Abandoned cities are a rather eerie sight. We present to your attention a rating of the most terrible Russian ghost towns that people have left.
1. Kolendo | Sakhalin Oblast
The village was founded in 1963. People lived there quite well, there were all conditions for living. School, kindergarten, shops, fire station. In the village there was even a club, as well as several high-rise buildings and private houses. About 5 thousand people lived here. In 1995, an earthquake struck. Many buildings suffered, people nowhere to live. In addition, not everything was so smooth in Colendo, there were a number of problems in its content. The authorities decided to liquidate the village. Now on the site of the village there is a dense forest, a couple of garages and several collapsed summer houses. Therefore, there is nothing for stalkers to do. When the buildings were demolished, it is not known exactly. On social networks, the latest photos of the abandoned village are dated 2009.
9. Industrial | Komi Republic
The village was founded in 1956. It arose thanks to the construction of two mines, "Central" and "Industrial". The number of Industrial was 12 thousand people. The infrastructure was at a fairly high level. What was not there: an ice rink, a restaurant, a club, a school with a pool. But in 1998, an accident occurred in the village. An explosion occurred in one of the mines, several dozen people died. The mine was closed, people nowhere to work. The population was declining, people were leaving Industrial. After the closure of infrastructure, it became impossible to live there, residents were offered to relocate. The village is located across the river, and now you can get there only through a dilapidated bridge.
8. Halmer-Yu | Komi Republic
Another ghost village located in the Komi Republic. Geologists discovered coal deposits in 1942. Later, a village was built here. In 1957, a mine began operations, but not so much coal was mined. The maximum number of residents living in Halmer-Yu was 7.7 thousand people. Hospitals, schools, shops, kindergartens, Culture House, dispensary, hostel. There was even a weather station. The town was connected to the Vorkuta railway, there was no road. In 1993, the mine was liquidated, so it brought only losses. In 1996, Halmer-Yu also decided to liquidate. Residents resettled. Now it is used instead of a military training ground.
7. Kadychkan | Magadan Region
Kadychkan suffered the exact same fate. Built during the Great Patriotic War, it also became the place where miners and their families settled. A mine was built not far from it. But in 1996 there was a major accident. Many people died, about a thousand people. The authorities decided to liquidate the village. However, local residents did not want to leave the village. Then in the village they turned off the electricity, they stopped supplying heat to the houses. In the private sector, arson began at all. Everything was done so that the residents of Kadychkan finally left him. Now the town still exists and you can visit it if you wish.
6. Mologa | Yaroslavl region
The city was located on the right bank of the Mologa River. For the first time the name of the river is mentioned in history in 1149. The exact date when the city was built, no one knows. For 8 centuries, life in a small provincial town went on as usual. In 1935, residents first heard that the construction of the Uglich and Rybinsk hydroelectric stations was starting nearby. The government reassured them by promising that the territory of the city was not included in the flood zone. The war came, and from above they decided that more powerful hydroelectric stations were needed. Not only the residents of Mologa were affected, but another 700 nearby villages. Everything was flooded. People were transported to other settlements. Particularly resistant were recognized as insane and placed in medical institutions. When the water level drops in the Rybinsk Reservoir, you can see the remains of the ancient city.
5. Neftegorsk | Sakhalin Oblast
Built in 1964, the urban-type settlement was one of the most comfortable in Sakhalin. Most of the residents are oil workers with their families. In 1995, a major earthquake occurred. Then, 3157 people lived in the village, 2040 of them died. A few days after the earthquake, they removed the rubble and helped the surviving people. They decided not to restore the village, and the survivors settled throughout Sakhalin. In Neftegorsk, a memorial plate with the names of the dead was erected. Relatives still come here to honor their memory.
4. Neftegorsk | Sakhalin Oblast
The village was founded in 1957. The Shumikhinskaya mine, which many men worked on, closed in 2000. People simply lost their jobs and were forced to leave here. Once the population of the village was 11 thousand people. In 2017, about 1,000 people lived there, almost all of them were pensioners. The village became famous thanks to one local resident. She phoned the president on the program "Direct Line with Vladimir Putin", and talked about how people live in the village. “Second Chechnya” was the name of the Jubilee residents. Destroyed buildings, lack of work, the gradual liquidation of infrastructure. A check even came to the village, but there everything remained as before.
3. Kursha-2 | Ryazan Oblast
At the beginning of the twentieth century, a village was formed in the Ryazan region at the terminal station of a narrow gauge railway. The railroad was built here for the removal of forests. The country constantly needed a forest. About 1000 people lived in the village. In August 1936, the village destroyed the fire. The cause of the fire is unknown; the weather was very hot. They tried to run away from the fire, ride away on horses, but all the efforts of people were in vain. Almost all died. They managed to survive only to those who hid in the river or climbed into the well. After some time, the village was rebuilt again, but it did not last long. Now there you can see the same railway, destroyed houses and a cross over the mass grave of those who died from the fire.
2. Charonda | Vologodskaya Oblast
Officially, it is believed that the settlement of Charonda arose in the 13th century on the White Sea-Onega waterway in the Novgorod Republic, however, scientists suggest that it was founded back in the Neolithic and is more than 7 thousand years old. A few centuries ago it was a rich independent region. All trade routes passed through the city. But gradually the number of inhabitants decreased, things in the city became worse and worse, it was soon renamed the village, and later the village. In 2007, only 8 people remained in Charond, whether anyone lives there now is unknown. But tourists are very fond of visiting this place. The church, ruined buildings, beautiful nature - this is what attracts stalkers and just lovers of travel.
1. Iultin | Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
There are a lot of abandoned villages in Chukotka, but this was the largest. In the 50s, a tin deposit was found here. People began to come here as whole families. They built houses, worked at local city-forming enterprises. In the 90s, the mine and the mining plant had to be closed, they worked at a loss. In 1989, about 5 thousand inhabitants lived here. In 2000, not a single one, people left in search of a better share. The village still exists, but it is not easy for tourists to get there.