Ghost towns in Russia: a list and photos of dead cities for independent visit

Dmitry

Hello readers! The ghost towns of Russia are the topic of today's conversation. Have you ever thought about how big our country is? I think not every one of us can really imagine its scale. And almost every city, whether it be Rostov or, is filled with people who often leave their home for various reasons. In every city in Russia there is an abandoned corner, and deserted villages are scattered throughout the country, many of us no longer remember their names.

Ghost towns of Russia: a list of abandoned places

The list is based on my research and likes and information from various sources - all places you can, they are real. If you know other ghost towns, it will be interesting to read about them in the comments, and if there are, upload their photos and names.

Today we will talk about such abandoned and dead places as:

• Nuclear lighthouse at Cape Aniva (Sakhalin)
• Abandoned castle in Zaklyuchye (Lykoshino village, Tver region)
• Hotel "Northern Crown" (St. Petersburg)
• Eighth workshop of the Dagdiesel plant (Makhachkala)
• Diamond quarry "Mir" (Yakutia)
• Khovrinsk hospital (Moscow)
• The village of Kadykchan (Magadan region)
• Building of the sanatorium "Energy" (Moscow region)
• Maternity hospital (Vladimir region)
• Ghost town Khalmer-Yu (Komi Republic)
• Ghost town Pripyat (Ukraine)

So let's go. Some places will be illustrated with videos. Let's start with a place like

Nuclear lighthouse at Cape Aniva

it is located in Sakhalin.

The lighthouse was built back in 1939 and, by its design, became the most difficult structure to erect on the entire coast of Sakhalin. Thanks to nuclear maintenance, in the late 90s, the cost of its work was minimal, but soon there were no funds left for this. Since then, the lighthouse has been empty. And in 2006, special installations were also taken out of it, thanks to which it once shone 17 miles into the distance.
Now it is looted and deserted.

You can see the abandoned lighthouse by going to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in the city of Korsakov, and then getting on a boat to the cape. You look, and this photo resembles a horror movie, and the lighthouse resembles the movie "Shutter Island" with. But to be honest, I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

Abandoned castle in Zaklyuche

Do you think this is a cursed place or just a superstition that should not be believed? The castle itself is located in a picturesque forest, on the banks of a small river, just between the two capitals, the present and the past. This homestead was built according to the project of the owner of the house. The manor surprises with its asymmetry and the fact that it is made of different types of material, which are not used together in modern construction at all.

What is so mystical about this place

During the day, the estate looks very friendly, especially since it is being reconstructed. There used to be a sanatorium here, so the house cannot be called completely abandoned, but the locals tell legends that people who went to the forest and saw the castle returned from there completely different. I do not really believe in this, but I myself did not dare to stay there for the night.

Although I asked my friend's mother about this place, just before we wanted to go there on an excursion, she told me that she had not seen a more beautiful place in her whole life, her childhood passed here. Her father's parents worked at the sanatorium until the day it closed.

Mom helped her grandmother because her parents left her with her for the summer. She felt like a queen, walking along the alleys and by the river. According to her, it was a real paradise with fountains, a large palace, roses, squirrels. Mom said that there were large flowerpots at the front door, and they were the best flowers in the whole area. Every year, the sanatorium received about 200 people, and it closed simply due to the fact that funding was stopped.

If you have not been there yet and have not seen the castle with your own eyes, I strongly advise you to do this, especially since it is not far from Moscow and St. Petersburg, you can also get there on your own.

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Hotel "Northern Crown"

If you have ever been to St. Petersburg, you probably know how beautiful and pompous this city is. No, really, it is not for nothing that it is called the cultural capital of Russia. I think many residents and guests of the city know about one abandoned hotel, which is located at the address: Karpovka river embankment, 37

Residents of St. Petersburg, who believe in mysticism, claim that the hotel was abandoned for a reason. You just think that it was already wired, all plumbing was purchased, and then one day, the project was closed. Locals say that everything happened after the death of the priest, who was invited to a big banquet in honor of the anniversary of the largest city bank, where, in addition to him, there were the mayor and his wife. After all the solemn events, the owner of the hotel asked Vladyka to bless the guests and invite everyone to a meal, but then he suddenly became ill, and he died, right in the middle of the hall. Since that time, this place has been called "cursed".

Today they are trying to demolish the building, but for some reason no one dares to do it. Even shabby walls, peeling paint and crumbling plaster did not prevent the hotel from maintaining its luxury. Despite the closed doors, you can get into the hotel through the roof, but be careful, the hotel is carefully guarded by the authorities.
Another place of honor in my ranking is occupied by

Military facility - Eighth workshop of the Dagdiesel plant (Makhachkala)

It is said that many have seen ghosts there.

I haven't been to this place yet, but I would love to go there. Maybe one of my subscribers has already seen these places, if so, please share your impressions. For a long time, it was a station where naval weapons were researched and tested. The workshop is located at a distance of 3 kilometers from the shore, but for reasons unknown to me, it has not been used for a long time.

The construction of the workshop took more than one year, someone says that during the construction a man died there, and has been in the walls of the building for many years, his corpse was never found. It is interesting that the foundation was made on the shore, and only then delivered to the construction site. To all lovers of the Caspian Sea and those who want to tickle their nerves by looking at the abandoned workshops - go there.

Diamond quarry "Mir" in Yakutia

This place fascinates with its grandeur and beauty. It definitely could not have done without mysticism, because the quarry can be included in the list of not only the most mystical places, but also the most beautiful places in our country. Open pit diamond mining ended 12 years ago. This is the second largest and longest mine-canyon in the world. The airspace here is closed due to possible accidents of helicopters, which were drawn here by a large air flow. The "world" looks so mysterious and unexplored.

I was not lucky enough to visit these places, but my friend once visited there, he went down almost to the very bottom. He said that there was a salt-sulphur lake at the bottom and a very unpleasant smell from it, like a decaying corpse. Open pit diamond mining has not been carried out for a long time, but a mine is being built by the locals, which will allow them to go deeper by several hundred meters. The construction is very expensive because the environment inside is unfavorable for human life.

Khovrinskaya hospital in Moscow

These are the places in the capital that inspire horrors. It is not surprising that people die very often in her area. According to unofficial ratings, this place was included in the rating of the most mystical and dangerous places in the world. The hospital was built on the cemetery, but was never opened. This place already has its own folklore, and urban informals often gather there. But what is paradoxical: for many years this building has not saved lives, but on the contrary, it has crippled and killed. Every day the police come here and tragic events occur.

Mysticism is enhanced by the very sinister external characteristics of the hospital-death. If you look at it from a bird's eye view, the located main buildings resemble the international sign of mortal danger Biohazard.

As I said, the hospital was built on a cemetery, because of this the land turned out to be dead: all the basements were flooded, and the main buildings were slowly being destroyed. According to legend, the police wanted to catch sectarians and satanists who performed their rituals in the basements. When they found and took everyone outside, they blew up the tunnel, but they did not take into account that there were still people who were hiding from people in uniform. Some of the Satanists were blown up, and all their remains were never found.

I can say that today the hospital was surrounded by a metal fence made of welded mesh, and on top it was covered with barbed wire. It’s better not to go there, there are plenty of guards there, fighters with dogs are constantly on duty. Would you dare to climb into this mystical place?

Closed village Kadykchan

another place on my list.

In translation, it means "valley of death." I don’t really know who names the cities, but I can’t understand one thing for sure, how can you live in peace and hope for a bright future in a city with such a name? Apparently, the local authorities are not at all interested in mysticism, and do not believe in paranormal phenomena.

This city was built by prisoners, and at the end of the work, about 10 thousand people lived in it, and by 2007 there were not even five hundred left here. 4 years ago, only one elderly person lived here, who did not want to go anywhere. Once coal was mined here, due to which half of the Magadan region received energy.

But the explosion at the mine changed Kadykchan, and people began to leave. Surprisingly, they didn't even take things with them, here you can find books, magazines, toys, clothes and much more. The city was disconnected from heat and electricity, today it is an abandoned place, streets and houses are gradually being destroyed.

Building of the sanatorium "Energy" in the Moscow region

occupies the next line of ghost towns in my ranking.

Do not be surprised, but in our country, working and non-working buildings of one sanatorium can function on the same territory. In the Moscow region, the Energia sanatorium is very popular, which has been welcoming everyone who wants to improve their health for many years.

There is one next to the working buildings that no one wants to reconstruct, and this is not due to a lack of funds. Once the building burned down and took the lives of more than a dozen people, they say that even Energia employees do not enter the burnt building after nightfall. Now there are heaps of garbage, but the mysticism of these places attracts guests and tourists. After the fire, a beautiful staircase was preserved, which was made in the palace style, many people heard voices here at night. (I wonder what people do at night in such places?)

Maternity hospital in the Vladimir region

There is not enough money in the country to build a normal hospital, but in the Vladimir region there is an operating medical institution that just needs to be renovated, but for some reason the locals are in no hurry to go to work there and repair something.

Mystic? It is quite possible, because what could be more mysterious and scarier than an abandoned medical institution? Even a hospital that works causes unpleasant emotions in everyone, simply because of the specifics of its work, especially since every polyclinic, even a children's one, has a morgue, and such places are already scary.

In the building that was built at the beginning of the last century, there is a maternity hospital. It functioned, judging by the documentation 5 years ago, but is protected until today. Much of the hospital remained intact and the locals still do not understand why the maternity hospital stopped accepting pregnant women. You know, in such places it is worth shooting only horror films. Maybe someone has information about this maternity hospital, write in the comments.

Ghost town Halmer-Yu

In the past, it was an urban-type settlement in the Komi Republic. In translation, this city means "River of the Valley of Death" or "Dead River". The settlement appeared when in 1943 a valuable coal deposit was discovered here. A mine was built here, which began working in 1957, 250 thousand kilograms of coal were mined per day.

But the government of the country, for reasons unknown to me, decided to suspend the operation of the mine. People did not want to leave their homes, and even the riot police were used to force them to do so. 11 years ago, bombing equipment began to be tested over the city, and the former recreation center of the village was destroyed by the president himself. Today Halmer-Yu is the "ghost" of our country.

Next on my top

city ​​of Pripyat

Yes, it does not belong to Russia, but it was once part of the former USSR, and it became a ghost town while still part of the Union. Everyone who played Stalker, I think, will understand why I added this city.

Pripyat is a ghost town located on the banks of the river of the same name, a few kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. According to the population census, which was carried out in the autumn a year before the disaster, about 50 thousand people lived here. It was planned that by the end of the year the number of residents would increase by another 20 thousand. All residents were evacuated in April 86 due to a tragic accident. Today the city is located in a special exclusion zone. More than one documentary film was made about the accident at the nuclear power plant, it also formed the basis of many performances, computer games.

Today, many inhabitants of our planet dream of getting to Pripyat. Of course, the percentage of interest among people was caused by the game "Stalker", which was played by hundreds of thousands of people. The game completely copies the city, if you have passed it, then you probably know where to go in Pripyat.

In conclusion, I want to say that it would be very interesting for me to read your opinion and find out your rating of ghost towns in Russia and beyond. I also look forward to your videos and photos. I also think whether it is worth including points on Google maps in the article so that you can find these places on the Internet yourself? Please write in the comments!

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There are places in the world where no one lives now, but before life was in full swing. Today we will talk about cities - ghosts, on the streets of which there is not a soul. Each city has its own unique story, both founding and "death". Most of them became ghosts due to tragedies, accidents, some due to political and economic reforms, while others simply retired. The most mysterious list, in which we will look at 10 stories of the desolation of cities, is called:
TOP 10 abandoned cities in Russia.

1. Kursha-2 (Ryazan region)

The city of Kursha-2 was founded at the beginning of the 20th century in the Ryazan region. The purpose of the founding was the development of a large area of ​​the forest. The population of the city increased rapidly. In the early 1930s, it amounted to more than a thousand people. The city of Kursha-2 became a ghost because of a terrible misfortune. What happened? On August 3, 1936, a large-scale fire engulfed the entire city, and since Kursha-2 was located in the very middle of the forest, only a few survived. Now near the burnt settlement there is a huge mass grave where the victims of the incident are buried. The city itself is now completely destroyed, not a soul on the streets.

2. Kolendo (Sakhalin region)

Kolendo is a village in the very north of Sakhalin. It is also referred to as abandoned territories. Founded in 1963. People went here to the oil and gas fields. In 1979, the number of people living there was more than two thousand. The reason for the death of the village is a mystery of nature - an earthquake that occurred in 1995. After him, people began to leave the village en masse. Also, the reason was the exhaustion of all oil and gas reserves. At present, no one lives in the village, destroyed houses are everywhere.

3. Charonda (Vologda region)

The abandoned city of Charonda belongs to the Volgograd region, is located on the shores of Lake Vozhe with an area of ​​422 km². Previously, its population was about 11,000 people. In the 18th century, the city of Charonda was one of the central trading cities. Over time, trade routes were closed, and at the beginning of the 19th century, the once former city received the status of a village. Over time, the townspeople began to leave, moved to other settlements. And finally, only elderly people began to live in Charonda. Many tourists come to see the once former city.

4. Mologa (Yaroslavl region)

The ghost town of Mologa is located not so far from the city of Rybinsk. The specific location is the area where the Mologa River flows into the Volga. The city was built in the 12th century, it was one of the largest centers of trade in Russia. At the beginning of the 20th century, the number was about five thousand people. The trouble began in 1935, when the authorities decided to build the Rybinsk hydroelectric complex. This construction assumed the flooding of nearby territories, which included the city of Mologa. So, a fully functioning city was destroyed in an instant. There was a complete resettlement of the people living in it. The operation to irrevocably flood the city was carried out in 1941. This led to the worst - mass suicides: most of the living people in the city refused to leave their native lands. Now the city has remained under water and only occasionally, due to fluctuations in the water, its destroyed buildings are visible.

5. Neftegorsk (Sakhalin region)

From the name it is clear that oilmen with their families live in the city. More recently, a functioning city is located in the Sakhalin region. Now deathly silence reigns on these lands. What happened?
On May 28, 1995, an unpredictable grief happened that became known throughout the world. The city was abruptly overtaken by a strong earthquake of 10 points. Over 2,000 people died that day. Following the tragedy, the townspeople were quickly evacuated and the state provided them with material assistance. Now the streets of Neftegorsk are empty, there are ruins of buildings everywhere.

6. Kadychkan (Magadan region)

This village is also called "Death Valley". The settlement is related to the abandoned cities of Russia. 1943 is considered the year of foundation of the settlement Kadychkan. The city was founded after a valuable coal deposit was found there. The number of people recorded in 1986 was more than 10,000. But 1996 was marred by a tragic coal mine explosion that killed more than 1,000 workers. The settlement existed for a couple more years, until the central boiler house was defrosted. Then about 400 residents categorically did not want to leave their native village, due to the lack of infrastructure. By order of the authorities in 2003, all the remaining residents were forced to relocate. Now the village is empty.

7. Iultin (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)

Also, Iultin can be attributed to the abandoned areas of Russia. Iultin is a settlement in the Chukotka Okrug. Tin deposits were found on this territory back in 1937. Later, from the beginning of the 50s of the 20th century, the land began to be populated by people. Unfortunately, in 1994, tin mining was stopped due to lack of profit. Gradually, residents began to leave Iultin for other settlements. Almost no one has lived in the village since the beginning of 1995. Today, nothing remains of the settlement, only everything is overgrown with grass.

8. Khalmer-Yu (Komi Republic)

Khalmer-Yu is located in the Komi Republic. The development of the area is due to the fact that back in 1942 a coal deposit was found on the Khalmer-Yu River. At the beginning of winter, a group of workers remained to determine the amount of the fossil. Unfortunately, due to unfortunate weather, people were cut off from the nearest city of Vorkuta. The weather did not calm down in any way, and therefore it was not even realistic to bring food for the workers. Those who wanted to help the abandoned people tried to ride on deer. An expedition was organized with a hundred deer and only fourteen deer returned with difficulty due to lack of food. A group of workers was finally found, but in an unthinkably serious state of exhaustion. They were transferred to Vorkuta.

A year later, the necessary material base was created in Khalmer-Yu, and soon people began to inhabit the city. In 1957, a mine was launched and from that moment more and more people began to settle in the city. Two years later, about 7 thousand people could be counted in Khalmer-Yu. The authorities announced their decision to liquidate the mine and forcibly relocate the city's residents in 1993. Now, on the site of the once former city, there is a military training ground.

9. Industrial (Komi Republic)

Promyshlenny is an urban-type settlement located in the Komi Republic, founded in 1956. Almost all the buildings on this territory were built by the prisoners of the city of Lvov. Previously, the city had up to 12 thousand inhabitants. In the 90s of the 20th century, an explosion occurred at the Tsentralnaya mine, working miners died. Now there is not a soul in that place. The history of the Industrial settlement dates back to 1954. The foundation is associated with the opening of two mines - "Central" and "Industrial". The entire infrastructure of the settlement was concentrated on these mines. The accident at the mine was the reason for the fact that the miners and other workers of the city-forming enterprise lost their jobs. Over time, people began to leave their homes and go to other settlements in search of work. Later, the Industrial village was destroyed: wooden buildings were burned, and brick buildings were dismantled. At the moment, only ruins remain from the settlement, and it is difficult to imagine that life was once in full swing in this place.

10. Jubilee (Perm Territory)

So we got to the last settlement from our list of abandoned cities in Russia. Yubileiny is a former workers' settlement founded in 1957. The village began its history with the opening of a mine called Shumikhinskaya. But in 1998, the mine was liquidated by order of the authorities, which in turn provoked a lot of discontent among the workers and people living in the village. More than half of the residents have lost their jobs. After that, the village began to rebuild. Some buildings were converted into sawmills, others were completely destroyed. Even the central boiler house, which provided heating to the entire village, was demolished. The people living in the village simply had no other choice but to leave their homes. Only a few people remained to continue to live out their days in their native settlement. Buildings began to turn into a pile of stones literally before our eyes. Marauders also did their job, breaking windows, breaking doors and looting empty houses. At the moment, the workers' settlement has been converted into a place of serving sentences for prisoners in a free settlement.

In conclusion, it should be said that there are not a dozen or even a thousand such ghost towns, abandoned by people completely or in which only a few elderly residents remain, on the territory of the Russian Federation. In fact, there are many more of them - tens of thousands of completely depopulated villages, villages and urban-type settlements. More than 19 thousand settlements (most of them are single-industry towns), in which hundreds of thousands of people once lived and worked for the good of their homeland, were actually destroyed, and in most cases these were not natural or man-made disasters. The reason was a direct instruction or criminal inaction of the authorities. Although, of course, in the media these crimes are called - a bad economic situation in the country or, for example, a crisis.

It was after the destruction of the USSR, in the new country of the Russian Federation, that many sectors of mining and production suddenly turned out to be unprofitable, and speculation began to be called business. All this has had a detrimental effect on many communities across the country.

Below you can see data based on the 2010 All-Russian Population Census. Perhaps they are already outdated, because. It's already 2016 in the yard. But we can say with confidence that if the situation with the “extinction” of Russia has changed, then only for the worse.

Where are the most abandoned cities in Russia?

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I would like to end the article with the words of Prime Minister D. A. Medvedev, which he said to pensioners of Crimea - “There is just no money. You stay here, all the best to you, good mood ". 🙂

Alykel - a military pilots' village near Norilsk, several multi-storey buildings in the tundra. After the withdrawal of the squadron, he remained practically uninhabited. When the military unit was disbanded in the city, the residents moved to Norilsk and Kayerkan. Now the ghost town stands in the middle of the tundra.

At one time, it was planned to place a flight squadron here, and these houses were built for military families. But times and plans have changed, and the houses built turned out to be unnecessary.

Kadykchan

Kadykchan (translated from the Evenk language - a small gorge, a gorge, sometimes translated as "Death Valley") - a former urban-type settlement in the Susumansky district of the Magadan region. It is located in the basin of the Ayan-Yuryakh River (a tributary of the Kolyma), 65 km northwest of the city of Susuman, on the Magadan-Ust-Nera highway. Since the early 2000s Kadykchan is an abandoned "ghost town".

It arose during the Great Patriotic War as a working settlement at the enterprise for the extraction of coal from the Arkagalinsky deposit. The mine and the settlement were built by prisoners, among whom was the writer Varlam Shalamov. Mining was carried out underground from depths of up to 400 meters. Coal was used mainly at the Arkagalinskaya GRES. The settlement arose in stages, so it was secretly divided into 3 parts: Old, New and Newest Kadykchan. Old Kadykchan is closest to the above-mentioned highway, Novy surrounds the city-forming mine (No. 10), and Newest is 2-4 kilometers away from both the highway and the mine and is the main residential village (with its construction, Old and New Kadykchan were used more and more for farms (greenhouses, gardens, pigsties, etc.) In the east there was another coal mine (popularly - seven, No. 7, it was abandoned in 1992).

In September 1996, an explosion occurred at the mine, killing 6 people. The mine was closed after the explosion. All people were evicted from the city, giving them from 80 to 120 thousand rubles for resettlement, depending on the length of service. The houses were mothballed, disconnected from heat and electricity.

Almost the entire private sector was burned to prevent people from returning.

However, even in 2001, 2 streets (Lenin and Builders) and one house along Mira Street (which housed a clinic, and by that time a hospital, as well as utilities) remained residential in the village. Despite this dismal situation, in 2001 the village was still building a new boiler-skating rink and a shopping complex next to the village council.

By 2010, only two of the most principled residents remained in the village. By 2012, there was only one elderly man left with two dogs.

Colendo

The northernmost village of Sakhalin, located in the Okha district of the Sakhalin region.

The Kolendo oil field is located in the northern part of Sakhalin, on land. This is an old field that was put into operation in 1967 and is in the final stage of development.

The history of the field development began in 1923 in Okha. From 1923 to 1928, Japan developed the Okhinsky field under a concession agreement. From 1928 to 1944, the exploration and development of the field was carried out jointly by the Sakhalinneft trust (established in 1927) and a Japanese concessionaire. In 1944, the agreement with Japan was terminated, and since that time, the development of the Okhinsky field has been continued by the Sakhalinneft association (NGDU Okhaneftegaz).

The oil industry of Sakhalin reached significant development in the 60s. This was facilitated by the improvement in the quality of preparation of structures for exploratory drilling, intensive exploration work in new areas, justified drilling in new areas with single exploratory wells to a depth of 2000-3500 meters.

The resolution on the resettlement of the inhabitants of the village of Kolendo was issued in 1996, after the earthquake in Neftegorsk. In 1999, the construction of Canadian modules began in the Zima microdistrict in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. In 2001, residents of the village of Kolendo began to settle in the 13th microdistrict of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. In addition, residents are resettled in Okha and Nogliki.

Abandoned cities of Russia- places of human settlements in which once life was in full swing. Today they are called ghost towns, where you will not find a single living soul. All of them have their own unique history of formation and collapse. Many of them ceased to exist due to tragic incidents, others due to political and economic reconstruction, and others simply outlived their usefulness. So, let's get acquainted with a dozen abandoned urban settlements in our country.

Opens a list of abandoned cities in Russia. It was built in the Ryazan region at the beginning of the 20th century to develop huge forest reserves. The population grew rapidly, and by the 30s of the last century it had exceeded one thousand. The tragedy that happened on August 3, 1936 contributed to the complete extinction of the population. The resulting fire claimed more than a thousand lives. Few managed to escape, since Kurshcha-2 was located in the very center of the forest. Not far from the burnt-out village there is a large mass grave where the victims of the tragedy were buried. Now this place is an overgrown glade with ruins.

The northernmost village of Sakhalin belongs to abandoned and forgotten places. Oil and gas deposits attracted people here in the 50s of the last century. People began to leave the settlement in 1996, after the earthquake that occurred here. The reason was also depleted mineral reserves. Now Kolendo is considered to be a completely extinct city.

An abandoned Russian town in the Volgograd region on the shores of Lake Vozhe. Once its territory was inhabited by more than 11 thousand inhabitants. In the 18th century, Charonda was considered one of the trading centers. But gradually the trade routes began to wither, and at the beginning of the 19th century the city fell to the status of a village. Residents left their homes and moved to other settlements. Only a small handful of elderly people remained in Charonda, who lived out their lives here. Now this place attracts many tourists.

The next abandoned town in Russia was located near Rybinsk. The place of its exact location is the point where the Mologa River flows into the Volga. It was built in the 12th century and was one of the largest shopping centers in the state. At the beginning of the 20th century, about 5,000 people lived on its territory. But in 1935, the Soviet government decided to build the Rybinsk hydroelectric complex here. This meant the flooding of nearby lands, including the city of Mologa. A prosperous settlement with a developed infrastructure ceased to exist at one moment. The liquidation of the inhabitants began. In 1941, the city was completely flooded. The reorganization led to cases of mass suicides: many residents refused to leave their hometown. Due to fluctuations in the level of the reservoir, the remains of a ghost town sometimes appear on the surface of the water.

The once prosperous city of oil workers called the Sakhalin Region is now a shapeless ruin. This is due to the tragedy that happened in 1995 on May 28 and spread around the world. The unexpected happened: a powerful earthquake of 10 points suddenly began. Natural disasters claimed the lives of more than 2 thousand people. After the incident, the residents of Neftegorsk were evacuated and received material support. Now only ruins remain of the well-organized settlement.

The village, popularly referred to as the "Valley of Death", refers to the abandoned cities of Russia. The settlement was founded in 1943, when deposits of coal of a valuable brand were discovered in these places. In 1986, more than 10 thousand people lived on the territory of Kadychkan. But after the explosion that occurred at the mine in 1996, the population began to decline rapidly. A couple of years later, after the tragedy, the central boiler house was defrosted. Approximately 400 residents refused to leave their home village, despite the lack of any infrastructure. In 2003, according to the order of the local authorities, all residents were resettled.

The former village of the Chukotka District belongs to the abandoned settlements of Russia. In 1937, a tin deposit was discovered here. In the early 1950s, the area where the deposit was discovered gradually began to be populated by people. In 1994, tin mining was stopped due to the unprofitability of production. Residents began to leave Iultin, and by the beginning of 1995 it was almost completely empty. At the beginning of the 21st century, not a trace remained of the city.

Ghost town of the Komi Republic. The settlement was founded in 1942, when deposits of valuable coal were discovered on the Khalmer-Yu River. A small group of workers was left here, who were supposed to determine the scale of the mineral deposits. Bad weather cut off the people, left to fend for themselves, from the nearby city of Vorkuta. Due to the rampage of nature, it was impossible to deliver provisions to a group of workers. An attempt was made to get to the harsh place by reindeer. About a hundred animals participated in the expedition, and only fourteen deer managed to return due to lack of food: the entire reindeer moss was frozen in the ice. A year later, the necessary material base was created in Khalmer-Yu, and soon about three hundred people migrated here. In 1957, the mine began to function and the flow of people arriving here began to increase more and more. Already two years after the opening of the mine, more than 7 thousand people lived here. But in 1993 it was decided to liquidate the mine. From that moment, the liquidation of the village began: people were forcibly forced to leave their homes. Now there is a military training ground here.

The abandoned cities of Russia also include an urban-type settlement. It is located in the Komi Republic. In 2007, about 500 citizens lived here. And once this area was inhabited by about 12 thousand people. After the explosion that occurred in the 90s of the last century at the Tsentralnaya mine, the village began to fall into decay. At the moment no one lives there. The history of this small settlement begins in 1954 and is associated with two local mines - "Central" and "Industrial". It was on them that the entire infrastructure of the workers' settlement rested. Tragedy on sh. "Central" became the reason that people were left without work. Gradually, the inhabitants began to leave Industrial. The city was destroyed: wooden buildings were burned, and brick buildings were dismantled. Now only ruins remain from Promyshlenny, and it is hard to imagine that life has ever existed here.

The former workers' settlement is classified as an abandoned Russian city. The settlement was formed in 1957 with the laying of the Shumikhinskaya mine. But in 1998, the mine, by decision of the top management, was destroyed, which caused a violent protest of local workers and residents. Most of the population was left without work. The reconstruction of the village began. Some buildings were converted into sawmills, others were simply destroyed. The central boiler house, which heats the entire village, was also destroyed. People had no other choice but to leave Yubileiny. Only a small handful of settlers remained to live here. Due to the lack of heating, the buildings began to fall apart literally before our eyes. Not without the help of vandals, who began to rob buildings for profit. Now a free settlement for prisoners is equipped in this place.