Devastation and chaos: the fortress from the movie "Thunder Gate" near Gelendzhik was destroyed

Fortress "Thunder Gate" in 2022. Photo: Traveling with Jeep Travel / YouTube
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The fortress, which became one of the tourist points near Gelendzhik, which was built as a set for the film "Thunder Gate" by Andrei Malyukov (2006), was almost destroyed by vandals. This is reported by the Gelendzhik telegram channel. Incidents".

In the published video, one of the subscribers reports that the "Thunder Gate" in fact no longer exists. The walls of the fortress are partially destroyed, the roof is damaged, the remaining masonry is painted with indecent pictures and inscriptions.

"Everything is sad, everything is flawed. Devastation. That's all they did tonight," says the author of the video.

Since early morning, travel agencies and guides cancel trips to the fortress and calculate losses.

According to this fact in The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in the city of Gelendzhik has begun an inspection, the press service of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Krasnodar Territory reports. The check is organized after the appearance of messages on social networks.

"There have been no reports to the police from citizens," the law enforcement officers stressed.

The fortress "Thunder Gate" was built as a decoration for the multi-part film of the same name, which was released in 2006. After filming, the fortress became one of the local attractions, attracting tourists every year. The film was shot based on the novel by Alexander Tamonikov "The company goes to the sky."