In Soviet times, every important government structure had its own special bomb shelter. And the more important was the office, the deeper it was buried. When civilians had to take cover in concrete boxes buried six feet under, the military drilled dozens of meters deep into the ground, and officials of various ministries took shelter in "reserve control points" (RCP).
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