The Oktyabrsky settlement was built in the 1960s for geologists who worked on uranium deposits in the Krasnokamensk region. During the construction of the village, the engineers did not take into account the fact that over one of the large uranium deposits there is an intense release tectonic faults natural radioactive gas radon, which caused an increased radiation background. In 2010, the resettlement of the inhabitants of the village began. October, and in 2014 ...

Military town "Borzya-2"

A small military town located 5 km from the town of Borzya. Once based here aviation regiment fighter-bombers (military unit No. 42943), but after the departure of the military in the 90s, the town acquired an eerie shade. After the transfer of the military camp to the balance of the city administration, the comfort that had surrounded it for several decades instantly disappeared from the village. Lack of heating, garbage collection and problems with sewerage have become...

A small abandoned farm for 5 plots with dilapidated houses. The plots are quite densely overgrown with small trees and shrubs. Residents left their homes earlier than 2013 and the maximum that is registered in this farm. Several semi-collapsed cellars and one well without a foundation and a superstructure were found, into which one can fall. Residents of neighboring villages dismantled houses for building materials and firewood, so only one left ...

Former settlement Mungui, located 350 km south of Dikson, or 243 km north of Dudinka. In 1938, the reindeer-breeding state farm "new life" was created in it. In 2016, the village already has the status of abandoned. There are several houses, abandoned equipment, a helipad. Houses are slowly being cut down for firewood. On the this moment There is an elderly couple who are engaged in fishing.

The village has been deserted for a long time. Once there were about 50 strong houses here, now (June 3, 2017) there are less than a dozen left. Some owners come in the summer, some - not inhabited, rickety, blown by the winds and blackened. Winds here blow almost constantly. Esotericists say that Kochkomozero is a good place for self-identification. There are some special energy flows. Many say that the village stands at the place of power. So what...

Almost abandoned five working peat settlements. Only summer residents live and only in summer in separate, their own houses. Very atmospheric. From the first village to the fifth about 15 kilometers. The main attractions are old two-story buildings, there are both almost collapsed and well-preserved ones.

The merchant part of the village, located on the peninsula along the Kama River. AT Soviet time should have been flooded during the construction of a hydroelectric power station upstream. People were resettled, but the hydroelectric power station was not built. At the moment, there are about 20 brick merchant houses. Some houses have already been restored and cafes, hotels, hostels are located in them.

The once residential urban-type settlement of Dixon (aka Dixon Airport), located on an island in the middle Kara Sea 1.5 km from its own mainland. Now empty: since 2009, the population was relocated to the mainland. There are only 1-2 people on the island at all times. The rest of the staff comes to meet / send the plane (goes once a week) water transport or winter. schools, Kindergarten, several military units, a house of culture,...

Ghost towns of Russia are scattered throughout the territory. Each of them has its own history, but the end is the same - all remained abandoned by the population. Empty houses still retain the imprint of human presence, in some you can see abandoned household items, already covered with dust and dilapidated from the past time. They look so gloomy that you can shoot a horror movie. However, this is what they usually come here for.

New life of ghost towns in Russia

Even though the cities different reasons left abandoned, they are often visited. In some settlements, the military organize training grounds. Dilapidated buildings, as well as empty streets, are good to use to recreate extreme living conditions without the risk of civilian involvement.

Artists, photographers and representatives of the film world find a special flavor in abandoned buildings. For some, such cities are a source of inspiration, for others - a canvas for creativity. Photos of the dead cities can be easily found in different performance which confirms their popularity among creative people. In addition, modern tourists find abandoned cities curious. Here you can plunge into a different side of life, there is something mystical and creepy in lonely buildings.

List of known empty settlements

There are quite a few ghost towns in Russia. Usually such a fate awaits small settlements, in which residents are mainly employed in one enterprise, the key to the city. What was the reason for the mass relocation of residents from their homes?

1. Kadykchan. The city was built by prisoners during the Second World War. It is located next to deposits hard coal, That's why most of population was involved in the work at the mine. In 1996, there was an explosion that killed 6 people. It was not part of the plans to restore mining, the residents received compensation amounts for resettlement to new places. In order for the city to cease to exist, the supply of electricity and water was turned off, and the private sector was burned. For some time, two streets remained inhabited, today only one elderly man lives in Kadykchan.
   
   
   
2. Neftegorsk. Until 1970 the city was called Vostok. Its number slightly exceeded 3,000 people, most of whom were employed in the oil industry. In 1995 it happened strongest earthquake: most of the buildings collapsed, and almost the entire population was under the ruins. The survivors were resettled, and Neftegorsk remained a ghost town of Russia.
   
   
3. Mologa. The city is in Yaroslavl region and has been around since the 12th century. Previously, it was a large trading center, but by the beginning of the 20th century, its population did not exceed 5,000 people. The government of the USSR in 1935 decided to flood the city in order to successfully build a hydroelectric complex near Rybinsk. People were forcibly evicted as soon as possible. Today, ghostly buildings can be seen twice a year when the water level drops.
   
   
   

There are many cities with a similar fate in Russia. In some, a tragedy occurred at the enterprise, for example, in Industrial, in others, a mineral deposit simply dried up, as in Staraya Gubakha, Iultin and Amderme.

Alykel

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") - former settlement urban type in Susuman district Magadan region. Located in the basin of the Ayan-Yuryakh River (a tributary of the Kolyma), 65 km northwest of the city Susuman on the highway Magadan - Ust-Nera. Since the early 2000s Kadykchan is an abandoned "ghost town".

It arose during the years of 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 state of affairs, in 2001 the construction of a new boiler-skating rink was still underway in the village and 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 Sakhalin region.

Oil deposit Kolendo 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.

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Khalmer-Yu (Komi Republic)

In the 40s, a coal deposit was found here, but attempts to establish a full-fledged settlement here were unsuccessful until 1957. Then a serious material base appeared here and the village began to grow, turning into a city with a population of seven thousand people.


In 1993, the mine was closed, people were resettled in Vorkuta, and now there is a landfill on the site of an abandoned city. It was he who was used in 2005 to demonstrate the power of the Tu-160 to Vladimir Putin. Then the president was the co-pilot aboard a strategic bomber and fired a missile at one of the Halmer-Yu buildings.

Mologa (Yaroslavl region)

Not far from Rybinsk is the ghost town of Mologa. Once it was one of the largest shopping centers in Russia (the city was founded in the XII century).


But in 1935 Soviet authorities ordered to build the Rybinsk hydroelectric complex, and Mologa was simply flooded. People began to be resettled, and those who remained died. The city has sunk under water, and now, when the level is lowering, some buildings are visible.

Kursha-2 (Ryazan region)

The city of Kursha-2 was founded at the beginning of the 20th century in Ryazan region. People came here from all over Russia to take part in the large-scale development of forest areas. In the early 1930s, more than a thousand people settled here, but soon almost all of them died. On August 3, 1936, a fire engulfed the entire city - only a few survived. Now near the burnt settlement there is a huge mass grave. The city itself is now completely destroyed, not a soul on the streets.

Kolendo (Sakhalin Region)

In the early 60s, in the very north of Sakhalin, the development of an oil and gas field began. People from all over the island began to come here, and by 1979 more than two thousand people settled here.


Until 1995, everything was in order, but it happened powerful earthquake, after which the reserves natural resources decreased greatly, and people massively began to leave the settlement. Now no one lives there.

Industrial (Komi Republic)

The city was founded in the 50s. All buildings were erected by prisoners, and until the 90s more than 10 thousand people lived here. Life here stopped after the explosion in the Central mine. Overnight, all the workers here turned out to be useless. Families began to move to other settlements, and soon Industrial turned into a ghost town.

Neftegorsk (Sakhalin region)

Another victim of the 1995 earthquake was the city of Neftegorsk. Here the level of tremors reached 10 points. More than two thousand people died. The authorities evacuated the survivors, and now Neftegorsk is empty. Its streets still resemble a bombed-out town - only ruins...

Charonda (Vologda region)

In the city of Charonda on the shores of Lake Vozhe, 11 thousand people once lived. Once upon a time life was seething here, but in early XIX century all trade routes, which passed through Charonda, ceased to exist, and the city turned into a village where only old people live.

Kadychkan (Magadan region)

In 1943, in the Magadan region were found large deposits coal. Near one of these was founded the city of Kadychkan. Of course, this settlement was built, as they say, on the bones of prisoners who were exiled here by the thousands. Nevertheless, the city continued to develop, and after the thaw, in 1986, its population was 10 thousand people.


Extinction began in 1996 after terrible accident at the mine, where more than a thousand miners died from the explosion. After that, the city was almost completely empty, and in 2003, by order of the authorities, the last residents were taken out of here and settled in other cities. Now the village is empty.

Iultin (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)

The settlement was founded thanks to the tin deposit found here. People have been coming here since the 1950s. Houses were built here, families settled down, but in the 90s the enterprise went bankrupt and people began to leave the village. In 1995, no one was left in Iultne.

Yubileiny (Perm Territory)

The settlement was built by miners. The miners of the "Shumikhinsky" mine developed the city from the 50s to the 90s. Then the enterprise was reduced by half, and those who were left without work were forced to either change their profession or leave. The city quickly emptied and soon turned into another ghost. Now it is hard to imagine that life was once in full swing here.

There are places in the world where no one lives now, but earlier life was the key. 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 the foundation and the "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 was over a thousand Human. 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 woodland, 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 most major centers 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 most terrible - mass suicide: most of the people living 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 financial 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 locality is related to abandoned cities 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 village in Chukotka. 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 nearest city 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 unthinkable serious condition exhaustion. They were transferred to Vorkuta.

A year later, Halmer-Yu created the necessary material base and soon people began to inhabit the city. In 1957, the mine was launched and from that moment everything 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 forced resettlement residents of the city in 1993. Now there is no time in place 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 such ghost towns, abandoned by people completely or in which only a few elderly people remain, there are not a dozen or even a thousand 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 direct indication or criminal inaction of the authorities. Although, of course, in the media these crimes are called - bad economic situation in the country or, for example, a crisis.

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

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.

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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 ". 🙂