Ex Nuclear Missile Base Tour from Kiev

Sightseeing  :  Ukraine  :  Kyiv City  :  Kyiv  :  Day Trips

Sit in the Command seat and experience what Soviet officers could feel during the Cold War and being in charge of nine missiles SS-22. Take an underground corridor to the massive doors which lead to a self-contained silo-based 12-storey Command Post which could function sealed from the outside world for 45 days. You can touch the button that could cause a catastrophe if pressed 25 years ago.

• Drive Kiev - Odessa Highway around two hours, make a left turn to Holovanivsk and then another 30 minutes to the outskirts of Bobuz'ke village.
• Arrival to Museum. Meeting with the leadership of the museum - usually ex officer of the missile base.
• Update on the history of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile base of ICBM silo launcher in Pervomaisk in a pavilion with many exhibits.
• Sightseeing of the premises of the base including passage through 150 meters long underground corridor.
• Take a lift 12 floors down to the bottom of the Unified Launch Control Center. (Lift can barely fit three people so with a big group it might take time for everybody to take it).
• Visit rest area for the officers and climb one floor up to the control center - where the lunching equipment with "THE BUTTON" was located.
• Look at the guards bunkers, silo's lead, trucks and at impressive SS-18 "Satan" Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
• On the way back to Kiev we make a stop for lunch at one of the cafes. Arrival back time 4-5 p.m.