TASS, August 31. The work to strengthen the slope near the Museum of the History of Cosmonautics in Kaluga, where the ground slipped in 2020 and 2021, has been completed, about 900 m of deep drainage have been equipped, and storm sewers have been restored to drain surface water. This was announced by the head of the city Dmitry Denisov on his page in “VKontakte”.
“The earthworks are finished, it remains to arrange the pedestrian paths, lay the geogrids and curb stones. The object turned out to be complicated, but most importantly, the construction on the slope of the museum will turn out to be of high quality and durable,” Denisov said.
According to him, about 200 thousand cubic meters were moved to strengthen the slope. m of soil, equipped with 900 m of deep drainage, laid more than 1 km of cables for lighting. “The main problem was the drainage of surface water. To eliminate it, it was necessary to restore the storm sewer from the Museum of Cosmonautics and make wells for the drainage system,” Denisov said, adding that in the future the slope will be landscaped and it will become a platform for recreation, city holidays and events.
As reported, the soil creep at the new complex of the Museum of the History of Cosmonautics occurred twice – in 2020 and in the spring of 2021. The process did not threaten the buildings of the museum, but it was decided to strengthen the soil on the slope, including with the help of piles and concreting.
The new complex of the Museum of the History of Cosmonautics. K.E. Tsiolkovsky was opened in Kaluga on April 12, 2021, its construction was carried out for seven years. The museum has existed in the city since 1967, is the world's first space museum, created with the direct participation of Academician Sergei Korolev and the first cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The area of the new three-storey building with its own cinema and observatory is 12.5 thousand square meters. meters, it houses about 900 exhibits. The founder of theoretical cosmonautics, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935), wrote his main philosophical works in Kaluga.
