The most frightening abandoned places in Russia (25 photos). Especially secret objects of the USSR: abandoned or temporarily forgotten? Abandoned buildings

These eerie images of abandoned places on our planet give you an idea of ​​what this world would look like if people left it.

A tree grows in an abandoned piano

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UFO houses in Sanzhi, Taiwan

Also known as the Sanzhi Saucer Houses, a futuristic complex of 60 UFO-shaped houses made from durable fiberglass is located in Sanzhi County, Xinbei, Taiwan. An unrealized project of a group of companies under the patronage of the state of a complex of ultra-modern houses for the capital's rich.

Overgrown Palace, Poland

In 1910, this palace was built as a home for the Polish nobility. Under the communist regime, the palace became an agricultural college and then a mental hospital. After the 90s the building has been empty.

Jet Star amusement park coaster, New Jersey, USA

These slides remained in Atlantic Ocean after Storm Sandy in 2013. They rusted for six months until they were dismantled.

Abandoned house in the forest

Church in Saint-Etienne, France

Abandoned church with mannequins of parishioners, Netherlands

Doll factory, Spain

A tree growing through a bicycle

Wrecks on a sandbank, Bermuda Triangle

Floating forest, Sydney, Australia

Cinema in Detroit, Michigan, USA

As Detroit deteriorates, many of its historical buildings were abandoned.

Shipyard in Vallejo, California, USA

Mare Island Naval Shipyard served as a submarine port during both World Wars. In the 1990s, the building was abandoned and flooded.

House between two trees, Florida, USA

Titanic

The Titanic set sail on its first and last flight in April 1912. 73 years later big ship at the beginning of the 20th century it was found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Circular railway, Paris, France

The Petite Ceinture railway was built in 1852 and ran between the main train stations of Paris within the city walls. During its operation, it connected five city highways. Since 1934 Railway, as well as some of its stations are partially abandoned.

Spreepark, Berlin, Germany

In 1969, an amusement park with rides, cafes and green lawns was built on the banks of the Spree in the southeast of the city. After the unification of the two Berlins, the park lost its relevance and closed due to insufficient funding.

Library, Russia

House on the Row, Finland

Turquoise Canal, Venice, Italy

Like any other city, Venice has abandoned places. But there they look even more picturesque.

Stairway to Nowhere, Pismo Beach, California, USA

Nara Dreamland Park, Japan

Nara Dreamland was built in 1961 as Japan's answer to Disneyland and even included its own version of Sleeping Beauty Castle. Closed in 2006 due to low visitor numbers.

Abandoned Mining Road, Taiwan

Abandoned pier

Bare footprints in an abandoned nuclear reactor

Indoor water park

Boathouse, Lake Obersee, Germany

Abandoned administrative building in Italy

Methodist Church in Indiana, USA

Gary, Indiana was founded in 1905 during the US steel boom. In the 1950s, more than 200,000 people lived and worked in this city. After the fall of the dispute on steel, almost half of the city was empty.

Church in the snow, Canada

Blue spiral staircase in a European castle

Soviet naval testing station in Makhachkala, Russia

Bell tower of a church in a frozen lake, Reschen, Italy

Lake Reschen is a reservoir in which several villages and a 14th-century church were flooded.

Glenwood Power Plant, New York, USA

This power plant, built in 1906, has long since become obsolete. After closing in 1968, it was used as a location for filming thrillers and zombie films.

Flooded shopping center

Train station in Canfranc, Spain

Canfranc is small town, located near the border with France. In 1928, the largest and most beautiful railway station in the world at that time opened here, which was called “the sparkling jewel of modernity.”

It was destroyed in 1970 railroad bridge on the road to Canfranc and the station was closed. The bridge was not restored, and the former “pearl of Art Nouveau” began to fall into disrepair.

Abandoned theater

Automobile cemetery, Ardennes, Belgium

Many American soldiers on the Western Front during World War II purchased cars for personal use. When the war ended, it turned out that sending them home was very expensive and many of the cars remained here.

Attraction in Chernobyl, Ukraine

Abandoned hospital. Chernobyl, Ukraine

The city of Pripyat was deserted after the 1986 disaster at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. It has been empty since then and will remain empty for thousands of years.

City Hall Subway Station, New York, USA

City Hall Station opened in 1904 and closed in 1945. Only 600 people a day used it when it was operational.

Abandoned house in Virginia, USA

Poveglia Island, Italy

Poveglia is an island in the Venetian lagoon that, during the time of Napoleon Bonaparte, became an isolation ward for plague victims and later an asylum for the mentally ill.

Gulliver's Travels Park, Kawagushi, Japan

The park opened in 1997. Lasted only 10 years and was abandoned due to financial problems

Lighthouse on Aniva rock, Sakhalin, Russia

The Aniva lighthouse was installed in 1939 by the Japanese (at that time this part of Sakhalin belonged to them) on the small Sivuchya rock, near the inaccessible rocky Cape Aniva. This area is replete with currents, frequent fogs, and underwater rocky banks. The height of the tower is 31 meters, the height of the light is 40 meters above sea level.

Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland

A castle located on a rocky island lying in the Loch Duich fjord in Scotland. One of Scotland's most romantic castles, it is famous for its heather honey and interesting story. Filming took place in the castle: “The Phantom Goes West” (1935), “The Master of Ballantrae” (1953), “Highlander” (1986), “Mio, My Mio” (1987), “The World Is Not Enough” (1999) , Friend of the Bride (2008).

Abandoned mill, Ontario, Canada

Underwater city Shicheng, China

Hidden beneath the waters of the Lake of a Thousand Islands in China is the underwater city of Shicheng City. The architecture of the city has remained virtually untouched, for which archaeologists have nicknamed it a “time capsule.” Shicheng, or as it is also called “Lion City”, was founded more than 1339 years ago. During the construction of a hydroelectric power station in 1959, it was decided to flood the city.

Munsell Sea Forts, UK

In the shallow waters of the North Sea off the coast of Great Britain, abandoned sea ​​forts systems air defense. Their main tasks were to protect large industrial centers England from air attacks from the most vulnerable direction - from the sea - from the mouths of the Thames and Mersey rivers and protection of approaches from the sea to London and Liverpool, respectively.

Christ from the Abyss, San Fruttoso, Italy

The statue of Jesus Christ, located at the bottom of the sea, in the bay of San Fruttuoso, near Genoa. The statue, about 2.5 meters high, was installed on August 22, 1954 at a depth of 17 meters. Besides, in different parts light there are several similar statues (both copies of the original and variations on its theme), also bearing the name “Christ from the Abyss”.

Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang, North Korea

Now it is the largest and tallest building in Pyongyang and the DPRK as a whole. The hotel was expected to open in June 1989, but construction problems and material shortages delayed the opening. The Japanese press estimated the amount spent on construction at $750 million—2% of North Korean GDP. In 1992, due to lack of funding and the general economic crisis in the country, construction was stopped.

The main part of the tower was built, but windows, communications and equipment were not installed. The top of the building is poorly made and may fall off. The current structure of the building cannot be used. The North Korean government is trying to attract $300 million in foreign investment to develop and build a new hotel design, but in the meantime it has removed the unfinished construction from maps and postage stamps.

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Russia can easily surpass many countries in terms of the number of creepy places. I bring to your attention a list of abandoned hospitals, factories and even castles in Russia in which you can film horror films.

The lighthouse was built with great difficulty in 1939 according to the design of the architect Miura Shinobu; it was a unique and most complex technical structure in all of Sakhalin. It operated on a diesel generator and backup batteries until the early nineties, and then it was converted. Thanks to the nuclear energy source, maintenance costs were minimal, but soon there was no money left for this either - the building was empty, and in 2006 the military removed two isotope installations that powered the lighthouse from here. It once shone for 17.5 miles, but is now plundered and abandoned.

Fairytale castle in Zaklyuchye

It can be found in a picturesque forest area, on the high shore of a small lake, between Moscow and St. Petersburg. Estate of architect A.S. Khrenova was built at the end of the 19th century according to his own design. A distinctive feature of the house is complete asymmetry, as well as a combination of natural and artificial materials during construction. That’s not what appears to the eye medieval castle, not that classic city ​​estate, in which in Soviet time there was a sanatorium. Currently, the house is being restored very slowly, so it cannot be considered completely abandoned.

Five-star hotel "Northern Crown"

The construction of the Northern Crown Hotel began in 1988 by a Yugoslav company. They wanted to build a five-star hotel with 247 rooms with a total area of ​​about 50,000 square meters. m. Construction works stopped at the end of 1995, when the object was almost ready. They have been planning to demolish it for several years now, but nothing has happened. So it stands, damp, attracting strangers with its roof of an unusual configuration, light interiors and mold on the plasterboard stucco.

Eighth workshop of the Dagdizel plant, Makhachkala

Naval weapons testing station, commissioned in 1939. It is located 2.7 km from the coast and has not been used for a long time. Construction took a long time and was complicated by difficult conditions: the foundation was made on the shore, and then delivered to the construction site. The depth of the walls is 14 meters and the thickness is 1.5 meters. Unfortunately, the workshop did not serve the plant for long. The requirements for the work carried out in the workshop changed, and in April 1966 this grandiose structure was written off from the factory balance sheet. Now this “Array” is abandoned and stands in the Caspian Sea, resembling an ancient monster from the shore.

Diamond mine "Mirnaya", Yakutia

At the time of its closure in 2004, the mine was 525 meters deep and 1,200 meters wide, making it the second largest excavated hole in the world after the Bingham Canyon Mine. The hole is so large that the airspace above the mine is closed to helicopters due to accidents in which they were sucked into the downdraft. The landscape around looks deserted and completely alien.

Khovrinskaya Hospital, Moscow

A huge multi-storey hospital began to be built on the site of the cemetery in 1980, and construction stopped after five years. Now the basements are flooded, and the building is slowly going underground. “KhZB”, “Umbrella”, “Unfinished Construction”, “Nemostor”: the place is more than famous, it has grown a huge amount urban legends and attracts a variety of personalities. Resident Evil and the Gate to a parallel world in the middle of Moscow. Popular among young thrill-seekers, and already has its own folklore and “locals”.

Kadykchan village, Magadan region

Kadykchan (translated from the Evenki language - “Valley of Death”), the village was built by prisoners. In January 1986, the population was 10,270 people, and by 2006 not even a thousand remained; in 2012, one elderly man lived here. Coal was mined here, from which it received energy. most of Magadan region, but after the explosion at the mine, people began to leave, the village was closed and disconnected from heat and electricity. Now it is an abandoned mining "ghost town". Books and furniture have been preserved in the houses, cars have been preserved in the garages, and the streets of five-story buildings are gradually being destroyed.

Abandoned Navy submarine base Bechevinka

Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54, Finval Bay was founded in the 1960s as a military town and submarine base. Once a week a ship sailed to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky; there was no land communication with other settlements. The brigade was completely disbanded in 1996. All military equipment was removed, electricity and water supplies were turned off. At the same time as the village of Bechevinka, the settlement of rocket scientists Shipunsky, located on a hill on the other side of the bay, ceased to exist. The village is surrounded by mountains and the incredible beauty of Kamchatka.

Building of the Energy sanatorium in the Moscow region

On the territory of the sanatorium there is new building, regularly accepting guests who want to go fishing in local ponds, but the old building was partially burned down and abandoned. There was a cinema in the burned part. The rooms are filled with mountains of garbage - TVs and furniture. The main attraction of the building is the palace-style staircase. There are a huge number of similar establishments in Russia; abandoned pioneer camps and sanatoriums are a common occurrence.

Maternity hospital in the Vladimir region

What could be more mysterious and gloomy than abandoned medical institutions? Even existing hospitals are terrifying to many people simply because of their specific nature. In a building late XIX century, the maternity ward of the city hospital was located. It functioned, judging by calendars and documents, until 2009, and there was some kind of security until 2012. Broken windows were regularly repaired, and the building was going to be renovated in 2013. Much of the building remained untouched, and it seems that just recently in these spacious halls people were waiting for good news from doctors.

People once invested effort and money in these buildings, people lived and worked there, but now they look like ghosts. But such objects certainly attract with their mystery and give the city a certain charm

The editors of the ZagraNitsa portal have selected a collection of the most original “abandoned buildings” in Moscow.

Plant named after Likhachev

st. Avtozavodskaya, 23

Not everyone knows that ZIL was originally called AMO and was intended as a place for the production of Fiat cars. However, after the revolution, the plant was nationalized and for several years it was engaged only in car repairs, and only then retrained to produce domestically produced trucks. Likhachev developed the plant's turnover to 100,000 cars per year, and in the 1970s ZIL produced 200,000 cars annually. In the 1990s, production fell and the plant is now virtually abandoned. Theoretically, no one is allowed into the unused territory of almost 300 hectares, but in practice, of course, it is not guarded so well that those who wish to do so cannot get there.

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Hadron collider "Accelerator"

Simferopol highway, 97 km

In Protvino, a city of nuclear physicists, the only collider tunnel in Russia is located at a 60-meter depth. Construction of the “Accelerator” began in the 1980s and almost completed construction in 1991, but was abandoned at the final stage. Over the past 25 years, many structures have collapsed. The fate of the collider is being discussed - some want to seek funds to resume construction, others insist on destruction. Scientists claim that disposal of the Accelerator can cause serious environmental consequences.

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Courtyard on Malaya Sukharevskaya Square

Malaya Sukharevskaya Square, 6, p. 4

It is quite unusual that the courtyard in the very center of Moscow has not yet been rebuilt or used. The building, built in 1873, was once a significant decoration of Malaya Sukharevka, but 9 years ago there was a fire there, and the courtyard was greatly damaged. now this favorite place those who like to take pictures in dark colors.

Water park "Aquadrome"

Aminevskoe highway, near Kuntsevskaya metro station

In the late 1990s, a large-scale water park was planned here. However, due to disagreements between developers and investors, construction stopped. Later, Moscow authorities bought the ownership of the unfinished premises and sold it at auction in 2007. They are planning to build a big one here. shopping mall, however, so far things have not gone further than plans. But Muscovites like to spend time indoors, taking pictures and painting graffiti on the walls. They say that some episodes of “The Brigade” were even filmed here. Due to the emergency condition of the premises, accidents were recorded during visits.

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VIEV Laboratory

st. Kuzminskaya, 10

The All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Veterinary Medicine existed for 85 years in the Kuzminki region. Later, the institution was moved to Ryazansky Prospekt, and the old building was abandoned. It is believed that over the years of operation of the laboratory, dangerous experiments on animals have been carried out here many times. Whether the corpses and the chemicals used were properly disposed of is not known for certain. The laboratory is currently being inspected and is being prepared for demolition.

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School of Zoya and Alexander Kosmodemyansky

st. Zoe and Alexandra Kosmodemyansky, 3, p. 1

The building of the Kosmodemyansky school, opened in 1956, was moved to newer premises in the early 2000s. The old building was going to be reconstructed, but it never came to that. People without a fixed place of residence calmly settled in the school, even starting a fire there twice. If you are not afraid to meet them, you can even have an interesting time at school, finding things forgotten by students.

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Ski lift on Vorobyovy Gory

st. Kosygina, 20

The 90-meter lift was supposed to serve as another exit from the Vorobyovy Gory station (then Leninskiye). The reasons for its closure and abandonment are not exactly known. They talk about landslides, lack of funding, etc. Now it is an increasingly crumbling “abandoned place”, from which this moment they don't plan to do anything.

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"Blue tooth" - business center "Zenith"

Vernadsky Avenue, 82

“Blue tooth”, “iceberg”, “ice of ice”, “crystal” - all these are unofficial associative names of the unfinished Zenit business center with an original design. This is a rather gloomy building with elevator shafts and protruding fittings. The business center is now owned by the state and is waiting for its new owner.

Khovrinskaya hospital

st. Klinskaya, 2 building 1

Construction of the Khovrinskaya hospital lasted 5 years in the first half of the 1980s. There are various rumors about the reasons for its termination - mostly they talk about the suspension of funding. The layout of the building is quite original - the hospital was built in the shape of a star with three rays. Information periodically appeared that sectarians and Satanists were gathering in the building. In the early 1990s, a murdered girl was found on its territory. At the moment, it is quite difficult to get into Khovrinskaya - the hospital’s security has been significantly strengthened.

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Cinema "Yerevan"

Dmitrovskoe highway, 82

It's pretty in Moscow a large number of abandoned cinemas, one of them is “Yerevan”. The last time we watched a movie here was in the early 90s. Then art was slowly “pushed” by the hardware store and utility rooms. The Yerevan building has been empty for 10 years; its reconstruction is being discussed, but has not yet begun to be implemented.

Photo: mybb2.ru

On the territory of the former Soviet Union you can find a large number of large-scale projects that turned out to be unnecessary. Grandiose objects, on which a lot of money was once spent, have fallen into disrepair over time, and are now of value only to curious travelers and diggers. This post will introduce you to the most creepy and mysterious places.

Ball near Dubna

In the forest near Dubna, in Russia, a huge hollow ball with a diameter of approximately 18 meters can be found. It will be difficult to find it yourself, but local residents They will always be happy to tell you how to get to a local “attraction”. From a bird's eye view, the ball can be mistaken for a UFO, but in reality it is a dielectric cap for a parabolic antenna for space communications. The cap was transported by helicopter, but the cable broke during transportation. Removing the dome turned out to be too problematic an undertaking. By the way, it is made of fiberglass with a honeycomb structure. It amplifies any noise many times over and produces a powerful echo.

Khovrinskaya hospital

An eleven-story abandoned, unfinished hospital in Moscow. Traditionally included in all sorts of unofficial ratings of the most scary places planets. The construction of a multidisciplinary hospital began in the 80s. It was designed for 1,300 beds. Construction was stopped after 5 years, when all the buildings had already been erected. Ironically, over the next decades, the Khovrinsk hospital does not save, but maims and takes lives. Homeless people, drug addicts and thrill-seekers have long been “registered” here. Accidents on the territory of patients are a sad reality.

Crimean NPP

An unfinished nuclear power plant, which is located near the city of Shchelkino. The first design calculations were made back in 1964. Construction began in 1975. It was assumed that this nuclear power plant would provide electricity to the entire Crimean peninsula. She was also supposed to be Starting point, for the further development of industry in these places. The first reactor was planned to be launched in 1989, construction proceeded without any deviations. However, the shaken economy of the USSR, together with the tragedy at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, put an end to the Crimean project. At that time, more than 500 million Soviet rubles were spent on the station, and there were another 250 million Soviet rubles worth of materials and equipment in the warehouses. All this was stolen in subsequent years. It is worth adding that the Crimean nuclear power plant was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most expensive power plant of this type.

Balaclava

In 2003, for the first time in 46 years of its existence, the Balaklava submarine base appeared on public display. Today it is exclusively a tourist site, but the base was once one of the most secret sites of the Soviet Union. The huge underground complex housed submarines. The base could withstand a nuclear attack with powerful charges and was built in case of a nuclear war. The base consists of a water canal, a dry dock, numerous warehouses of various types and buildings for military personnel. The facility was closed in 1994, after the last submarine was removed from it. Many years of pride Soviet Union it was simply stolen.

Object 221

Not far from Sevastopol, in addition to the already mentioned submarine repair base, you can find another, once secret, facility of the Soviet Union. It's about about the bunker - object 221. It had many names, but behind all of them was hidden a reserve command post for the Black Sea Fleet. You can find the object near the village of Morozovka. It was real underground city. Construction began on it in 1977. The object lies at a depth of 200 meters, where there are 4 floors of buildings. The total area of ​​the underground part of the complex is 17 thousand sq.m. To date, the facility has been completely looted and destroyed.

Nuclear lighthouse at Cape Aniva

On Sakhalin you can find Cape Aniva, where a unique atomic lighthouse is located. The lighthouse is the height of a nine-story building. Previously, up to 12 people could be on duty there. Today, this once unique complex has been completely plundered by looters and is not functioning.

Missile complex "Dvina"

The collapse of the Soviet Union “gave” the former republics a huge arsenal of a wide variety of weapons, including launch silos. So, near the capital of Latvia, in the forests, you can find the once unique, secret Dvina launch complex. It was built in 1964. This huge complex, consisting of bunkers and launch shafts, most of which are now flooded. Visiting the complex is highly discouraged due to the remains of extremely toxic rocket fuel there.

Workshop No. 8 of the Dagdizel plant

In Kaspiysk, in Dagestan, you can find a unique factory workshop built right on the water. The workshop belonged to the Dagdizel plant. Built it for testing marine species weapons, in particular a variety of torpedoes and missiles. The plant was unique for the USSR. It was built on a pit with a volume of 530 thousand cubic meters, which was dug using special shells. An “array” was installed into it, onto which a 14-meter all-metal structure was later lowered. total area The constructed workshop exceeds 5 thousand sq.m. The station was equipped for permanent residence and work. However, by the mid-60s of the 20th century, the project was abandoned as unnecessary due to too quickly changing trends in the field of weapons design. Since then, the building has been abandoned and is gradually being destroyed by the Caspian Sea.

Lopatinsky phosphate mine

Not far from the city of Vokresensk, in the Moscow region, you can easily find a huge mine for the extraction of phospharites. This deposit is unique in Europe and the largest. The first developments here began in the 30s of the 20th century. All types of multi-bucket excavators were used in numerous quarries: crawler, rail and walking. Rail shovels had special equipment to move the rails. Since the 90s, the mine has been virtually abandoned, the quarries are flooded with water, and expensive special equipment is simply rotting in the open air.

Ionosphere research station

In Zmeevo, a district city in the Kharkov region of Ukraine, you can find a unique station for studying the ionosphere. It was built almost before the collapse of the USSR. It was a direct analogue of the American Harp project, which was deployed in Alaska and is successfully operating to this day. The Soviet complex consisted of several antenna fields and one giant parabolic antenna with a diameter of 25 meters. Unfortunately, after the collapse of the union, no one needed the station. Today, incredibly expensive scientific equipment simply rots or is stolen by stalkers and hunters for non-ferrous metals.

"Northern Crown"

Initially, the Northern Crown Hotel was called Petrogradskaya. Its construction began in 1988. The hotel is famous not for its beauty, but for the huge number of accidents during construction. The fact that Metropolitan John died of a heart attack within its walls did not add to the complex’s popularity, immediately after the building was illuminated.

Particle accelerator

The USSR could have its own hadron collider. Construction of a unique complex began in the Moscow region, in Protvino, in the late 80s. As you might guess, the collapse of the USSR actually put an end to the scientific project. A 21-kilometer tunnel was already completely ready for the collider. They even began to deliver equipment to the site. Work continued after that, but very sluggishly. Funding was literally only enough to illuminate the tunnels that were falling into disrepair.

"Oil Rocks"

In Azerbaijan you can find real sea ​​town. We are talking about the so-called “oil stones”. It appeared after Soviet geologists discovered huge oil deposits in the Caspian Sea in the 40s of the 20th century. Thanks to the development of mining, an entire city appeared on embankments and metal overpasses. Power plants, hospitals, nine-story buildings and much more were built right on the water! In total, there were about 200 platforms with residents on the water. The total mileage of streets was 350 km. However, cheap Siberian oil that appeared later put an end to local production, and the city fell into decay.