Escalators

These subway escalators goes underground for about 5 minutes and are very deep. They are meant to double as bunkers in the event of a nuclear attack.

12th November 2014: St Petersburg

November 14th 2014
Another 9am start, breakfast at Zoom Zoom, and we made our way to the underground railway. I've never travelled so deep on an escalator, the ride taking a good 5 minutes. Apparently these subways are designed to double as nuclear shelters in case of an attack. Our destination was the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, the most revered Greek Orthodox Church in Russia. As you enter you pass the cemetery ... read more

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more

19th November 2014

alferov
Alexander Alferov

It must be remembered that St. Petersburg lies on the banks of Neva River, closely to the Bay of Finland, and on many islands. That means there is water everywhere, so the stations are deep not because of the atom, but because of geological features. Thanks!)

sherrys
Camino0914

Thanks !
Thanks for the correction. I did read somewhere that St Petersburg was on a wetland and has so many canals, partly to keep the water flowing to the Neva. Google is only as good as the info inserted, thanks again.

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