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In The Valleys of Death: The Top 5 Russian Ghost Towns

2017/01/09

In the 1930s in the Soviet Union an active development of natural resources of the north began. Among the gray snow of tundra and walking reindeer coal, tin, gold, nickel, oil and molybdenum were extracted from the earth. A little later, the military joined a bearded geologists and miners: these little adapted areas were suitable for defense from attacks of probable enemy. After the collapse of the Soviet Union a lot of northern businesses and a significant number of military bases became unnecessary for the government. Along with the slaughters, shops and airfields towns in which their employees lived became abandoned.

Iultin, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

In the mid-1930 s industrialization came to the Land of the Soviets. In different parts of the state at the same time they were built hundreds of large industrial enterprises. Most of the new industrial giants needed relevant raw material base – there weren’t enough of old resources found in the times of the Russian Empire, and many valuable minerals were not mined. Meanwhile, in the face of the deteriorating of international relations, when everything showed the coming of world war, development of new deposits becomes a matter of strategic importance.

In search of the desired "Klondike" by party and Comrade Stalin personally geologists climbed into the most inaccessible places. In 1937, in the north-west of Chukotka they found large reserves of tin, molybdenum, tungsten, lead. The nearby Mountain is called Iultin, the deposit and the village near it had the same name. Construction was made by prisoners, and the scale of development was such that, in addition to the settlement of miners, at the same time on the shore of the Bering Sea was built port for export production and a 200-kilometer road between them.

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Due to the beginning of the Great Patriotic War and extremely difficult natural conditions the start of Iultinsky mining and processing plant took began only in 1959. The nearby village has grown rapidly in a fairly large by the standards of the Chukotka village where residents have tried to create the most comfortable conditions. Iultin was completely cut off from the mainland, fresh food was expensive and brought here only twice a year, and an average annual temperature was minus 10 ° C could only be loved by people with particularly hardened spirit. But on the other hand, a good salary, a great vacation, feeling of closed, but relatively tight-knit community, and a full infrastructure around with kindergartens and schools, a sports complex and the house of culture, and the health center allowed living a normal life even beyond the Arctic Circle.

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The Exercises of Engineering Troops

2017/01/04

In late May 2015, exercises of engineering troops took place in the city of Murom, Vladimir region. Forcing of 250-meter river - quite a spectacular event, and we offer you to look at photo report about how the Oka is crossed not only by the 40-ton tanks but also a 100-ton strategic missile systems.

The official name of the event was: "Special tactical exercises with the military engineering units to fulfill the tasks of engineering support in forcing water obstacles. Army and attack aircraft was involved to complete the task. During the teachings was finished a crossing of training mobile ground missile complex" Yars " with test weight using pontoon park of double width PP-2005"

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Exercises on the ground - a form of tactical and special training of personnel in the field. The objectives of the sessions are to develop skills in organizing combat operations, fire control, control of units and subunits, methods of development and methods of action on the battlefield on the ground, to develop the ability to handle weapons and military equipment, as well as the skills of their application.

And what are the engineering troops:

Engineering troops - special forces, intended for engineer support of combat operations units, formations and associations of all kinds of armed forces. Engineering troops consist of formations, units and subdivisions of different purposes: engineering-sapper, assault, bridge building, transport landing force, camouflage, civil engineering and many others.

In combat engineering troops perform the most difficult tasks of engineering support, that require special training of personnel, the application of various engineering equipment and engineering ammunition.

The main tasks of the engineering troops are: preparation and maintenance of paths for moving troops, providing of crossing water obstacles, providing of overcoming obstacles and demolitions, construction and masking of fortifications, barricades device (including mine-explosive) in the direction of the enemy movements, engineering exploration of the area, equipment of control stations, mining, and water cleaning.

Legend of the teachings: the enemy went away to the east bank of the Oka and tries to take up defensive positions. Motorized parts using engineering units are forcing the river and go on the offensive. The crossing is covered with aircrafts from the air.

Combat reconnaissance patrol goes to the coast occupied by the enemy.

Patrol is armed with the latest BTR-82A.

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The Exercises of Engineering Troops

2017/01/04

Let us explain:

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And what are the engineering troops:

Combat reconnaissance patrol goes to the coast occupied by the enemy.

Patrol is armed with the latest BTR-82A.

Crimea. Military Unit X. Balaklava. Secret Object 825 GTS.

2017/01/02

Turn came to Balaklava, it is a village in the outskirts of Sevastopol on the shore of the picturesque bay of the same name. For a long time this town wasn’t on the maps of the Crimea, and all because of the fact that secret facility under the code "825 GTK" was here. We’ll talk about it. Object 825 GTS – it is a complex of underground structures for shelter and repair of submarines. In Soviet times there was a possibility to combine the seemingly incompatible, underground complexes and submarines.

For reading and understanding convenience, I will place a scheme of this object; a red dotted line is a tour route. In 1954 this secret project was developed, and in 1961 the building was completed. The length of internal navigable canal was 600 meters, and inside there is a 100 meter dry dock for repair of small and medium diesel submarines. Also, the complex includes all the necessary operating and support units required for the repair and maintenance of autonomous submarines.

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Outside the facility is only spit out by a northern entrance portal and the south portal from on the opposite side of the cliff. But in Soviet times, it was carefully masked. (Entrance is in the center of the frame)

Along the mountain goes road so that submarine can go into the base, there is also a pontoon drawbridge. If necessary, it was flooded and discharged in the direction of opening to the entrance to the channel. The picture was taken from this bridge. In front of us there is a northern entrance, it was also closed by the southern multi-ton gates, isolating an object from external influences.