Подземные ходы Измаила(часть 9)Куда ведет подземный ход?Underground passage

Строители вскрыли старинный подвал,из котрого шел заложенный кирпичной стеной и землей подземный ход.Мы решили его вскрыть.Вот что из этого всего получилось. The builders opened an old basement, from which came an underground passage laid by a brick wall and ground. We decided to open it. That&what came of it all. Ukraine, Bessarabia, the city of Izmail. A bomb shelter built by the Romanians, approximately 1918-1940, connected by a network of underground passages built by the local residents of the city, about 200 years ago, for safe movement underground, between streets, neighborhoods, houses. Dungeons were divided into three types: offensive, defensive, and household. The first two types are related to military fortification, with the first type of dungeons used in the Crimean War (1768-1774) by Russia and Turkey. The Russians crawled under the walls of the Turkish fortress and rolled barrels of gunpowder there. Adits of this kind were called "mines." Gunpowder was blown up, resulting in a gap in the wall for the advance of the troops. There were no such catacombs in Izmail, but, nevertheless, the word “mine” took root. Izmail fortress had only defensive and economic catacombs, the task of which was: - hidden long-term storage of water and food or their extraction and delivery to the garrison; - landing in the rear of the attacking sabotage and reconnaissance groups; - rescue of documentation and material assets; - shelter from the effects of damaging factors and the...