01/04/2025
This was one of the first airship hangars in history, built by returned Ottoman migrants who had previously worked at the Zeppelin shipyards. Inspired by the ideas of the German count, they aimed to construct the first airship in Asia. However, their ambitious project was cut short by the Russo-Turkish War.
In a daring overnight operation, a Russian sabotage team, sneaked through the gas pipe, completely dismantled the hangar and hauled it back to Russia. The story doesn’t end there—later, the unique silk that once formed the hangar’s walls was repurposed to decorate St. Petersburg’s very first strip club.
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