Gps Coordinates / 46.5374918,30.626609
Catacombs Labyrinth Caves Ukraine Travel and Adventure Links
Pastera St, Nerubais'ke, Odes'ka oblast, Ukraine, 67661
Catacombs Odessa
Only one small portion of the catacombs is open to the public, within the "Museum of Partisan Glory" in Nerubayskoye, north of Odessa, even then there have even been recorded deaths of tourists becoming lost within the safe "touristy" top level and starving to death, however there are Other deeper and lower caves that attract extreme tourists, who explore the tunnels despite the dangers involved. Such tours are not officially sanctioned because the catacombs have not been fully mapped and the tunnels themselves are unsafe.
Gps Coordinates / 46.5373039,30.6260317
The first underground stone mines started to appear in the 19th century, while vigorous construction took place in Odessa. They were used as a source of cheap construction materials. Limestone was cut using saws, and mining became so intensive that by the second half of the 19th century, the extensive network of catacombs created many inconveniences to the city.
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The Odessa Catacombs are a labyrinth-like network of tunnels (subterranean cavities) located under the city of Odessa and its outskirts in Ukraine, that are mostly (over 90%) the result of stone mining, particularly coquina. The system of Odessa Catacombs consists of a network of basements, bunkers, drainage tunnels and storm drains as well as natural caves.
Gps Coordinates / 46.5372432,30.6261268
It served a use during WWII with guerilla warfare, the catacombs served as a hiding place for Soviet partisans, in particular the squad of V.A. Molodtsev. The tourist part of the catacombs of the top level serve as a sort of tribute theme of WWII but were originally created in the 1800's, originally used for stone mining to create the city above but expanded by smugglers at depths of 60 meters below sea level with thousands of entrances making it impossible for police to guard attracting extreme navigators who navigate this multilevel mine as it's never been fully mapped, the stone was extracted to create the city above creating a labyrinth of tunnels and expanded massively by smugglers and navigated by "Extreme Tourists"
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The Catacombs are on three levels and reach a depth of 60 metres (200 ft) below sea level. It is one of the world's largest urban labyrinths, running up to 1,600 miles. Parts were used as air-raid shelters during World War II. Part of the tunnels, only under the city, were turned into bomb shelters in the Cold War. Such bomb shelters supposed to be refuge for civilians in case of nuclear strike or gas attack.
Gps Coordinates / 46.5372862,30.6262567
Entrances to the catacomb labyrinth of caves that attracts “Extreme Tourists” going off track on this tourist attraction could in fact lead to your death
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There have been various reports of people walking into the catacombs, getting lost and then eventually dying of dehydration. Most famously, in 2009, Ukrainian catacombs explorer Eugene Lata wrote a widely circulated online post stating that he and other explorers had found the body of a local student named Masha, who on New Year's Eve in 2005 had wandered into the catacombs with her friends after drinking; the group of friends, he wrote, had all stayed there overnight, then left the next morning, but abandoned Masha, either accidentally or on purpose, and she was unable to find her way out. The post featured a graphic photo of what appeared to be a decaying corpse in the catacombs, which Lata wrote was Masha's body. A 2015 investigation by Vice write Mike Pearl, however, found no evidence that Masha had existed
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The approximate topography of the Odessa underground labyrinth is unknown as the catacombs have not been fully mapped. It is thought that most (95–97%) of the catacombs are former coquina multilevel mines from which stone was extracted to construct the city above. The remaining catacombs (3-5%) are either natural cavities or were excavated for other purposes such as sewerage. As of 2012, there are more than 1,000 known entrances to the tunnels.
Gps Coordinates / 46.5373437,30.6260964
Only one small portion of the catacombs is open to the public, within the "Museum of Partisan Glory" in Nerubayskoye, north of Odessa. Other caves attract extreme tourists, who explore the tunnels despite the dangers involved. Such tours are not officially sanctioned because the catacombs have not been fully mapped and the tunnels themselves are unsafe.
Gps Coordinates / 46.537488,30.6262778
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, stone mining was banned within the central part of Odessa (inside the Porto-Franko zone, bounded by Old Port Franko and Panteleymonovskaya streets).
Gps Coordinates / 46.5374918,30.626609
During World War II the catacombs served as a hiding place for Soviet partisans, in particular the squad of Vladimir Molodtsov. In his work The Waves of The Black Sea, Valentin Kataev described the battle between Soviet partisans against the axis forces, underneath Odessa and its nearby suburb Usatove. In 1961 the "Search" (Poisk) club was created in order to explore the history of partisan movement among the catacombs. Since its creation, it has expanded understanding of the catacombs, and provided information to expand mapping of the tunnels.
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The city has a large population of over 1 million people, which some believe would benefit from the introduction of a subway system. The tunnels have been cited as the reason why such a subway system has never been built in Odessa. Since the beginning of the 21st century limestone mining has continued in the mines located in Dofinovka, Byldynka, and "Fomina balka" near Odessa. As the result of contemporary mining, the catacombs continue to expand.
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The entrances of the catacombs have to be closed or controlled at all times to prevent children from entering.
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Myth or truth, the unexplained missing people
There have been various reports of people walking into the catacombs, getting lost and then eventually dying of dehydration. Perhaps the most famous story dates back to claims made in 2009 by Ukrainian catacombs explorer Eugene Lata. Lata wrote a widely circulated online post stating that he and other explorers had found the body of a local student named Masha, who on New Year's Eve in 2005 had wandered into the catacombs with her friends after drinking.
The group of friends, he wrote, had all stayed there overnight, then left the next morning, but abandoned Masha, either accidentally or on purpose, and she was unable to find her way out. The post featured a graphic photo of what appeared to be a decaying corpse in the catacombs, which Lata claimed was Masha's body. The official Odessa Catacombs website, however, calls the story a hoax.
A 2015 investigation by Vice writer Mike Pearl similarly found no evidence that Masha had existed. Pearl did interview another man, Kostya Pugovkin, who claimed to have dragged the corpse in the photograph up and to a police station in the hope of getting a reward; Pugovkin stated that he was told by others that the dead person was "a Satanist who got lost".
Gps Coordinates / 46.5377848,30.6276947
Even till this day the Limestone Stone mine catacombs continue to expand as people and locals continue to mine it for it's limestone
A very Somber and sobering reminder of what could happen to you going off track, obviously this image is not a Panorama360 just thought we’d provide it as a reminder that we aren’t kidding you can die within these tombs, read below for more information of the departed
These Caves Are No Joke
There have been various reports of people walking into the catacombs, getting lost and then eventually dying of dehydration. Most famously, in 2009, Ukrainian catacombs explorer Eugene Lata wrote a widely circulated online post stating that he and other explorers had found the body of a local student named Masha, who on New Year's Eve in 2005 had wandered into the catacombs with her friends after drinking; the group of friends, he wrote, had all stayed there overnight, then left the next morning, but abandoned Masha, either accidentally or on purpose, and she was unable to find her way out. The post featured a graphic photo of what appeared to be a decaying corpse in the catacombs, which Lata wrote was Masha's body. A 2015 investigation by Vice write Mike Pearl, however, found no evidence that Masha had existed
Aerial View of the catacombs Labyrinth that goes hundreds of meters below the town and miles in either direction with many angles
Aerial View Catacombs Labyrinth Caves Ukraine Travel
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