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Soviet Mobile Power Station that Was Using Jet Engines [wow]

Abandoned, Technology, USSR

This is Soviet generator that is using jet engine and it's fuel is jet fuel. It is having to jet

engines AI-20, and two generators which can give 2.5 Megawatts. Here is how it looks inside:

City Suburbs Don’t Look Nice

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Every country in the world has some not nice looking suburbs (maybe with exception to some states like

Monaco etc). Here is such selection here from photographers who like noting dull sides of the life.

Abandoned Frozen Bomb Shelter Looking like a Skating Rink

Abandoned, History, Interesting Facts

This was Soviet bombing shelter under factory workshop. Despight factory is active the bomb shelter abandoned. Probably a couple years nobody

has come down here. It was partially flooded and it made a cool effect: during winter water freezes turning shelter into rink.

Photos from Abandoned Soviet City Aralsk-7 Where Biowarfare Was Developed

Abandoned, Photos, USSR

On an island in a now dried Aral sea, there was a town Aralsk-7. Before 1940s it had a factory that was making foods out of fish, but later it was closed down and rebuilt into a Soviet bio warfare factory.

During 1960-1980s the population of a town surrounding the factory (and also a bio warfare drill site) was around 1500. Now stays abandoned, here are some photos by Kirgiz photographer Nematov:

Paying Visit to an Abandoned Pioneers Camp

Abandoned, USSR

Emir and Antrei are two photographers from Yekaterinburg who like to explore abandoned places. This time it was an abandoned pioneers camp near Yekaterinburg city. The name of the

place was "Cosmos" during the USSR era. It was built in the 1960s and after the USSR collapsed it stopped functioning, however it's still in pretty good shape inside.

Abandoned 8×8 Vehicles Deep in the Forest Among the Swamps

Abandoned, Automotive, Russian army, USSR

It has been said that Russian forests can surprise you with curious finds. Things that in normal life you won't be allowed to approach

closer than the distance of a gunshot. Getting there isn't easy, in this story a man goes beyond the swamp on an ATV like this:

Abandoned House of Culture from USSR Times

Abandoned, Interesting Facts, Tver, USSR

During the Soviet Era every city, town and even village had a "house of culture" building. They were sort of clubs for people to come, to study some

crafts, to perform arts and also as convention places. Some of them were architecturally interesting, like this one abandoned near Tver city:

23 Abandoned Places in RU

Abandoned, Interesting Facts

Bridges, factories, churches,

mechanical structures, all here

The Lifebuoy: Flooded Soviet Bomb Shelter of Unusual Shape

Abandoned, History, Interesting Facts

This Soviet bomb shelter is different because of its shape. It's round. It reminds Russian letter "Ю" in shape. Where "stick" or "I" is a corridor with emergency exits and entrances and round

part "O" is a main hallway with rooms around the larger hall in the center. Enthusiasts got inside and made photo, instead of walking around they were mainly floating. Photos: