Ghost towns, closed down mines, abandoned buildings and railroads — there are many such landmarks across the globe, which now serve merely as reminders of ambitious undertakings of old and echoes of times long past — and Russia is no exception.
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The ruins of an abandoned marble-limestone plant in Ruskeala, Republic of Karelia, Russia.
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The Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest borehole in the world. The site was closed down in 2006, and has been completely abandoned since 2008.
Mir mine, an open pit diamond mine located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. It was permanently shut down in 2004.
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The Khrapovitsky estate, a desolate residence of a 19th century nobleman, located in central Russia.
Halmer-U, a ghost mining settlement located in the Komi Republic of Russia. After the place was abandoned in 1996, the military started using it as a training range.
The ruins of Gerhardt's Mill in Volgograd. The building was destroyed during the Battle of Stalingrad, and was deliberately left in this state as a reminder of the horors of war.
An abandoned lighthouse located at the Aniva Cape on Sakhalin Island. The structure, erected during the Japanese occupation of the southern part of the island, became abandoned in 1990s.
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Transpolar Mainline, sometimes referred to as the Dead Road, is an incomplete railway located in northern Siberia, Russia.
A 350-meter tall derelict TV tower, located in the town of Galich in Kostroma Region of Russia.
The unfinished House of Soviets in central Kaliningrad. While it's facade was finished, the inside the building is completely derelict.
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The Khovrino hospital, also known as the Khovrino Abandoned Hospital, is a sprawling derelict medical facility located on the northern outskirts of Moscow.
