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Post-Soviet countries are full of abandoned military places, but Gudym or secret base Anadyr-1, must be the coolest among them all. Geographically it's the closest to the USA and for obvious reasons it had enough missiles to fully destroy Alaska, Washington state,

California and part of South Dakota. Probably similar bases existed on the American side. Unfortunately, what was previously a super secret city surrounded by numerous military units does not have a future anymore. It is abandoned forever...

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One Russian blogger who likes to visit different abandoned places found a protective door in the basement of an abandoned building. The

basement could actually be just an ordinary basement or have a shelter inside, but not this one, this one was special...

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We are in the place where Mi-24 helicopters that have been put out of operation are spending their final days. The Mi-24 was a first tactical machine designed by MI and was in production until the 90s. After the collapse of the

USSR, the manufacturers of different parts of the helicopter were separated by the borders of the newly formed ex Soviet states. These helicopters were nicknamed "Crocodile" by the pilots and I wonder if you can see why.

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There had been an independant radar control company on Graham Bell Island of Franz Josef Land until 1993, it used to be the

northernmost subdivision of the Soviet army. They had an air command post there and an airfield as well. Look what remains of them.

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This post is a photo tour of the abandoned chalky tunnels of the Belgorod region,

Russia. If you take some light there you are gonna see how beautiful they can look.

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This command post is located in the northern part of Saint-Petersburg, Russia, and called "Accord". It was created for communications support.

Free access to the command post only became available in December 2013, but today it already looks miserable - plundered and littered.

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So many unfinished objects were abandoned after the collapse of the USSR just because they became unneeded due to army, fleet, attack armament reduction - they turned

into massive monuments of unimplemented projects. One of such objects is located in Pavlovsk, Russia - it's a nuclear shelter for Pacific Fleet submarines.

Categories Culture, History, Photos

This old church standing on the plain of Kargapol, Russia, is open to wind and weather, and the wasteland spreads around for many kilometres. The church is dated 1655, being one of the oldest architectural

monuments of the Arkhangelsk region. Right now we are going to have a closer look at it and visit the neighbouring village, Saunino, where one more equally old church complex is situated.

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The most beautiful castles of Ukraine are probably located in the west of the country. There are many of them: medieval structures and wonderful ruins surrounded by legends and fairytales. But which of them is the best? Some would say it's the castle in Kemenets-Podolskiy or the one in Podgortsy near Lvov, but the castle Chervonograd

must be even better, more beautiful and unusual. It's the lost city in the Ternopol region and the place of enormous energy and awesome natural landscapes. Ukrainian episode of "Indiana Jones" or "The Lord of the Rings"! The castle in the green crater! Must be the most beautiful abandoned object in Ukraine.

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One of the most interesting places in abandoned Pripyat is a dental clinic which used to be a part of the big multi-functional

health care complex. It is located in the central street of Enthusiasts but those who visit the city today rarely drop by.

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