Welcome to Samara: Russia's Space Capital Where England Develops Exercise

Periskopi

6 July 2018, 13:47(8 years ago)

The brown door has no handle, and it's very anonymous even the visitors lose it completely when they ask them out of the room. Local people thought it was an alternative entrance. They learned in 1991 that it was a nuclear bunker built by Joseph Stalin. Rare are bunkers like this. Mexicans and [...]

Rare are bunkers like this. Mexicans and Brazilians have turned to the legendary bunker on Monday, but it is expected to be flooded by the English and Swedish fans their nations will meet in the quarterfinals of the World Cup.

England takes on Sweden in Samara, the home of) Joseph Stalin's implantable bunker

The bunker was built to ensure that Stalin would be co-operative During a number meltdown

With 192 steps down, it recorded face windows with curtains drive to make Stalin feel at home

But the city of Samara, a former closed town has already become a tourist site even though in the past the communist party had designed it as a fortification to cope with German Nazism attacks.

The bunker has been an outstanding task of securing Stalin's life in the event of a nuclear war or an annexation of Russia from Hitler.

The bunkers built for protection from Churchill, Roosevelt and Hitler are 20 meters deep.

The Space Museum reveals which's role at centre of Russia's attempt to put a man on the moon

It helped Yuri Gagarin to reach space out in 1961 and Samara is still Russia.

The Samara Arena has a capacity of 45,000 and contract was completed in April this year

Situated on Samara's high point, the arena is 65 measures high and looks like a spaceship

The biggest mystery is if Stalin has ever come down. According to Russian officials, 60 people visit the bunker every week, the Periscope broadcast “DailyMail”.

But besides the bunker, there's another country that feels Stalin's presence: The Space Museum in which Samara played a major role in sending the first person to the moon with Yuri Gagarin, who affected space in 1961. It's still space capital.

“Yes, maybe Gagarin took vodka with him when he left for space”, says museum guide Elena Quazina. “This is a symbol of the Russian man 105x3>.

It is not difficult to locate the legendary city. 650 miles from Moscow.

England's supporters already have a chance to walk the city's typical streets./Periscopi/