Photos of Abandoned Russia

[douglas9]

Across the vastness of Russia—the world’s largest country, at some 6.6 million square miles—and over the span of its long history, countless houses, factories, churches, villages, military bases, and other structures have been built and then left behind: imperial-era palaces, log cabins of pioneers in the Far East, Christian cathedrals, massive Soviet blocks of concrete, speculative-mining camps, and more. For years now, photographers have traveled across Russia finding and photographing these intriguing ghost towns, empty Soviet factories, toppling houses, and crumbling chapels.



https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2018/08/photos-of-abandoned-russia/566984/

[cilla4progress]

1. Fabulous!

Thank you.

The natural beauty is stunning! Amidst the wreckage and ruins of man's hand...

[Beakybird]

2. Very thought provoking pictures. Thanks.

[Solly Mack]

3. Those photos are awesome.

[FSogol]

4. Very cool, thanks for posting. Unfortunately we have those in the US too

This is an abandoned mansion neighborhood near Las Vegas:

https://www.wired.com/2013/09/michael-light-aerial-photos/

and some more:

http://www.candidslice.com/ghost-towns-6-eerily-abandoned-suburban-neighborhoods/

[Calculating]

5. Awesome stuff, thanks

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[hunter]

6. The abandoned pulp and paper mill looks to be an environmental catastrophe.

In the bad old days mercury was used in making the chlorine that bleached the paper. (It still is in some unfortunate places.)

That paper mill looks like it would be a Superfund site in the U.S.A..

[leftstreet]

7. DURec

Thanks for posting this