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Deggial \|	Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine < on 1/1/2007 5:33 PM >

	Abandoned Soviet/Russian submarine base in Crimea, Ukraine. Built in 1956-1961, hosted up to 9 submarines, included weapons factory, torpedo arsenal and first-class bomb shelter (could host up to 3000 people for 30 days). Very large complex with area of 17 thousands square meters. Tunnel length: 505 meters Tunnel waterway width: 6-8,5 meters Tunnel waterway depth: 6-8,5 meters Served as secret base for Soviet/Russian submarines from 1961 to 1995. In 1995 Russia withdrew its submarines and most of expensive equipment and gave up the base to Ukraine. Had been abandoned and suffered from looters till 2003. Serves as museum from 2003, but factory and torpedo section are closed for public. Some sections are flooded. Photos: http://www.ochevidec.net/id/898.html http://russos.live...211401.html#cutid1 http://russos.live...211135.html#cutid1 http://russos.live...210363.html#cutid1 [last edit 1/1/2007 5:56 PM by Deggial - edited 1 times]

Tupsumato location: Finland Gender: Male How close can you go? \|	Re: Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine <Reply # 1 on 1/1/2007 6:03 PM >

	I like the way they illuminated the flooded sections. This location was added to the LDB couple of years ago. I guess it wasn't open to the public back then. All information and details given in good faith but not guaranteed!

Alone \|	Re: Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine <Reply # 2 on 1/12/2007 7:39 AM >

	What a cool location. For those who can't read russian, the commentary is mostly of defamatory nationalist nature between russians and ukranians - a shame that it's is like that, but a fact - that's the way things are. one comment contains a very evocative image of miliciamen being extracted from their cars by an angry mob using pitchforks.

piksi location: Helsinki, Finland Gender: Male \| \|	Re: Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine <Reply # 3 on 3/27/2007 1:37 PM >

	Sorry to disappoint you guys, but the place is like a hell nowadays. I went to ukraine in the fall of last year, and visited Crimea as a backpacker. The place is called Balaclava and it's a short trip from Sevastopol which used to be a naval base town. Within the last 3-4 years after they opened the place for public the locals have turned this submarine base into a hellish tourist trap. The whole shore is full of bars, cafeterias and hotels. Prices are high and hordes of tourists all want to see the base, so there's a massive queue in front of that white booth you can see on the right side of the entry. The tour is interesting in terms of seeing the construction they have built inside the rock, but I don't enjoy seeing the place with 30 russian tourists in a tourist boat with a guide. There are much much better abandoned places all spread along Ukraine next to the 900km railroad from Kiev to Crimea. Unless you dont mind tourist traps, I cannot recommend Balaclava navy base to anyone -- piksi

GIJOE location: Under Melbourne Gender: Male Watch out for pedestrians when driving in tunnels \|	Re: Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine <Reply # 4 on 3/28/2007 1:35 AM >

	Tourists or no tourists, wow.

Aggressive

location:
Toronto

Re: Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine
<Reply # 5 on 3/28/2007 10:20 PM >

Posted by Alone
What a cool location. For those who can't read russian, the commentary is mostly of defamatory nationalist nature between russians and ukranians - a shame that it's is like that, but a fact - that's the way things are. one comment contains a very evocative image of miliciamen being extracted from their cars by an angry mob using pitchforks.

Thanks, backpacking myself I hate tourist traps.

Can you access the off limits areas without paying admission?

How much was admission anyways?

piksi

location:
Helsinki, Finland
Gender: Male

Re: Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine
<Reply # 6 on 4/2/2007 10:32 AM >

Posted by Aggressive
Thanks, backpacking myself I hate tourist traps.
Can you access the off limits areas without paying admission?
How much was admission anyways?

IIRC, it was quite impossible to see any of the stuff without a guided tour - we tried though. The admission was a ripoff, the actual ticket was something like 20-40 Grivnas, but the whole fee-system is quite fishy. We weren't even allowed to buy a ticket from the booth, they answered that we should have bought some kind of boat trip from the other side of the bay. Ukraine rules but trying to get made-up fees from tourists and double-pricing everything is quite frustrating.

-- piksi

Tupsumato

location:
Finland
Gender: Male

How close can you go?

Re: Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine
<Reply # 7 on 4/2/2007 11:07 AM >

Posted by piksi

Ukraine rules but trying to get made-up fees from tourists and double-pricing everything is quite frustrating.

Not that it's not the same around the world. I've experienced something like that several times in the Far East.

I see no problem paying entrance fees as long as the money is used to renovate, maintain etc. whatever I'm paying for, or at least something closely related. However, I don't want to pay some fishy fees and fund someone's new car...

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b-Rizzle location: New Jersey Gender: Male \| \|	Re: Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine <Reply # 8 on 4/4/2007 4:44 AM >

	I love this one - the place looks awesome.

Captain Obvious

location:
among the tank farms
Gender: Male

in ur xbox...there are midgets

Re: Abandoned submarine base, Crimea, Ukraine
<Reply # 9 on 4/6/2007 2:15 AM >

Posted by Alone
one comment contains a very evocative image of miliciamen being extracted from their cars by an angry mob using pitchforks.

Russia is awesome.

Nov. 24, 2007--The city of Cleveland, Ohio, announces that it has developed tactical nuclear weapons, and does not wish to hear any more jokes.

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