Strategic Missile Forces Base: Round-Trip Transfer from Kyiv& Museum Guided Tour

Strategic Missile Forces Base: Round-Trip Transfer from Kyiv& Museum Guided Tour

Explore one of the top secret military places of USSR army – Strategic Missile Forces Base near Pervomaisk on a comprehensive day trip from Kyiv. Enjoy a comfortable round-trip transfer by a private air-conditioned vehicle with an expert driver (basic English) and learn all the striking facts from the Cold War period on a guided tour of the museum with an English-speaking guide.

Highlight of the trip is a descend to the underground command center with a famous “red button”, which is included in tour price.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Strategic Missile Forces Museum, Pobuz'ke Ukraine

Your trip starts with the hotel pick-up by a private driver (Ukrainian-speaking, basic English). The distance from Kyiv to Missile Base is 297 km (184 mi) and the road takes approx. 3,5-4 hours.

Once you arrive to the museum, your guided tour will start. Explore an indoor exposition of the museum dedicated to nuclear forces of the USSR. Discover an open-air exposition of military equipment on the territory of missile base. Learn about the multilevel protection system of the base that prevented any interference. Moreover, see an inactive missile silo and 30-meter long SS-18 “Satan” missile that is the highlight of the whole exposition.

It addition, you have a unique opportunity to descent down 11-floor deep command center. That was a working place of Soviet officers and a top-secret object. You will even press a famous «red button» and hear the signal of siren. Over 50 years ago, it would have meant launch of nuclear missile. Luckily, none of the missiles was ever launched there and it saved our planet from terrible consequences.

After a 2-hour tour of the museum, we’ll start our way back to Kyiv. There will be some stops at the gas station, where you may have coffee or snack. When you arrive in Kyiv, your driver will drop you off at your hotel.


Duration: 2 hours