Civil Defense is a National Affair

 A bomb shelter with a Soviet armored personnel carrier and vintage cars.

 

After wandering around, the urban explorers find the right entrance, open two hermetic doors, and enter the main hall of the bomb shelter.

Turning on the lights where they come on. Start from the shelter's headquarters.

The bomb shelter served as the main civil defense facility for one of Riga's industrial districts. Here were carried out exercises of the workers of the plant and the inhabitants of the nearby houses. According to the documents, the shelter had a capacity of 2300 people.

With these phones, it was possible to communicate with other civil defense objects and the general staff of the city.

In the next room, there is a communications center.

Filter-ventilation unit.

In the second room, the light bulbs have burned out.

Behind the next door, there are oxygen tanks.

Let's also take a look at the other auxiliary rooms, such as...

the artesian well,

the cabinet with keys to all the doors,

water tanks,

electrical controls,

and, of course, the generator. The only pity was that it was partially missing.

But that's not all that's interesting about this shelter...

There are a lot of educational posters preserved in it.

The central hall is divided into several compartments. One of them is a classroom. Unfortunately, it is filled with furniture, plumbing, and other junk.

On the opposite side, behind polyethylene sheets, gasmasks, and other bomb shelter stuff are stored.

Gas masks, first-aid kits, chemicals for decontaminating things and weapons, and more.

It's time for the fun part. The owner of the shelter collects military and civilian vehicles. Thus, in the shelter are...

Firefighter ZIL.

A beautiful Chayka. Unfortunately, we couldn’t find out who owned it.

And two BRDM’s – soviet name for armored personnel carrier!

In is in better condition and one is in worse. There used to be one armored personnel carrier instead of two, but the renter decided to swap with someone else. Now you can see the armored personnel carrier in perfect condition inside the shelter.

Observation instruments, chemical analysis and night vision devices, dosimetric equipment, and the brand-new-looking crew's cockpit.

The second BRDM is in a dead state.

The night is ending, our visit is also coming to an end.

Until we meet again!