The Moscow Kremlin is a place shrouded in secrets, myths and legends. Its walls and halls have seen a lot, but much more horror stories are hidden in the dungeons of the most famous sight of Russia. Attempts to investigate them were made during the rule of tsars, princes, and Bolsheviks. But did this lead to success?
First attempts to solve the mystery
The first attempt to uncover the secret of the Moscow undergrounds was made by the sexton Konon Osipov. It happened in 1817. The sexton-speleologist remembered the story of the late clerk Vasily Makariev. This eyewitness to the Kremlin undergrounds visited them on the orders of Princess Sophia. It was at that time that he saw in the dungeons large, spacious rooms that were filled with bags and chests that had darkened with time. These places were located near the Taynitskaya tower. It was from this place that the exploration of the Kremlin dungeons began. This happened due to the fact that the sexton managed to find a gallery in the Taynitskaya tower, the entrance to which was littered with earth. For excavation, soldiers were allocated who were able to go deeper only a few meters. After that, the arch of the gallery collapsed and all attempts to get under the Taynitskaya tower were stopped due to the risk of collapse.
In the future, Prince Shcherbakov was engaged in research, who, together with the soldiers, carried out work under the Arsenalnaya and Borovitskaya towers. Thanks to him, the underground chapel and the passage leading to the Imperial Square were opened.
Prospecting activity was continued by the Bolsheviks, thanks to whom it was possible to open an underground passage to the Alexander Garden and several lines of communications.
Death in the dungeons
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One of the most shocking finds was made during renovation work on Red Square in 1930. Not far from the Kremlin, workers discovered an underground passage at a depth of five meters, the walls of which were paved with bricks. In one of the branches of this passage, a strange and terrible find was discovered - several warriors, whose bodies were dressed in armor and armor. The reason why they were buried here or went unauthorizedly to seek death in the Kremlin's dungeons remained unknown.
Other mysteries and myths
The most interesting myths and legends are connected with the Kremlin underground. So, for example, Nicholas II and his wife on the eve of the coronation saw in one of the halls the ghost of Ivan the Terrible, sprinkled with the blood of the victims he had killed.
Ghosts living in the undergrounds of the Moscow Kremlin appear here before sad or historically significant events. Several people saw the spirit of the impostor False Dmitry on the Kremlin Square in 1991 before the start of the coup.
The most incredible story
One of the most incredible stories of the Kremlin dungeons is the one that took place in the mid-80s of the last century. A young guard, who was on duty at night at the Patriarch's Chambers, announced the alarm. The patrol arrived at the scene a few minutes later. They found the young guard in a semi-conscious state, but the worst thing was that the guy completely turned gray. As it turned out later, he saw the ghost of the famous bloody party commissar Yezhov. The mysterious night visitor descended the stairs and slowly began to move away from his former apartment, holding his long-length overcoat thrown over his shoulders. At some point, he turned around, as if he saw a sentry, and then slowly began to dissolve in the air, as if falling into the ground. The sentry spoke about this 3 days after he began to recover a little. A few months later, he was discharged from the service. His further fate is unknown.