The Claim
There’s an underground city and massive rail network below Moscow that the public have never seen.
There’s probably many people who have heard of something called “Metro 2” in Moscow, but not so many who have heard of the secret city said to be 180 meters below ground near the Ramenki district.
Metro 2 is supposed to be a massive underground train network, that for the most part runs parallel to the public lines. Supposedly started by Joseph Stalin either during or shortly after World War 2, the project which was named “D-6” was intended to move personnel and supplies around the city and in secret, and is supposed to connect to a number of other secret underground sites.
Its said to be still operated by the Russian military of defence along side the Main Directorate of Special Programmes, though there is no proof of this. The interesting thing about metro 2 is that no one has found it and exposed it publicly, though there may be various reasons for this, but the existence of the network has neither been confirmed nor denied by the Russian government.
Her are a few snippets from Russian officials on the existence of Metro 2:
2004 – Vladimir Shevchenko – former adviser of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev
“Reports on the number of underground communications are greatly exaggerated. In the days of Stalin, who was very afraid of assassination attempts, there was in fact a single-track underground railway line running from the Kremlin to his so-called “Nearby Dacha” in Volynskoye. Today, neither the Dacha nor the subway line are in use. In addition, there were underground transport links between the General Staff and several other government facilities. In 1991 a pneumatic mail tube was constructed between the CPSU Central Committee building in Moscow’s Old Square and the Kremlin.”
2008 – Mikhail Poltoranin – A Minister under Boris Yeltsin
“This is an extensive network of tunnels and an emergency command center in case of war, where you can command the nuclear forces of the country. It can hide a lot of people – its maintenance was necessary. I know that the “Metro-2″ has branches that go to the suburbs so that the command could move away from the epicenter of a nuclear attack.”
2008 – Ex-Chief of the Moscow Metro – Dmitry Gayev
“There is a lot of talk about the existence of secret transport tunnels. I will not deny anything. I would be surprised if they did not exist. You ask: Can we use them to transport passengers? It is not for me to decide, but for those organizations who own the railways. I do not exclude such a possibility.”
2008 – Svetlana Razina- head of the Moscow Metro independent trade union
“Several years ago, among the drivers of the Izmailovo depot there was a recruiting for a service on secret routes, and although there were many willing, they were to select only one. Entering the midst of these tunnels is only for people with special clearance. Most often, these branches used very short trains, consisting of battery-electric locomotive and one passenger car.”
Alexander Muzykantskiy – Former head of Moscow’s central administrative district
“Its underground transport communications connecting the Kremlin with the command posts, which are designed to ensure the stable operation of the senior military and political leadership in times of armed conflict, including a nuclear conflict. This is a gigantic system. It was built for 40 years. It cost a huge amount of money. For 91 years, the very existence of this system was the highest state secret.”
There are various other quotes from people close to the metro or the government, including a defector who blatently confirmed the existence of Metro 2, but since its supposed to be connected to a number of other important sites, including the Kremlin and the rumoured underground city, the government are incredibly defencive about it.
As for the underground city, all the information of it comes from either defectors or “hidden” sources, including anonymous tips and nameless people.
The city itself is said to be capable of housing 15,000 people for a length of 30 years and was to be used in the event of a nuclear attack on Moscow, which would mean it’d have to be enormous.
There was an article in Time magazine in 1992 which apparently came from a source who was working on the project. He claimed the works began in the mid 60’s and took around 10 years to finish, and for the whole thing every worked was sworn to secrecy.
As for there not being any more credible information about the city, its not really a surprise even if it does exist. If anyone has read up on basic Russian history, there’s one thing you don’t do if you’re an employee of the Soviet union, and that’s betray the government. Countless people have vanished from Russia, and the Soviet government had complete power over its people, even to the extent of making the entire workforce “disappear”.
This is only speculation, and until someone presents some evidence that’s a bit more concrete, and they don’t vanish mysteriously of course, the existence of the city and Metro 2 will remain a legend.
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