In the yard of a house on Proletarskaya Street, during excavation work, an excavator nearly fell into the ground, and then workers unexpectedly found a basement entrance. Historian Vladimir Tikhonov came to the site and suggested the brickwork dates to the 1950s, while the larch logs may be much older. Nearby are the Vtorov merchants house and the building where his servants lived, so the find may be linked to legends of underground passages between these buildings.
As a result of excavation work in the yard of one of the houses on Proletarskaya Street, an excavator nearly fell into the ground.After the machinery was pulled out, the work crew was in for an unusual surprise: an entrance to a basement. An expert historian, Vladimir Tikhonov, director of the Taltsy architectural and ethnographic museum, immediately arrived at the site.
He explained that the brickwork was most likely done in the 1950s, while the larch logs may have been laid there much earlier. It is known that the Vtorov Merchant House is located nearby — now it is known as the Palace of Pioneers. And just a few meters from the underground passage is the building where the Vtorovs’ servants lived. There are many legends about the underground labyrinths connecting these buildings. Vladimir Tikhonov suggests studying the basement in more detail.