Smugglers, spies & escapes · 1962
Paldiski's secret nuclear training centre
In 1940 the whole population of Paldiski and the Pakri islands was moved out and replaced by Soviet military personnel, and the town became a closed town. In 1962 it became the Soviet Navy's nuclear submarine training centre. Locals called it the Pentagon. It had a submarine built piece by piece for training and two land-based reactors, and with some 16,000 people it was the largest facility of its kind in the Soviet Union. The whole town was fenced off with barbed wire. Incidents were classified: once a live bomb fell by accident into the kindergarten's cabbage field, and another fell 15 metres from the working reactors, but both failed to explode. The base closed on 31 August 1994.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1940. aastal viidi kogu Paldiski ja Pakri saarte elanikkond minema ja nende asemele tulid Nõukogude sõjaväelased ning linnast sai suletud linn. 1962. aastal rajati siia Nõukogude mereväe tuumaallveelaevade õppekeskus, mida kohalikud kutsusid Pentagoniks. Seal olid õppeotstarbel tükkhaaval kokku ehitatud allveelaev ja kaks maismaal asuvat reaktorit ning umbes 16 000 töötajaga oli see Nõukogude Liidu suurim selline rajatis. Kogu linn oli ümbritsetud okastraadiga. Juhtumid salastati: kord kukkus lahingpomm kogemata lasteaia kapsapõllule ja teine 15 meetri kaugusele töötavatest reaktoritest, kuid kumbki ei plahvatanud. Baas suleti 31. augustil 1994.
Source: English Wikipedia: Paldiski. ↗