Ulyanovsk rescuers discovered underground labyrinths in the center of Ulyanovsk / 73online.ru

Employees of the Ulyanovsk Municipal Budgetary Institution “Civil Protection Department” today examined part of the underground premises of the Cadet Corps building, built in 1877.

The inspection of the premises of a cultural heritage site of federal significance was initiated by the co-chairman of the public movement “For the Preservation of the Historical Heritage of the Ulyanovsk Region” Igor Voevodin. According to him, the archive of the Ministry of Defense has incomplete data that does not coincide with the BTI information. It states that the underground part of the building, where the infantry, tank and Suvorov schools were subsequently located, extends over a significant area. Perhaps it is even connected by an underground passage to the Leninsky district administration building.

According to historians, Emelyan Pugachev was kept in the basement of one of the buildings in this place in October 1774.

Today, rescuer Evgeniy Kiski was able to crawl through a narrow crawl space in the basement about seven meters to the next room. A wall blocked his way. A hatch covered with a concrete lid was also found inside the building, presumably leading to the basement. To examine other premises, you need permission to demolish partitions using a special tool.

Photo – MBU “Civil Protection Department of the City of Ulyanovsk”

Olga Shestakovskaya