Photos of Soviet Nuclear Bunker "Pansionat"

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This is the command bunker of the Latvian Soviet Command, comrades Voss and Pugo, purpousely built to withstand nuclear war for (up to) 3 months. Construction finished after a whole 12 years in the early eighties. It was never used, so it's pretty much intact with machinery and all. The construction had to be kept secret, so they draftet crew randomly from all over Latvia and rotated them for short 5 day shifts, the idea was that this would prevent the workers from knowing what they were working on. Some parts are constructed by KGB specialist crews. This construction was a huge moneydrain for the Latvian Soviet economy, and thankfully a complete waste of money, as the tense decades of cold cold war after the Cuban Missile crisis eased into Glasnost in the nineties. The bunker was still in use intil the early nineties. Much of the interior is intact, with furnishing and equpment mostly as was. A very good guided tour takes you through the complex in about an hour, and you really get that 80s feeling, as well as a good account of the Latvian Soviet history. Bring something warm to wear as the bunker lies convenienty 9m underground from the Communist Party's Recreation Resort in the Beautiful forest of Ligatne. This resort is now housing a rehabilitation hospital.
Soviet Nuclear Bunker 'Pansionat' is a tourist attraction, one of the Fortification in Skalupji, Latvia. It is located: 203 km from Riga, 730 km from Tallinn, 860 km from Vilnius. Read further
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