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00:04 COMM: WELCOME to the real-life Soviet Atlantis,
where algae-covered statuses of Lenin loom up from the depths of the seabed.
00:16 COMM: The underwater museum at Cape Tarkhankut,
the western-most point of the Crimean peninsula, was created by diver Vladimir Borumensky.
00:28 COMM: The Black Sea site has massively expanded
since its creation in 1992, and now includes more than 50 sculptures, including replicas
of London's Tower Bridge the Eiffel Tower, and a real-life wind turbine.
00:47 COMM: The museum started life as an "Alley
of Leaders" featuring busts of Communist figures like Lenin, Stalin and Karl Marx which were
thrown away in their thousands following the fall of the Soviet Union.
01:04 COMM: The collection continues to grow with
each passing year, as divers from across the globe flock to the submerged site for a unique
underwater history lesson.