[1][2] Only the foundation of the dugout has survived, over which a cultural and historical complex was built in the 21st century, including a pavilion-colonnade, a monument to the first Russian emperor and a museum building.

[3] In 1722, during the Persian campaign, Peter the Great stayed overnight in a specially built two-room dugout,[2] sheltered from the summer heat.

The object was located approximately 100 m west of the seashore and 50 m south of the Northern fortress wall and consisted of two small rooms.

[1][2] The Tsar stayed in Derbent for three days and then went with his army and fleet further to Baku, leaving a Russian military garrison in the ancient fortress.

[1] Later, in the second half of the 19th century, a monumental pavilion of square stone columns under a hipped iron roof was built over the dugout.