Obolon Garden

Casson of Stalin's Metro

In connection with the growing threat of war, in the event of the destruction of bridges across the Dnieper, in 1936 a draft of two underground tunnels was developed. The caisson of the "Stalin Metro" in Obolon is the result of the first stage of the construction of the northern tunnel. The tunnel was supposed to be under water at a depth of about 30 meters. By the beginning of the war, this project did not have time to realize, since construction began only in 1939, and after the end of hostilities