Monument to fallen Soviet Navy submarine crews during WWII 1941 to 1945 in front of Morskij Muziejnyj Komplieks Balaklava (Naval museum complex Balakl
Monument to fallen Soviet Navy submarine crews during WWII 1941 to 1945 in front of Morskij Muziejnyj Komplieks Balaklava (Naval museum complex Balaklava) in Balaklava, Crimea, Ukraine. September 30th 2008, in post Soviet classified underground submarine base called Object 825 GTS and underground repair and technical base designed to store nuclear arsenal code Object 280. Soviet Navy Black Sea Fleet base built 1957 to 1961 was designed to survive a direct atomic impact (nuclear explosion First category of 100kt). It housed dry dock, repair shops, warehouses for torpedoes and other weapons for 7 to 14 Project 613 (Whiskey-class) and 633 (Romeo-class) submarines. The base was closed in 1993, and museum was opened in 2003 © Wojciech Strozyk / Alamy Stock Photo
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Location: Balaklava, Ukraine
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