It is simply impossible to calculate on a map all the abandoned cities of Russia. Abandoned villages and abandoned industrial / military facilities are located in almost every area of our great Motherland. The reasons for this are many - somewhere political or economic factors influenced, and somewhere the geological features of the region played a role.
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Ghost towns: interesting facts
All the cities that are now assigned the status of a “ghost” were once developed settlements. For one reason or another, they were left by local residents. Most of the settlements are located in the Far East or the Far North.
Today, such places are especially popular among tourists who call themselves stalkers. They are ready to travel thousands of kilometers in order to wander for hours on the streets of long-abandoned settlements.
The most famous and popular cities called ghosts in Russia include:
Kadykchan is a village in the Magadan region.
During the war, coal mining began to develop here. In 96, an explosion occurred at one of the mines, as a result of which several people died, and the mine itself was seriously damaged. It was decided to close it. The last residents left here in 2010.
Halmer - in the 40s. of the last century, coal reserves were discovered here.
Local residents have long venerated these places as sacred and brought here their dead ancestors to bury. In the 93rd year, the mine was closed, and the population was forcibly evicted from their households.
Charonda - already in the XVII century, the settlement was a full-fledged city, an important trading center.
By the 30s of the past century, its significance was almost completely lost. Houses and the church collapsed, the marina fell into decay, and the population gradually began to leave their homes. By the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the city ceased to exist, but at the same time it managed to become an object of tourism business.
Iultin was founded in 1937 after polymetallic deposits were discovered in those places.
After their extraction was recognized unprofitable, residents began to leave the village. The last people left here in 2002.
Old Gubakha is the former center of the coal industry of the Perm Region.
After the exhaustion of mineral resources, the population was forced to move to other places.
Finval in Kamchatka - a small military town, which was founded in the 60s. last century.
Here was the base of submarines. Communication with the outside world was established only through the sea, once every 7 days a motor ship cruised here. In 96, the garrison was disbanded, and its inhabitants were sent to other settlements.
Mologa (Yaroslavl region)
The abandoned town of Mologa was founded back in 1777. It had a favorable location, as it was in a place where 2 rivers merge - the Volga and Mologa. In honor of the second settlement, it just got its name. The local population was engaged in fishing, which made it possible to make an important trade center out of the city.
The fatal coup in the history of Mologi came in 1935. The government decided to build the Uglich and Rybinsk hydropower plants, as a result of which the water level was supposed to rise, and the territory of the town itself fell into the flood zone. The following year, the population was announced the resettlement, its number at that time was already 4 thousand people. In 1946, the city was completely flooded. Every year since 1972, citizens gather in Rybinsk to honor the memory of their town, everyone can visit the flooded areas on the ship.
In the early 90s of the past century, the water level fell slightly, which made it possible to discern some of the surviving buildings. To perpetuate the memory of Mologa, a monument was erected in the form of an arrow pointing downward with the inscription: "Forgive the city of Mologa."
Kursha (Ryazan Oblast)
The beginning of the twentieth century is considered the date of foundation of the village of Kursha. Located in the Ryazan region, this abandoned settlement today is the most terrible and at the same time the most interesting. The village was created in the post-revolutionary period as a working village. With great pleasure, hundreds of people went here to develop forest lands. After a short time, the population exceeded a thousand people.
Due to the presence of the transport route, a railway line was built here. Despite this, the village was not destined to exist for a long time. In 1936, a terrible forest fire occurred in the region. So far, it has not been possible to establish the cause of the fire. Due to the strong south wind, the fire swept over a huge area, gradually turning into a horse fire. Unfortunately, none of the inhabitants of the village could even imagine the scale of the situation. The tragedy of 1936 claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people. Only a few survived. To save their lives, people had to sit in wells, cesspools and in a pond.
Today, there are several ruins left from the working village, all overgrown with grass. In its north-eastern part there is a mass grave where all those who died as a result of this terrible natural disaster are buried. In 2011, a memorial complex was created on the territory of the Curonian Lagoon.
Kolendo (Sakhalin Oblast)
The village of Kolendo was named after the lake of the same name.Its foundation dates back to 1963 in connection with the development of an oil field - the largest in the Far East. By the 70s, its population was more than 2 thousand people. After the Neftegorsk earthquake in 1995, a decision was made to relocate local residents to Okhu, Nogliki and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Another reason for this decision was the depletion of oil reserves in the region.
Since 2010, the town is completely considered extinct, the population is absent here.
Industrial (Komi Republic)
In 1948, the first mine, Central, was laid within the Komi Republic. After 6 years, the Promyshlennaya mine began operations. The first inhabitants of the village were prisoners who were brought here for correctional labor. A few years later, civilian workers appeared here.
In 1998, a terrible tragedy occurred. As a result of a severe explosion, dozens of people died, hundreds were injured of varying severity. The exact number of people who remained under the rubble is not known so far. Further work, and even more so the development of mines, became impossible. Residents, who at that time had at least 12 thousand people, were relocated to other settlements. The tragic events of the late twentieth century turned Industrial into another city abandoned by people.
Yubileiny (Perm Territory)
Fans of everything abandoned will definitely like the village of Yubileiny, located in a picturesque place of the Perm Territory. It was founded in 1957, and already in 2000, the last mine of the Kizelovsky coal basin - “Shumukhinskaya” was closed on its territory.
The pool began to operate in the distant 1797. The population of Yubileiny was 11 thousand people, although his project allowed to increase the number of inhabitants to 60 thousand. Today, a little more than a thousand residents remain in the village, mainly pensioners. On the territory of the mine is a prison colony. Almost all former miners received housing certificates, which allowed them to relocate to other cities. There are several five-story buildings in the village, surrounded on all sides by the private sector. After the closure of the mine, there are regular interruptions in communications, in particular, with water and heating.
Ghost towns in Russia are located everywhere. Despite the fact that the population left such settlements many years ago, visitors and tourists come here all the time. Some objects are used as military training grounds, others are widely recognized among artists and writers, which allows them to discover new creative potential. But most still have many unsolved mysteries.
