Crimean bridge, which was built in the USSR

• The Crimean bridge, which was built in the USSR

Today few people remember, but in the Soviet Union was built and opened the Crimean bridge for trains. However, this lasted very long engineering structure. However, the bridge has become a very important project. It is remarkable that he began to build not Soviet engineers. It was during the Second World War.

The idea to connect the Crimean peninsula to the "mainland" with the bridge was in the minds of politicians for a long time. We think about it in the days of tsarist Russia. There were such ideas in the revolutionary period. But in the Soviet Union to implement this project so no one could. We began to build the Crimean bridge the Germans during the Second World War. The order to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait was given personally by Hitler in 1943. The Nazis wanted to create a long-term road and rail crossing in order to deploy their troops on the other side of the Wehrmacht for the upcoming campaign in Iran and the Caucasus.

June 14, 1943 through the Kerch Strait Germans allowed Cableway. By this time it was imported building materials and workers. Everything was ready for the start of construction of a 5-kilometer bridge. Work on site took place continuously. However, to finish the job the Nazis were not able to. Their ambitions shattered offensive of the Red Army. When it became clear that the war was reversed, the Germans blew up the "cable car", after dismantling of the already constructed bridge.

the Soviet Union, the Nazis liked the plan. Party leadership has decided that the idea of a bridge across the Kerch Strait is quite wealthy, so the crossing could well serve as a common cause for the good of the motherland. Especially, after the Nazis on the ground remains a lot of building materials. In no time the cable ferry has been restored, which is actively used to support the Soviet offensive.

January 25, 1944 the State Defense Committee adopted a decision on the completion of the bridge in record time - six months. We called the project "2K", apparently from the Crimea - Caucasus. Place, by the way, were chosen the same, which is now built a modern bridge across the Kerch Strait. The bridge was built, but still failed to meet the deadline. Unfortunately, the fate of the bridge was sad.

For some unknown reason, the workers do not have installed to protect against ice support. As a result, brought over ice began to deform the structure. By February 18, 1945 has been damaged bearing 32, a week later there were already 42 icebreakers in the region was not, and to use aviation to split the ice was not possible - there was a war. The bridge was destroyed. Restore it and decided not to. The war is over, and the ferry excellent job in peacetime.