Neftegorsk| The quake that ripped through Neftegorsk on May 28, 1995
Neftegorsk| The quake that ripped through Neftegorsk on May 28, 1995
earthquake in modern Russian history. The quake’s magnitude was 7.6 on the Richter scale, and according to official statistics, at least 2,040 people died—more than half of the town’s residents. The city was decimated, with nearly everything destroyed; only the chapel, a cemetery, and a memorial remained.
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5 Largest Abandoned Cities In The Far North of Russia
5 largest abandoned cities in the Far North of Russia.
Usually, the territory beyond the Arctic Circle in Russia is called the Far North, as well as territories with permafrost and extremely harsh climatic conditions that are not suitable for the life and people to work - the Arctic, tundra, forest-tundra. There is also the concept of areas equalised to the Far North. They are in more southern latitudes, but they are also unfavourable for living. Currently, about 10 million people live in the Far North, about 7% of all Russians, and the largest polar city in the world is Murmansk, where are 290.000 people live, located on the coast of the Barents Sea.
In Soviet times, the North was rich in various minerals and fish, in addition to the GULAG camps, people were lured with the long rouble - a higher northern and regional salary coefficient, which allowed an ordinary miner to have a salary that was 2-3 times higher than the national average. Also, the northerners were entitled to increased holidays with payment of travel to the south, an early increased pension, affordable housing, and other significant benefits. For workers, cities and settlements with high-rise buildings and the infrastructure necessary for everyday life were built - schools, shops, cafes, and houses of culture.
Faced with the new political and economic realities of savage capitalism in the 1990s, many of the extraction industries ceased to be profitable. Most of the once-prosperous working settlements (CTS) and cities dependent on one or two city-forming enterprises fell into decay. Some of them were forever abandoned by people and officially closed, turning into silent and gloomy ghost towns, which are now only at the mercy of nature and rare extreme tourists. In some cases, the settlements were abandoned due to natural disasters and accidents.
In parentheses, the maximum number of people of the settlement in the 1970s-1980s is indicated. CTSs belong to urban settlements and were rightfully included in the rating.
00:00 Abandoned Cities
02:23 Settlement Promyshlenniy (15.000 people)
03:15 Settlement Kadykchan (6.000 people)
04:23 Settlement Iultin (5.000 people)
05:06 Settlement Khalmer-Yu (4.500 people)
06:17 Settlement Neftegorsk (4.000 people)
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дом в лесу в краснодаре
Vitaly and Elvira have reconstructed this old village home in Neftegorsk, Krasnodar Region, Russian Federation. This is an amazing place to live, right in the center of a forest. All the modern amenities are available here including superfast internet.