There are abandoned ghost towns all over the world. But there are really many of them in Russia. Finding yourself in one of these, it seems that you are on the field of a Martian battle or straight into a horror movie. Extinguished lights, broken windows, abandoned equipment and almost dead silence give the impression of not being the best.
Not taking into account Pripyat, since this city today is not in Russia, but in Ukraine, let's name 10 ghost towns of our country, the most famous are:
1. Mologa
The city was located not far from Rybinsk, at the confluence of the river of the same name into the Volga. It was created at the end of the 12th century, in the 15-19th centuries it was a large trade center. In 1936, during the construction of the Rybinsk Hydroelectric Complex, it was flooded along with 700 villages. But this was not the cause of death. After 1941 the city was handed over by the authorities to be "torn apart" by convicts. Residents sadly watched as those stone by stone dismantled their small homeland. After the authorities decided to relocate the townspeople. Most of the people were taken by force to other cities. Out of about 5,000 people, only 294 residents of Mologzhan remain. After a wave of suicides swept among them (many were drowned in the Mologozh reservoir), the authorities decided to evict those who remained and delete Mologa from the list of cities that ever existed. Mentioning her as a place of birth was punishable by arrest and imprisonment. Soon Mologa went under water. Only twice a year does it surface, exposing ancient cemeteries and bridge churches.
2. Iultin
The city, located in the Chukotka Autonomous Region, was once one of the largest polymetallic deposits. When molybdenum, tungsten and tin began to be mined in the early 90s unprofitable, workers began to leave it on the sly. It was completely empty in 2000.
3. Alykel
Alykel (translated from Dolgan - "swampy glade") is located near Norilsk. It has never been inhabited by humans. No, of course, the authorities first wanted military pilots to live there with their families, and even started building new houses for them. But soon, for some unknown reason, everything was abandoned. Today the city is left at the mercy of merciless time, difficult weather conditions and marauders.
4. Kadykchan
The city of the Magadan Region, whose name in translation from the Even language means "small gorge", was built by political prisoners in wartime together with a mine. In 1986, an explosion thundered at the mine, killing 6 people. It was decided to close it. People began to be resettled to other cities. In 2012, an elderly man lived in Kadykchan, who did not want to leave the place he was used to.
5. Halmer-Yu
The village, whose name alone is truly impressive (translated from Nenets - "Dead River"), is located in the Komi Republic. It began to be built in 1943, when a valuable breed of coal was discovered here. On December 25, 1993, a decree was issued on its closure and liquidation of the mine. People began to be evicted with the help of riot police. They were forcibly herded into carriages and taken to Vorkuta. In 2005, the House of Culture was destroyed during military exercises. It was fired with 3 missiles from the Tu-160 bomber, on which Vladimir Putin was already being the president of Russia. Nobody lives in Khalmer-Yu today.
6. Nizhneyansk
The Yakutsk city of Nizhneyansk, located in the Yana river delta, emerged in 1954 and for 10 years was inhabited by river workers from Yansk, who were supposed to serve the river port and serve it. In 1958 it was designated as a workers' settlement. In 1989, about 3 thousand people still lived there. Today, less than 150 people live in the city, or rather, "live out" their days, who are not needed by anyone. And he himself is badly destroyed.
7. Old Gubakha (Perm Territory)
It was once a mining village. Today it is very badly destroyed.
8. Neftegorsk (Sakhalin region)
Until 1970 it was called Vostok and numbered about 3100 people. On May 28, 1995, it was destroyed by an earthquake that occurred at one in the morning. More than 1000 people died. To date, the city has not been restored. A memorial complex has been built on its territory, a chapel has been built and a cemetery is located where all the dead rest. It should be noted that the "landscape design" of Neftegorsk can be used for filming films about the Apocalypse.
9. Curonian-2 (Ryazan region)
The workers' settlement was built almost immediately after the revolution. The main task of its inhabitants was the development of significant reserves of the Central Meshchera forest. In 1936, a strong fire broke out here, which, with the help of the wind, quickly reached the village and swallowed up all its inhabitants, leaving only 20 out of 1200 people.
10. Industrial (Komi Republic)
The city was founded on November 30, 1956. Two mines operated on its territory: "Promyshlennaya", which was closed in 1995, and "Central". On the second, at 03:46 o'clock on January 18, 1998, a terrible fire broke out, which led to an explosion of methane and the appearance of coal dust. 27 of the 49 miners who were there at the moment were killed, 17 were missing. After the incident, the Tsentralnaya mine was liquidated. In 2005, a school was closed in Promyshlennoe, and people began to leave from there. In 2007, the village was officially closed. At that time, 450 people lived in it.
On this the list is closed, but far from complete. How many more cities, villages and villages died out, how many people were left without their small homeland, probably no one can count.
