How does the metro affect people? For many people, descending underground causes anxiety. And even when there is no damp cave in front of them, but a well-lit and marble metro station. There is no sun, sky, fresh air and artificial lighting makes the faces of fellow passengers masks.

Metro 2

Moscow Metro is not just the scene of many thrillers and the source of horror legends. Among them, their place of honor is taken up by stories about the secret network of a completely different underground metro, which is called the researcher Metro 2. People who are trying to unravel his secret claim that the whole of Moscow is interwoven with this mysterious metro. In the center of the capital, there are really a number of underground roads, intended for various purposes. Especially many of them arose under Stalin, who was known for his obsession with mystery and suspicion.

Vadim Burlak (researcher and publicist):

"The First World War showed that there are air forces, air bombs and massive cannons, which are able to pierce both strong concrete and massive brick walls. And you need to hide from them, but where? Of course underground. At that time, the construction of the Moscow metro began and another task was to build parallel buildings in case of a future war. "

Few people know that the Moscow Underground could have been a peer on the London Underground. As early as 1872, engineer Vasily Titov submitted an underground railway project from Kursk railway station to Lubyanka Square. At that time, a survey of the land was carried out in case of possible construction of the metro. However, the city duma and church leaders rejected the project.

One of the archbishops wrote indignantly to the Moscow Council at the time: Is it possible to admit such a sinful dream? Will not the man created according to the image of God, by running into the underworld?

Vadim Burlak (researcher and publicist):

"They came back to this idea before the First World War, but because it soon broke out, it was clear that they would not have the means. Metro was not a must. That was victory in the war. The Bolshevik government has been fully committed to this idea since 1918 and has instructed engineers to develop this project. "

Metro for government needs

There is information that the first documents relating to the construction of the Moscow Metro have appeared for several years after the October Revolution. The Bolshevik government was keen to give the capital a look of a typical European city. But most importantly, there was a unique opportunity to urgently create a number of the most secretive underground facilities for the needs of the government and for reasons of national security.. The main purpose of such objects was the covert and immediate transfer of government and military command in the event of a coup d'état or an unexpected enemy attack on the ground.

Vadim Chernobrov (Head of Kosmopoisk):

"Even today, in these quiet times, there is sometimes a need for rapid relocation, at least for the heads of state, when they must appear unnoticed at a given place and time. It's the same as snow falling on your head, in this case more coming from below. That's sometimes very effective, and leaders sometimes resort to it. "

The decision to build the metro was made at the July meeting of CK VKP (b) in 1931. First they decided to build a basic route and then develop the underground network and expand it to all parts of the city. Its construction was (without publication) ordered to supervise the Chekists. It was decided to build roads exclusively by underground excavation, in order to be able to reliably disguise highly classified objects built in parallel.

Nikolaj Nepomnjaščij (writer and traveler):

"The conditions created for this were satisfactory. A huge amount of labor, a literally insane number of prisoners of war, and it was possible to use it absolutely with impunity anywhere. Which, of course, also happened on the construction of an ordinary metro and during the excavation of tunnels and the construction of Metro 2 routes. "

Gleb Bokij and mystic

Once in the office of Deputy Chairman of the OGPU Genrich Jagoda, who was tasked with overseeing the construction of the subway, the Chief of Special and Future Nine Departments of State Security Gleb Bokij. This person was known for having into his department he took specialists in astrology, esoterics, and clairvoyant. He himself tended to mysticism, and even participated in spiritualistic sessions. This actually explains the level of secrecy that has not yet been removed from many folders in the special department's archives. There is too much information in these documents that is incompatible with common sense and traditional science.

At first, Bokij stared into Jagoda's eyes for a long time, literally as if to understand whether it was worth telling his direct superior or not. Then he decided. He intended to take stock of subway projects with the help of magicians and experienced astrologers. As a result, Jagoda gave the secret laboratories the appropriate assignment in the strictest secrecy. A large report soon appeared on the OGPU representative's desk.

Astrologers claimed some unknown forces from the past dictated to builders a schematic of the circular building of Moscow. Metro will be operational if its circular structure is maintained when building routes. It was necessary to divide it into twelve parts that corresponded exactly to the signs of the zodiac. Such a division strongly increases the energy of the capital, but it carries some energy burdens for its individual parts, which are linked to metro stations and the outgoing lines on the outskirts of the city and interconnected with others.

Circular line

It can be considered a mere coincidence, however, when designing and later building began circular line (route), there were exactly twelve stations in it. But did it really impact the city's energy? Ezoterics says yes, but to a greater extent to his underground. And this energy is supposed to have a negative effect. Moscow Metro is, according to some, the generator of "other" forces. Line tracks, stations and blind subway branches of the capital city are full of specters.

At night you can meet a ghost here line supervisor. When he was still alive, he worked underground for more than forty years. He did not want to retire, but after his death he could not find peace and his spirit wandered through the labyrinths of the subway. But the most legendary specter of the subway is the Black Train Driver. Yes, just the one who unexpectedly appeared to a group of teenagers in the early XNUMXs and led them through night tunnels. Metro 2 did not introduce curious boys. It seems that even for ghosts this zone is a forbidden place.

Vadim Burlak:

"Throughout the Moscow underground, there are special facilities for both the Ministry of Defense and the Federal Security Service. They are simply there and no one is hiding it, but no one is allowed to enter these areas. It is related to defense and it is understandable that when they built the basic metro, these special objects were also built and there had to be accesses to them. "

Secret places

Secret places in the Moscow metro existed before its official opening in 1935. In the project of the second phase, the Sovětská station was located between the Divadelní stations, at that time it was Sverdlova Square, and Mayakovskaya. However, Stalin, who was familiar with all the details of the building, ordered the Soviet to redesign and turn it into a secret command post.

But why was it not used in this way? And was it actually a command post at all? Maybe it was the entrance to an even more secretive underground. The tunnel leading directly from the Kremlin must have been justified. Where could we get from this so-called main station ?!

Vadim Burlak:

"These were arsenals, warehouses with weapons, places with connecting equipment, telephones, radios, etc. In fact, it was a preparation for war. These were such centers, underground bunkers, safe places. It is no coincidence that we were not here in 1941. The fascists did not catch us on pears because the underground Moscow was ready for defense. "

Another tunnel was dug from the center to Stalin's cottage in Kuncov. When the war began and the frequency of bombing of Moscow increased, Stalin ordered the construction of a shelter there, which was created at a depth of fifteen meters. To keep the leader completely safe, the bunker had a reinforcement of cast iron rails.

Cover description

The entrance to the cover is an ordinary door that can be seen in any entrance with a code lock. A perfectly clean staircase with a railing leads you to the underground. It gives the impression that you are coming to the basement of an ordinary residential house. But Stalin did not walk up the stairs. An elevator with parquet floors and wood-paneled walls was specially built for him. Several corridors were built to avoid accidental meetings of staff and leader.

A meeting of the Defense Council took place in the shelter. Because of this, a spacious office was created, which was called General. Its walls were lined with marble and granite slabs, and an oval oak table stood in the center. Along the walls were places for officers on duty and stenographers. A small corridor then separated the office from Stalin's bedroom. But it was very small. There was only a bed and a bedside table.

On April 5, 1953, a mysterious deep-seated section of the metro from Revolution Square to Kyjevská Station was put into operation from this bunker. Stalin was afraid that the case of air bombs in the summer of 1941 would hit the ceiling of the tunnel on the line between Smolenská and Arbatská stations. The section was built in record time, in less than two years, regardless of the fact that the route passed in particularly unsuitable hydrogeological conditions. There is evidence that a colossal sum of money was spent on its construction. Some skeptics argue that such spending was completely disproportionate. Especially in the first post-war years, when huge resources were needed to rebuild the country. But was it really so?

Vadim Chernobrov:

"If you want your country to be truly independent, it is your responsibility to simply risk and build an underground communications system and, besides these lines, build traffic hubs underneath. Perhaps only for a limited contingent, which may not be divisions or regiments, but at least the leadership and people who control military and other activities, have the possibility of evacuating or relocating for operative interventions to distant tens of kilometers. "

The first rumors

The first rumors that there is some other secret metro in Moscow, came began to appear in the early eighties of the last century. One of the engineers of a secret scientific research institute dealing with the development of computer complexes intended for the needs of the Ministry of Defense spoke. Later, rumors began to be shrouded in detail, again only because of leaks made possible by employees of lower-level force structures who did not sign a non-disclosure agreement, which were cleaners and workers.

Once, a rascaler who said that some terminal metro stations, for example Plannernaja, have their secret sequels to the airports of the capital, such as Sheremetyevo. At the same time, this stamper suffocated that this was the case.

Planernaya (© www.walks.ru)

Nikolaj Nepomňjaščij:

"He said he worked on this building for ten to twelve years. The object was put in the required condition and preserved in the same way as all such objects. But even if they are preserved, they are in an ideal condition and are ready, literally adapted to what they should be used for in the event of a military emergency tomorrow. "

So what is the assumption about the second secret Moscow metro and what is a credible fact? Mystery always stimulates a wild imagination, but any information may be likely. However, there are very few of them. It is known that the very first Metro 2 line was put into operation in 1967. It starts at the Kremlin and is twenty-seven kilometers long. Its first station is located below Lenin's library and was designed to evacuate all readers who would be there at the time of the atomic alarm.

Another station on this line can be quite well a residential house with a tower on Smolenské náměstí, which is a project of academician Želtovský. It is a special building with an entrance to the metro on the Filjovská line. By the way, because of the version that another secret subway passes there, legends circulated about secret stations located under almost every nomenclature house in Moscow. However, not all of these legends can be considered fairy tales.

Prohibited metro

Nikolaj Nepomnjaščij:

"I recently managed to uncover one such building, which is located not far from where I studied. It is right in the center of Moscow, next to the old MGU, and in the courtyard of this building there is another strange structure with the inscription that the subway building is protected by the state and entry is strictly forbidden. And it was here, as the natives of the surrounding houses told me, that the leaders of the Russian state appeared in a mysterious way, especially in recent years, and without boarding any cars or helicopters, they left for this house and appeared at work in half an hour. , at the other end of Moscow. "

If this is the case, then we can most likely say that the secret metro station must be located under the residence of the first and last president of the USSR in the Lenin Mountains. There, more precisely below them, is the large underground city of Ramenki. It's basically a big bunker.

Lomonosov University (© Dmitry A. Mottl)

In the event of war, the city is able to hold fifteen thousand inhabitants and protect them from weapons of mass destruction. From this city, a pedestrian tunnel leads to the main building of Moscow State University and also to the Academy of State Security and the Institute of Cryptography, Communications and Informatics of the FSB of Russia. This huge brick building is located at the entrance to the Olympic Village. In one of the rarely open wings of the building's gate, a long corridor can be seen, stretching deep inwards, which is illuminated at the sides by small lights.

Metro of the General Staff

But the Academy of the General Staff undoubtedly has its own secret metro station. The alternative exit of this branch is located somewhere in Soncov, in the area of ​​the government airport Vnukovo 2, where the final station of the line is located. But researchers have their own version. And even how many lines this secret subway can have.

Vadim Chernobrov:

"There are many assumptions, and if we focus again on the available resources that have the opportunity to express their ideas, then in essence logic tells us that the beginning of Metro 2 is in the center of Moscow, here I mean the Kremlin, and stretches east by in the direction where the military airports are located and the second line must be parallel to the south-west, the so-called red metro line, passes around the building of the Ministry of Defense and continues somewhere beyond Moscow, to the Serpukhov area. That's just one of the possible options. "

Metro of the capital is full of secrets and mysteries and the defenders of these secrets are not going to reveal anything, despite the desperate attempts of researchers to come to terms of mystery. And that makes sense. The metro is a strategic building and probably the most important in Moscow. And access to any strategic object is closed to ordinary people without any compromises. And all the more so to the second secret metro, which carries a greater load than the ordinary metro. Therefore, the secrets of Metro 2 will never be revealed. And we must take this as a fact.

You can find footage from the Moscow Metro and its history in the following video: