6 facts about the giant underground refrigerator, created in the USSR

Can you imagine a fridge, which fits 200 cars products? Yes, and the underground? And not just the underground and carved into the rock ... Website says about this impressive building Soviet-built.

1. This crazy refrigerator is located on the outskirts of Samara, in a very inconspicuous place. In Soviet times it was called "Samara Khladokombinat № 2».



2. This crazy refrigerator is located on the outskirts of Samara, in a very inconspicuous place. Not knowing about it can be ten times pass by and do not pay attention to the wretched two-storey red brick building.





< 3. Originally it was mining, where prisoners worked in the late 1930s. In 1958 by the decision of the Economic Council dug tunnels were transferred Rosmyasrybtorgu, and in some rooms began installing refrigeration equipment.





4. The total capacity of all the halls and corridors amounted to 16,400 tons (this is 200 wagons of food). From all over the Soviet Union here were brought fish, canned meat products. Products are kept strictly according to GOST, and is closer to the expiration of the deadline expiry of their distributed by commercial networks to fill the vacant space fresh.





< 5 The latest batch of Soviet products -. 300 tonnes of butter - here were taken in 1992, after which the company actually ceased to perform the function of the state strategic reservist. In 1997, with the advent of privatization it was renamed in OJSC "Cold».





6. Now the refrigerator continues to operate, the truth is only a part of its tunnels (actually cooled only 20% of the underground space). Here store food products various private companies, brokerage companies and some retail chains.





















































































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