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    Moscow’s Cold War site evokes the unthinkable

    In bunker, echo of a tense then and now

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    • The Cold War museum at Bunker-42 on Taganka has been letting its visitors touch off nuclear warfare for years, a show that seemed — until recently — a script from another time.
      David Filipov/Globe Staff
      The Cold War museum at Bunker-42 on Taganka has been letting its visitors touch off nuclear warfare for years, a show that seemed — until recently — a script from another time.
    • In the wake of recent events in Russia and Ukraine, it’s a reminder of the worst that could happen when tensions boil over.
      David Filipov/Globe Staff
      In the wake of recent events in Russia and Ukraine, it’s a reminder of the worst that could happen when tensions boil over.
    • Tour guide Fyodor Belousov demonstrated a model of a Soviet atomic bomb.
      David Filipov/Globe Staff
      Tour guide Fyodor Belousov demonstrated a model of a Soviet atomic bomb.
    • Tour guide Fyodor Belousov moved through a corridor in the museum, which is located in a Cold War-era underground bunker that was designed to withstand a nuclear attack on Moscow.
      David Filipov/Globe Staff
      Belousov moved through a corridor in the museum, which is located in a Cold War-era underground bunker that was designed to withstand a nuclear attack on Moscow.
    • “You can imagine how hard it was to be here when the world was on the brink and any second nuclear war could break out,” Belousov said.
      David Filipov/Globe Staff
      “You can imagine how hard it was to be here when the world was on the brink and any second nuclear war could break out,” Belousov said.
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