Underwater museums will appear in Sevastopol
The Russian Geographical Society will help create a unique museum at the bottom of the Sevastopol Bay not far from the monument to the Sunken Ships. Senior researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies Viktor Lebedinsky told reporters about this today.
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“We are now looking for funding. The Russian Geographical Society agreed to provide assistance. I hope that the city government will also take part. This project is not very difficult to implement,” Lebedinsky said.
The idea to create an underwater museum was born when a joint expedition of the Institute of Oriental Studies and Sevastopol State University in the summer of 2016 discovered a large riveted ship from the late 19th - early 20th centuries in the center of Sevastopol Bay - 300 meters from the monument to the Sunken Ships. Its width is 8 meters, the elevation above the ground is about 3 meters and its length is 30 meters.
“We cannot yet accurately identify it, but perhaps it is the Bessarabia lighter.” He has an interesting story. He was part of a convoy from Constantia and died on May 9, 1944. They entered and did not know that the city had already been liberated. And they came under Soviet artillery fire,” the scientist added.
The idea of the museum, according to him, is simple: place cameras on the ship, and display the picture from them on the embankment of Primorsky Boulevard in Sevastopol.
“People will be able to see this ship without getting their feet wet. In addition, this facility can become a permanent laboratory for the Sevastopol University, which can conduct research in the field of marine biology, hydrology and other areas,” Lebedinsky noted.
In his opinion, Sevastopol is the most interesting place in Russia in terms of underwater archaeological research. Of the 100 objects discovered underwater during preliminary exploration, about 10 have been examined so far. Therefore, Lebedinsky sees prospects in creating underwater exhibitions of Sevastopol museums.
“On the outer roadstead of Sevastopol there are submarines of the Russian Imperial Navy from the First World War. They are very well preserved, but they cannot be lifted. It would be nice to move it to shallower depths of 20-30, but this is an expensive project. It is possible to create an underwater exhibition of anchors near Chersonesus. This is especially true for medieval anchors. They are iron. The process of their conservation is very expensive,” Lebedinsky emphasized.
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