In the Kronstadt dock there will be a museum of the sunk ships

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At government meeting Smolny declared img src to alt reconstruction of dock of Peter I constructed in the XVIII century. After updating of historical object in it there can be a museum of the underwater archeology which main exhibits there will be ships lifted from sea depths.

the Head of committee of investments Irina Babyuk told that now the first dry dock in the Russian history is almost destroyed. Till 2015 the dock was under authority of the Ministry of Defence, however now is accountable to Petersburg. After reconstruction Petrovsky dock will strengthen, will start in it water from the Baltic Sea and will place in it the ships which in different years were found by underwater archeologists.

Visitors of the museum of the sunk ships will be able to visit vessels through transparent raznourovnevy galleries. In committee on investments see new object similar to Vas's Stockholm museum. However, Vasa - the museum of one ship with the similar name. It is one of the biggest fighting ships of the time, called in honor of a ruling royal dynasty in Sweden. "Vasa" sank in 1628.

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the Project in committee estimated strong at 6 billion rubles, the initiator of creation of the museum is Autonomous Non-Commercial Organization Center of Underwater Researches of the Russian Geographical Society. It is entrusted to think over dock restoration "Lenproyektrestavration". By estimation, the area of a museum complex will make 42 thousand sq.m. It is known that to pay the project the investor which name meanwhile is not told is ready.