Add a review about the Balaklava Naval Museum Complex

The Balaklava Naval Museum Complex is considered one of the central attractions of the city . For tourists it is interesting not only for exhibits, numerous visitors come here to see with their own eyes the secret military object of the times of the Cold War, after the construction of which Balaklava for several decades received the status of a closed area of ​​Sevastopol . Unique fortifications, built in a short time in the most difficult terrestrial conditions are an outstanding example of military engineering . The idea of ​​an underground complex for servicing submarines protected from an atomic strike appeared in the late 1940s . when the USA and the USSR developed the first new generation weapons . @ Balaklava was chosen to build a secret base, the bay of which is reliably sheltered by a narrow strait from foreign eyes and can be completely isolated from the sea. . Work continued for eight years, in 1961 . underground complex was completed .

Military -museum complex « Balaklava is considered one of the central attractions of the city.

The underground base, dug in the rocks at a sufficient depth for anti-atomic protection, consisted of an artificial canal with dry docks, technical sections for maintenance and repair of boats, fuel depots, a secret mine-torpedo unit . On both sides of Mount Tavros there were two masked exits: one to the bay and the other, on the north side of the mountain, to the open sea.

From the military point of view, "Object 825 GTS" served as a base for submarines of the 613th and 633 projects. It was planned to carry out repair and maintenance of submarines, storage and replacement of ammunition, refueling. The most secret part of the complex was the "Object 820", where nuclear warheads were being conducted.

In the last years of its existence, the secret base was practically not used for its intended purpose, as the navy switched to a new type of submarine . After the collapse of the USSR in 1991 . the base was completely closed, and two years later the premises were released definitively, the security was liquidated, a long period of desolation and plundering occurred .The revival and restoration of the completely looted complex began in 2003 ., when the decree of the President of Ukraine changed the former military base to a museum . In June 2013 . the museum celebrated its 10th anniversary .

The Balaklava underground complex together with the museum complex "Mikhailovskaya Battery" is a part of the Military History Museum of Fortification Structures

Excursion routes

Visitors to the museum are offered two different excursion routes. The basic excursion is an hour-long walk through the artificial labyrinths of Mount Tavros with a visit to the secret anti-nuclear facility for the shelter of submarines, an underground navigable canal laid in the bowels of the mountain, and the former arsenal of nuclear weapons of the Soviet Navy transformed into exhibition halls.

The second excursion is a small half-hour journey by boat on an underground canal, during which tourists will see the service stations of submarines. The list of unique objects includes a 100-meter dry dock at an 8-meter depth relative to the sea level, as well as a genuine sea mine designed to destroy the enemy's sea targets and capable of destroying all life within a radius of 100 m.

In 2007, were filming the Egyptian film "Taymour and Shafiq." The underground was continually stunned by explosions, for a better effect, the directors decided to use pyrotechnics
Underground museum complex "Balaklava"

Useful information

Address: 22, Tavricheskaya embankment, Sevastopol, Balaklava district.

@ Telephone: +7 (86-92) 63-75-90, 94-70-69 (booking excursions)

E-mail: vimfs@mail.ru

From the bus station and the railway station, get to the museum it is possible on trolleybuses No. 17 and 20, and also on fixed-route taxis No. 17, 20A and 26 to the final stop "5th kilometer". From bus stop "5th kilometer" to Balaklava there are buses № 9, 94, 98 and 99, and also fixed-route taxi No. 9 (stop "Obolon"). If you are traveling from the eastern part of the Balaklava Bay, then the buses No. 9, 94, 98 and 99 (stop "Obolon") will work.

Working hours: Monday - Friday: 10:00 - 17:00.

Entrance: 150 RUB, for foreigners: 180 RUB, for pupils and students: 75 RUB. Excursion by boat on the artificial canal of the museum complex costs 150 RUB. For veterans of the Second World War, servicemen, preschoolers, visitors with disabilities, orphaned children and museum staff, admission is free (except for excursions through the water channel).

Amateur photo and video filming are free.

Notice for the boat trip up to 12 years must be accompanied by adults

Do not forget to bring warm clothes: the temperature of the underground complex is only +16 ° C.


Prices are indicated for January 2015