Odessa Catacombs

The Catacombs of Odessa are a 2500 km-long tunnel system which extends beneath Odessa and far into the suburbs.

History

As today's Odessa was built in the 19th century, took to the floor sandstone as a cheap building material to it to build the new houses. This sandstone mines being pushed further over the decades and result today the catacombs and tunnels systems Odessa. Only a small proportion of these catacombs can be visited today.

Museum

About 17 km outside of Odessa ( on the European Route 95 in about 25 minutes by taxi to reach ), near the village of Nerubajske ( Нерубайське ) is the "Museum of the heroic guerrilla ". Here is one of the few openly accessible entrances. Parts of the applied multi-level labyrinth can be visited from here. During World War II hid here during the Battle of Odessa a troop partisans, who fought against the Romanian occupation forces and their German supporters. Among other things, the former sick-bed, a kitchen and the command post of the Soviet partisans are shown.

Interior view of the Museum

Kitchen of the partisan

Command Post of the partisans of Odessa

Infirmary of the partisans of Odessa

Monument to partisans of Odessa