The Soviet Ghost Town in the Czech Republic . If you’ve got enough barbed- wire fences and Kalashnikovs, I suppose anything is possible. It had been used before by the Austro- Hungarian military and then the Luftwaffe, but when the Soviets moved in, they came for the long haul. Oh, that dark Soviet humour! Or maybe they really did think it was nice, since it did have a pool, a movie theatre and wasn’t Nizhny Novgorod. This closed town within a closed state was about as inaccessible as it gets, and it’s entirely possible that most of the residents never left the town. No one but the highest- ranking officials would have had that kind of freedom. Operations at the base were kept top secret, and such was the extent of Soviet paranoia that they even closed down Milovice’s sewage treatment plant at one point, fearing that the additional waste would give away too much information about the size of Bo. It looks like the base was partly self- sufficient, with its own coal power plant, underground reservoir and farmland. The Russian embassy in Prague still refuses to confirm or deny anything, although the former Central Group of Forces commander, General Vorobyov, was pretty open about the whole thing in a 2. Radio Prague. On the phone from Moscow, he said “We did indeed have nuclear weapons in the rocket brigades as part of the Central Group of Soviet Forces that I commanded.”. Any nukes must have been transported back to Russia soon after 1. Soviet Army started packing its bags following the Velvet Revolution. In their haste, soldiers dumped out entire tanks of diesel and buried their leftover ammunition in the ground. Thieves ripped out everything from copper wiring to door handles and plastic movie- theatre seats, tearing up floorboards and pulling down walls in the process. It seems the Czechs had little choice but to accept. First, we found some aircraft hangars. The snow was a few inches deep, so we had no idea what we were walking on. Once we got close to the buildings, there were a lot of big holes in the ground, which we discovered by nearly falling into them, covered as they were with trash and snow. Most of it was dug up and disposed of back in the early 9. In January this year, someone walking their dog in the area stumbled across a live artillery shell and three landmines. After that, it just got weirder. This cheery wall mural was made of scrunched- up Czech newspapers from the 9. All the seats had been ripped out. We found the old projector room out back, but it was empty and overgrown with trees. ![]() ![]() At least we could still get into what Czechs would call the “wellness centre”. We found this jacuzzi in there and a dark space nearby full of ripped aluminum foil that must have been the sauna. We could see where we were going this time, and we could find stuff like this window frame that had been lying on the ground for so long a tree had grown up in the middle of it. Czech television also filmed last year at Bo. Presumably, first names were too individualistic for the Soviets, so the kids were numbered instead. Every piece of furniture had been taken or smashed. WPC – WOODPLASTIC a.s. Top quality fences and decking made of wood-plastic composite by Czech producer WPC - WOODPLASTIC a.s. The Soviet Ghost Town in the Czech Republic. Soviet empire left in the middle of the Czech Republic. The only interesting things, like the map of Soviet air bases below, had been pretty much destroyed. They are supposedly awaiting renovation or demolition, though no one seems to be in a hurry to do either. Some locals we asked told us the only Soviets who stayed in Milovice are the soldiers buried in the local cemetery. There are also known to be several smaller bases in the Czech Republic and yet more in other states of the former Eastern bloc, built in preparation for a war that never happened. Few people outside of Milovice even know about it, and even fewer know anything about its history. The old airfield still attracts the odd light aircraft enthusiast, but will the town itself soon be forgotten completely? The supposed plans for redevelopment have been on hold for over 2. Nostalgic for the Soviet Republic? My Awkward First Date in the Abandoned Soviet Military Complex. The Country That Doesn't Exist. Leninist Christmas Utopia Theme Parks Aren't Built in a Day. ![]() Fences; Top of fences; Garden Benches and tables; Cast iron for home. Czech republic Mob: +420 723 161 196 Tel: +420 543 216 842 Fax: +420 543 216 843. The Czech Republic has long been regarded as one of the most popular. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis clash over their son in tense new Fences trailer. Almost 25 years since the Iron Curtain came down, deer roaming the Czech-German border still balk at crossing areas where electric fences one lay.
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