Military history of Kuibyshev (Samara), the reserve capital.

Why was our city destined to become a reserve capital?

Many factors played a role. Kuibyshev was the center of one of the largest military districts. The relative proximity to the fronts, the importance of a large railway junction, the presence of direct communication with the Urals, Siberia, the Far East, Kazakhstan and Central Asia were also taken into account. And finally, the Volga is a transport highway and a water barrier that protected the city from the west.

There is a historical object in Samara (Kuibyshev), which attracts great attention - this is the "Stalin Bunker". According to rumors, this is not a “bunker”, but a whole city, on which a lot of money was spent. Even in the war, there were many rumors that a deep dungeon was being built there, where the government was going to move in case of great danger.

Why do we need rumors? We will see for ourselves, having visited Bunker Stalin.

Stalin’s bunker in Samara is the most powerful of the now declassified bunkers. Its depth is 37 meters, this is the height of a 12-storey house. There were no analogues of such construction,