Abandoned cities of Russia. Abandoned cities and villages of Russia
Abandoned cities begin to collapse very soon. The paths in the parks are overgrown with bushes, and the iron structures are rusting. One of these cities is Pripyat, because of radiation even the animals here have changed.
Cities take a long time to be born, but they can die in an instant. In Ukraine in 1986 there was terrible tragedy- a nuclear reactor exploded. Since then, no one has lived in Pripyat. The city will be overgrown with trees and soon there will be no trace left of it. IN Lately Enterprising people organize excursions for those who are not afraid of radiation and want to tickle their nerves. Eyewitnesses say that they saw strange animals and birds in these places. It is better not to walk here alone, because the animals have become intelligent and hunt strangers for food.
Was not built in Taiwan Big city ok Sanji. There were houses in it unusual shape, and he himself was quite interesting. In 1980, people left him due to financial difficulties. They later tried to use it as a resort, but again nothing worked out. So it stands deserted. Local residents say that strange and terrible things happen in this place, so there was no point in creating any buildings at all. It is known that some extreme sports enthusiasts disappeared in an abandoned city and were then impossible to find.
In some cases, the scariest cities look completely ordinary at first glance. However, it is known that megacities also host their own secret life, which differs significantly from the usual daytime one. At night in such places it is best not to leave the house at all. This happens because of crime. Drug addicts, ready to kill anyone for a dose, hunt lonely passers-by at night in order to steal at least a little money and buy dope for themselves. They will kill without hesitation anyone who gets in their way. In Honduras, there is a city called San Pedro Sula, which is home to an incredible number of drug traffickers. Murders happen here all the time.
In Russia, Perm is considered one of the most terrible cities. There are several gangs here that commit robberies and murders. Rarely does a day pass without such horrific crimes. In America, Detroit and Oakland enjoy similar fame. The reason for crime here is the very poor financial situation of people, because of this they are forced to earn their own food in such a barbaric way. Many are accustomed to considering America a prosperous country, but 40% of its residents live below the poverty line. They are poorly educated, cannot find work and receive legal income, so they turn to crime.
There are scary cities in Western Europe. In the Czech Republic, in the city of Kutna Hora, there is a museum that can terrify the very brave man. In 1278, the monk brought some earth here from Golgotha, and people from almost all over the Czech Republic began to be buried in this place. Over time, cemeteries have outgrown all imaginable sizes. Then the old bones were dug up to make room for new burials. An experienced wood carver was invited to create various figures from skulls and other remains. Some people like it, others not so much, but at least it is very unusual and attracts visitors.
Bran Castle was built in the Carpathians during the Middle Ages. It was completed in gothic style and is located in the mountains. Quite a creepy place, especially considering that one of the most cruel people lived here, later called the vampire Dracula. The castle was also named after him. According to legend, the baron kidnapped young girls and drank their blood, thanks to which he gained immortality. Now there is a museum here, which lovers of mysticism enjoy visiting.
Cities can be scary various reasons. Sometimes, because people abandon them, settlements become ghosts, overgrown with trees and destroyed. In other cases, the cause is crime.
Number of abandoned towns, villages and hamlets in the territory former USSR cannot be accurately calculated. The political, economic and geological transformations of our state over the past 100 years have created a whole host of objects that are now left behind modern reality.
Abandoned cities in Russia formed a new layer of apocalyptic culture, which arose at the turn of the millennium on the waves of the increasingly popular themes of the End of the World, the Mayan calendar, Vanga’s predictions and big-budget Hollywood blockbusters. Now abandoned cities are actively used to create scenery for man's eternal fear of the Apocalypse. Musicians, photographers, filmmakers, writers, stalkers and other people come here in an effort to find inspiration and drink “dead water” from a stream of something invisible and infinitely mysterious.
Alternative and extreme types of tourism are also gaining momentum. Standard attractions, exhausting with an abundance of information about themselves, attract fewer and fewer travelers. The modern tourist is slowly turning into a researcher chasing some metaphysical “non-standard”. The endless opportunities to share your “finds” via the Internet only contribute to the desire to stand out, be unique and separate from the rest of the “crowd”.
Today we would also like to turn to the topic of abandoned cities. Topics for Russia and the countries of the former USSR are truly inexhaustible, and also extremely exciting and intriguing. Let's take a few minutes away from the fear of these silent "ghosts" and slowly walk through their quiet, deserted streets.
1. Khalmer-Yu (Komi Republic)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Halmer-Yu.
Miners' village. Liquidated during perestroika due to the closure of coal mines.
The area is now used as a military training ground, call sign "Pemboi". August 17, 2005 during an exercise strategic aviation The Tu-160 bomber, on board which was Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, launched three missiles at former home culture of an abandoned village.
2. Staraya Gubakha (Perm region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Old Gubakha.
An abandoned mining village near a depleted coal mine. High degree destruction of buildings.
3. Industrial (Komi Republic)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Industrial.
Mining village. In 1998, an explosion at a local mine killed 27 miners. The bodies of 19 of them were never found. The mine closed, the village was deserted.
4. Yubileiny (Perm region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Yubileiny.
5. Iultin (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Iultin.
6. Kolendo (Sakhalin region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Kolendo.
7. Nizhneyansk (Yakutia)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Nizhneyansk.
8. Fin whale (Kamchatka region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Finval.
9. Alykel (Taimyr Autonomous Okrug)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Alykel.
10. Neftegorsk (Sakhalin region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Neftegorsk.
11. Kursha-2 (Ryazan region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Kursha-2.
12. Mologa (Yaroslavl region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Mologa.
13. Charonda (Vologda region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Charonda.
14. Amderma (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Amderma.
15. Korzunovo (Murmansk region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Korzunovo.
City of pilots and gunners. Yuri Gagarin served here in the 1950s.
16. Kadykchan (Magadan region)
Abandoned cities of Russia: Kadykchan.
A ghost town, whose residents mined coal for the Arkagalinskaya State District Power Plant.
17. Pripyat (Ukraine)
Abandoned cities on the territory of the former USSR: Pripyat.
18. Chernobyl-2 (Ukraine)
Abandoned cities on the territory of the former USSR: Chernobyl-2.
An abandoned city, and previously the military lived here serving the Soviet over-the-horizon radar station"Duga" for an early detection system for intercontinental ballistic missile launches.
19. Ostroglyady (Belarus)
Abandoned cities on the territory of the former USSR: Ostroglyady.
The ghost village was resettled after the Chernobyl disaster.
We bring to your attention a selection of photos of ghost towns of our time, scattered around the globe
The former mine for the extraction of sylvite, potassium and salt was abandoned in the late 60s. Most of the buildings on the site were built from salt blocks. Currently, Dallol is considered the settlement with the highest average annual temperature. Between 1960 and 1966 average annual temperature was 35 degrees Celsius.
Most of the buildings on the site were built from salt blocks.
Currently, Dallol is considered the settlement with the highest average annual temperature. Between 1960 and 1966 the average annual temperature was 35 degrees Celsius.
This city near Angola's capital Luanda was designed and built several years ago by China International Property Management Investment Corporation.
By the time the project was completed, it was supposed to shelter approximately 500 thousand people. 750 multi-colored eight-story buildings were to become homes for future indigenous residents.
The city also has all the necessary infrastructure: 12 schools, shopping centers, cinemas, five-star hotel.
The town of Kolmanskop was founded in 1908 as a result of the Namibian diamond rush. But after the First World War, when the “diamond reserves” dried up, the city became empty and was soon abandoned.
Back in 2006, the population of the Libyan city of Tawergha was 24,223 people. But in 2011, as a result of a military conflict between the opposition and the authorities, the city lost almost all its residents. Today, the once prosperous Tawerga has become completely deserted.
It was once home to the world's richest diamond mine in the 1910s. They say that the local diamond mine produced about 1 million carats. Now this is Spergebiet - a restricted access area.
This settlement was founded by Sweden in 1910, but in 1927 it was sold to the USSR, as recalled by the bust of Lenin right in the city center. The mines, and consequently the settlement, were closed to access in 1998 and have remained untouched since then.
The current owner, Trust "Arktikugol" (since 2007), is restoring the hotel and, soon, excursions will be held for everyone who wants to wander around the ghost town.
The village was destroyed in 1944, and 642 of its inhabitants, including 205 children and 247 women, were killed by German soldiers on June 10, 1944. And only 47-year-old Marguerite Rouffanche was able to miraculously survive.
Adolf Dieckmann, SS commander, blamed local partisans for the massacre in the city
By order former president France of Charles de Gaulle, Oradour-sur-Glane was not restored, but became a museum city, the ruins of which are intended to remind posterity of the Second World War.
The village was founded on the territory of the ancient Greek city of Carmiless in the mid-18th century. The Greek population left the village due to the Greco-Turkish War. As usual now, it is an open-air museum with superbly preserved Greek-style buildings, as well as two churches.
The mock city was built to train the Swiss army.
Built as a life-size replica of a German village by the British Ministry of Defense in 1988 for urban combat training.
As a result of the policy of forced annexation of Austria to fascist Germany in 1938, this 900-year-old village and several neighboring ones were damaged. Hitler, despite the fact that his paternal grandmother was buried in Dellersheim, ordered training bases for the Wehrmacht to be made on the site of the villages. On this moment this territory belongs Armed forces Austria.
Until 1953, the island was mainly inhabited by a fishing community, but soon the population dropped to 22 people, and then the island became completely uninhabited.
Pegrema is an excellent example of wooden architecture. The village was abandoned after the Revolution.
The city, named after the nearby Pripyat River, existed for only 16 years. All 45,000 residents were evacuated a few days after the disaster on Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986. The city has an amusement park that was open for only a few hours and a train station at the exit of the city.
During the construction boom of the early 2000s, this supposedly prestigious 13,200-unit residential complex was built. The construction budget was almost $12 billion. Oddly enough, but such public utilities how water and gas supply for some reason were not in the plans of the builders. This may be why so few apartments were sold, and only a third of those sold became residential.
In 1980, a project to build future homes in the Taiwanese city of Sanzhi was abandoned due to investment losses, as well as numerous car accidents. Now it has turned from a future city into a ruined future and has become one of the strangest ghost towns. The futuristic houses, which in many ways resemble flying saucers, were destroyed between 2008 and 2010.
Today it is a protected area, but Tianducheng was conceived as a city replica of Paris. In little Paris, of course, there is the Eiffel Tower, and entire architectural ensembles of the original Paris and even the Champs de Mars. Residential buildings can accommodate at least 100 thousand people, but its actual population is slightly more than 2000.
In the Chinese ghost town of Chenggong, less than 10% of all houses built became residential.
In 1856, two coal mines opened in Centralia. The population kept growing and already in 1890 there were 2,761 people. The city has about 5 hotels, 7 churches, 2 theaters, 14 supermarkets and grocery stores, as well as 27 bars. The mines operated until the late 1960s, but after a fire in one of them, its population began to decline and by 2010 only 10 residents remained. By the way, underground fires continue to this day.
The city was deserted as a result of the volcano that awakened in July 1995. By 1997, all residents of the island had been evacuated.
The town was founded near the mine in 1859 by a group of gold miners. In 1876, the Standard Company discovered another large deposit of gold ore, and, as usual, Bodie grew from a small settlement into the largest city in California. From the late 1880s, the population began to decline rapidly. In 1900 its population was 965 inhabitants, and by 1940 there were only 40 inhabitants.
This city was founded by none other than Henry Ford in 1928. Instead of purchasing expensive English rubber for his plant, he decided to supply it with Brazilian rubber, which is why the city of Fordlandia was needed.
The idea turned out to be extremely unsuccessful, since rubber trees did not take root at all on the hilly and infertile Brazilian soil. Residents of the city were forced to wear special badges with their identification code, and eat only American products. Such conditions led to an uprising in 1930, which was suppressed by the Brazilian army.
As a result of the eruption of the volcano of the same name, which woke up after 9,000 years of sleep, the city turned into a ghost. A week after the eruption, it was still buried in lava and ash.
Grytviken was built as a whaling yard for the fishing company Captain Karl Larsen in 1904. It was closed to outsiders in December 1966, but the church on the grounds is still occasionally used for marriages. The residents had their own cinema (photo below, 1933), but it was demolished a couple of years ago.
The world is full of ghost towns, abandoned settlements that appeared as a result of either economic crises or natural or man-made disasters. Some are so far removed from civilization that they have become a real car time, capable of transporting to those distant times when life was seething in them. They are incredibly popular with tourists, although they can be dangerous or off-limits. We offer an overview of the most incredible ghost towns in the world.
Kolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, located a few kilometers from the port of Lüderitz. In 1908, a diamond rush swept the area and people rushed to the Namib, hoping to get rich. But over time, after World War I, when diamond sales fell, the city, which has casinos, schools, hospitals, and residential buildings, turned into a barren sandy desert.
Metal structures collapsed beautiful gardens and the neat streets were completely covered with sand. Doors creak, broken windows overlooking the endless desert... another ghost town was born. Only a few buildings are in good condition. Their interiors and furniture have been preserved. However, most are just ruins inhabited by ghosts.
Pripyat is an abandoned city located in the north of Ukraine in the “exclusion zone”. It was once a home for workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It was abandoned in 1986 after an accident on it. Before the disaster the population was about 50,000. Now it is a kind of museum dedicated to the end Soviet era.
Multi-storey buildings (four of which had just been built and were not yet inhabited at the time of the accident), swimming pools, hospitals and other buildings - everything remained as it was at the time of the disaster and mass evacuation. Records, documents, televisions, children's toys, furniture, jewelry, clothes - everything that every normal family had remained in the dead city. Residents of Pripyat were only allowed to pick up a suitcase with personal documents and clothes. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, many apartments and houses were almost completely looted, leaving nothing of value, even the toilets were taken away.
A futuristic village was built in northern Taiwan as an upscale luxury resort for the wealthy. However, after numerous accidents during construction, the project was stopped. Lack of money and desire to continue the work caused it to stop completely. Strange buildings in a futuristic style still stand there as a memory of those who died during construction. There are now rumors in the area about numerous ghosts now wandering around the city.
Craco is located in the region of Basilicata and the province of Matera, 25 miles from the Gulf of Taranto. The town, typical of the Middle Ages, is built among numerous hills. Its appearance dates back to 1060, when the land was owned by Archbishop Arnaldo, Bishop of Tricarico. Such a long-standing connection with the church had big influence on the city's inhabitants for centuries.
In 1891, Craco's population was over 2,000. Residents had many problems related to poor agricultural conditions. In 1892-1922, more than 1,300 people moved from the city to North America. Earthquakes, landslides, wars - all this became the causes of mass migration. In 1959-1972, Craco was particularly affected by natural disasters, so in 1963 the remaining 1,800 residents left the city and moved to the nearby valleys of Craco Peschiera. Today it is the stunning ruins of a medieval city that is very popular with tourists.
5. Oradour-sur-Glane (France): the horrors of World War II
The small village of Oradour-sur-Glane in France is the epitome of unspeakable horror. During World War II, 642 residents were killed by German soldiers as punishment for French resistance. The Germans initially planned to attack Oradour-sur-Vayres, but mistakenly invaded Oradour-sur-Glane on 10 June 1944. According to the order, some of the residents of the French town were driven by the Germans into barns, where they were shot in the legs so that they would die long and painfully. Women and children were kept in the church, where they were shot. Later, the Germans completely destroyed the village. Its ruins still stand as a monument to all those who died, although not far away after the war a new town was rebuilt.
Gankajima is one of the 505 uninhabited islands Japan. It is located approximately 15 kilometers from Nagasaki. It is also called “Gunkan-Jima” or “Armadillo Island”. In 1890, the Mitsubishi company bought it and began mining coal from the bottom of the sea. In 1916 the company was forced to build Japan's first large concrete building. It was multi-storey building where the workers lived.
In 1959, the island's population increased rapidly. It was one of the most densely populated islands ever recorded in the world. In Japan, oil replaced coal in the 1960s. As a result, coal mines began to close across the country. The island was no exception. In 1974, Mitsubishi officially announced the cessation of work. Today the island is completely empty. Travel there is prohibited. The 2003 film Battle Royale II was filmed here and was also featured in the popular Asian video games Killer7.
Kadykchan was one of many small Russian towns that, after the collapse Soviet Union turned into ruins. Residents were forced to move to gain access to running water, schools and health care. The state resettled the townspeople to other cities within two weeks and provided them with new housing.
It was once a mining town with a population of 12,000 people. Now it's a ghost town. During the eviction, residents were in a hurry to leave their belongings in the houses, so now old toys, books, clothes and other things can be found there.
Kowloon City was located outside of Hong Kong during British rule. The former guard post was created to protect the territory from pirates. During the Second World War it was occupied by Japan, and after its surrender it passed into the hands of squatters. Neither England nor China wanted to be responsible for it, so it became an independent city without any laws.
The city's population flourished for decades. Residents built real labyrinths of corridors above the streets, which were filled with rubbish. The buildings have become so tall that sunlight could not reach the lower levels and the whole city was illuminated fluorescent lamps. It was a veritable center of lawlessness - brothels, casinos, opium dens, cocaine parlors, food courts serving dog meat - all operated unhindered by the authorities. In 1993, the British and Chinese authorities made a joint decision to close the city as its anarchic mood began to get out of control.
Varosha is a settlement in the unrecognized republic of Northern Cyprus. Until 1974, when the Turks invaded Cyprus, it was a modern tourist area of the city of Famagusta. Over the past three decades, he has become a real ghost.
In the 1970s the city was very popular among tourists. Every year their number grew, so new high-rise buildings and hotels were built. But when Turkish army gained control over the region, it blocked access to it. Since then, entry into the city has been prohibited to all but Turkish military and United Nations personnel. Annan's plan envisaged the return of Varosha to the Greek Cypriots, but this did not happen, since they rejected it. Since no repairs have been made over the years, the buildings are gradually falling apart. Metal structures rust, plants grow on the roofs of houses and destroy sidewalks and roads, nests have been spotted on deserted beaches sea turtles.
The creepy city of Aghdam was once a thriving city of 150,000 people. In 1993, he “died” during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. There were never any terrible battles in the city; it simply became a victim of vandalism during the occupation by the Armenians. All the buildings are empty and dilapidated, only the mosque, covered with graffiti, remains untouched. Residents of Aghdam moved to other regions of Azerbaijan, as well as to Iran.
If you don’t have any strength to look at dead cities, then it’s better to go on a trip
Cities are born, live and sometimes die, turning into tourist attractions. Terrible, post-industrial landscapes of abandoned and gradually destroyed by nature creations of human hands turn out to be unusually attractive to tourists. Here are ten of the creepiest abandoned cities that can be visited with relative ease...
Pripyat, Ukraine
The date of the beginning of the end of this city is known: May 26, 1986 terrible accident at Chernobyl nuclear reactor. A few days after this, Pripyat was completely evacuated. It's like she's stuck in the 80s forever. Almost everything - from household items to window frames and doors - has been looted in recent decades. The houses are gradually turning into ruins and overgrown with trees. Despite warnings from scientists that the area remains unsafe, excursions to the dead city have recently become quite common.
Sanji, Taiwan
In the late 70s of the last century on the northern coast of Taiwan near Taipei using latest technologies At that time, a unique resort town was built. The original saucer houses were intended for American officers. But they never managed to live in this city: due to financial difficulties, the project was frozen in 1980. In the late 80s, they decided to build a modern hotel with a yacht pier there, but due to turmoil among the management, construction had to be stopped again. This place is notorious: during construction, workers constantly died there for unknown reasons. But this doesn’t scare tourists: those who like to tickle their nerves constantly come to the abandoned town.
Craco, Italy
A small picturesque town built on the edge of a cliff in the Basilicata region, since its founding in the 8th century AD. suffered from invaders and earthquakes. At the end of the last century, after another natural disaster It turned out that the rocks under the city were gradually being destroyed, and therefore the inhabitants were forced to leave it. There are no official excursions to Krako: daredevils go there at their own peril and risk - the rock can collapse at any moment.
Kolmanskop, Namibia
At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Atlantic region of Namibia was gripped by “diamond fever.” The first to learn about uncut diamonds was a German named August Stauch. A few years later he became a millionaire, and a neat German town with a theater and the first tram line in this country quickly appeared in the sands. But after a few decades, all the diamonds were mined, living in the middle of the desert, where there is no water, but the winds constantly blow and rage sandstorms, it was not easy, so the residents gradually left Kolmanskop. But the city was not completely covered with sand: Namibians turned it into a local attraction and successfully make money from travelers.
Hashima Island, Japan
In 1810, coal was found on a huge cliff overlooking the sea 15 kilometers from Nagasaki. The land of Japan does not indulge in mineral resources, so even in such an unsuitable place for life, a real mining settlement quickly arose. A century later, even military factories were built on Hashim: about 5 thousand workers lived on an area of one square kilometer. It was the most populous city in the world. But by 1974 there was no coal left on the island, there was nothing to do there, and the city became a ghost. Now there are constantly travelers there, and there are even plans to turn the abandoned island into a museum.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
During World War II, Nazi troops entered the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in the Limousin department and brutally murdered 642 people. Only 20 local residents managed to survive, who managed to leave the village before the Germans arrived, and one woman, who accidentally survived the massacre. After the war, it was decided to leave this village untouched, turning it into a memorial. Since 1944, dilapidated houses and charred cars have remained there, and a new Oradour-sur-Glane has emerged nearby.
Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA
In 1962, a fire started at the city dump in the town of Centralia. Unfortunately, the fire got into the hole of a coal mine under the city, and therefore they cannot extinguish it to this day: from cracks in the road, from the craters formed on the surface of the earth, poisonous smoke. Local residents did not immediately pay attention to the deterioration of health, but over about a couple of decades, most of them gradually moved to other regions, although about a dozen people still live in Centralia. Visiting the “burning city” is dangerous, but desperate travelers still dare to do it.
Humberstone, Chile
The famous Atacama Desert has a lot interesting places. One of them is the mining ghost town of Humberstone, declared a site in 2005. world heritage UNESCO. In the 19th century, when saltpeter mines were discovered in the desert, a nitrate boom began in these places. By the 20-40s of the last century, Humberstone had become a prosperous village. But when the earth stopped giving people minerals, residents began to leave, and in 1961 the city was completely deserted. The houses and interiors of dwellings have been preserved there, so that after visiting this place, you can get an idea of how people lived half a century ago.
Bodie, California, USA
Another mining town that flourished during the American Gold Rush can be seen east of San Francisco in California. In the middle of the last century they found large deposit gold. By 1880, about 10 thousand people already lived in Bodie, there were 65 saloons, seven breweries, several churches and a railway station were built, and even its own Chinatown appeared. But the golden flow dried up, and by the middle of the twentieth century there were no local residents left in Bodi.
Kayakoy, Türkiye
8 kilometers from Fethiye is the Greek ghost village Kayakoy. People settled on this site about a thousand years ago, and left it in 1923 due to a population exchange, when thousands of Orthodox Greeks living in Turkey were exchanged for Turks living in Greece. Now more than 500 houses, a church, and a school have been preserved in Kayaköy. Tourists come here, and local farmers are gradually developing the lands around.
