristics
There is only an approximate description of the Metro-2 system. This is understandable, the object is secret! It is believed that it runs at a very great depth - some stations lie at 250 meters. There is no contact rail, and the rails themselves are sunk into the floor so that the car can pass. According to some data, there are 4 main lines in total. The largest of them is Chekhovskaya, its length exceeds 60 km. Instead of ordinary trains, special contact-battery electric locomotives run here.
Declassified objects
In 2006, in the very center of Moscow, the Cold War Museum, the Tagansky ZKP, was opened. At a depth of 60 meters, there used to be a secret air defense bunker, connected by a tunnel with a hidden underground system. Even earlier, in 1996, another object was shown: an underground road from the Kremlin to Comrade Stalin's dacha. It was built in the 1930s of the last century, so the existence of more advanced and later objects can be considered proven.
The Soviet government built command posts deep underground both in Moscow and beyond. These facilities are connected by a network of special deep metro lines, which provide a quick and safe way of evacuation for the country's leaders … There are deep command posts in Moscow. One of them is located under the Kremlin. These facilities are intended for national command during the war. They are estimated to be 200-300 meters deep and are estimated to hold 10,000 people. - Official report of the US Department of Defense.
Underground city in Ramenki
Time magazine published a high-profile article in 1992, where, with many proofs, the real existence of an underground city in the Ramenki area was shown. Moreover, the evidence was provided by one of the KGB officers - the defector took with him the drawings of the secret facility. Ten years after publication, on December 26, 2002, a fire broke out in these dungeons, after which it was no longer possible to hide the bunker.