This vast, fortified underground vault, known as Vault-703 of the USSR's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, contained numerous secrets, as it served as an archive for the Soviet, and later the Russian, Foreign Ministry. The underground facility is located near the centre of Moscow and began to operate in 1961, before eventually becoming a museum in 2018.
Exhibit item in the Vault-703 museum in Moscow
Visitors of the Vault-703 museum
Visitor inside the Vault-703 museum
Visitor inside the Vault-703 museum
Part of the Vault-703 museum's communications
Exhibit item in the Vault-703 museum in Moscow
© Sputnik / Kirill Kallinikov / Go to the mediabankPeople visiting the exhibition at the Vault-703 museum
People visiting the exhibition at the Vault-703 museum
Soviet gas mask at the Vault-703 museum
Manual warning system at the Vault-703 museum
Visitors of the Vault-703 museum
Visitor of the Vault-703 museum
Old Soviet items in the Vault-703 museum
Visitor of the Vault-703 museum