Voz Island (Ostrov Vozrozhdeniya, which translates as Rebirth Island or Renaissance Island), was an island in the Aral Sea. The former island's territory is split between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
In the 1960s, the island began to grow in size as the Aral Sea began drying up as the Soviet Union dammed its feeder rivers for agricultural projects. The shrinkage of the Aral continued and accelerated over time. Vozrozhdeniya became a peninsula in mid-2001 when the channel to its south dried up completely and became a land bridge. Upon the disappearance of the Southeast Aral Sea in 2008, Vozrozhdeniya became technically indistinguishable from the surrounding land.
From 1942 to 1992, a military biochemical testing site with the code name “Barkhan” (sand-dune) operated on the island. Official name: 52nd Field Research Laboratory (PNIL-52). By the end of 1949, a runway was equipped on the island, allowing it to receive military transport aircraft. 3 km east, the town of Kantubek (Aralsk-7) grew up, consisting of two- and three-story barracks and residential buildings for the families of scientific personnel and personnel of the military unit of the chemical forces. The headquarters building was located in the center of the town. On the outskirts there were parks of special military and automotive equipment. The population of the town was up to 1,500 inhabitants. 3 km southwest of Kantubek there was a laboratory complex - buildings and structures for preparing and conducting tests in laboratory conditions. Biological (bacteriological) weapons were tested on experimental animals (dogs, monkeys, rats, horses). Samples of drugs for biological testing were supplied to the island from all military biochemical laboratories of the USSR (Stepnogorsk, Kirov, Sverdlovsk-19, Omutninsk, Zagorsk-6, Obolensk).
After the Soviet Union dissolved, the idea of mass destruction lost its relevance. In october - november 1992, the military contingent (along with their families) was redeployed to Russia, the biological laboratory was dismantled, documentation and part of the equipment were taken out, the rest was abandoned on the island and over time the town was gradually destroyed until it was completely demolished by order of the government of Uzbekistan around 2020.
music - Mark Morgan – California Revisited, Mark Morgan – Desert Nomads, Mark Morgan – Mannerites, Mark Morgan – God's Militia, Mark Morgan – Radiation Cloud,
camera - panasonic gh2, lenses - panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, stabilizer - flycam junior,
Voz Island (Ostrov Vozrozhdeniya, which translates as Rebirth Island or Renaissance Island), was an island in the Aral Sea. The former island's territory is split between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
In the 1960s, the island began to grow in size as the Aral Sea began drying up as the Soviet Union dammed its feeder rivers for agricultural projects. The shrinkage of the Aral continued and accelerated over time. Vozrozhdeniya became a peninsula in mid-2001 when the channel to its south dried up completely and became a land bridge. Upon the disappearance of the Southeast Aral Sea in 2008, Vozrozhdeniya became technically indistinguishable from the surrounding land.
From 1942 to 1992, a military biochemical testing site with the code name “Barkhan” (sand-dune) operated on the island. Official name: 52nd Field Research Laboratory (PNIL-52). By the end of 1949, a runway was equipped on the island, allowing it to receive military transport aircraft. 3 km east, the town of Kantubek (Aralsk-7) grew up, consisting of two- and three-story barracks and residential buildings for the families of scientific personnel and personnel of the military unit of the chemical forces. The headquarters building was located in the center of the town. On the outskirts there were parks of special military and automotive equipment. The population of the town was up to 1,500 inhabitants. 3 km southwest of Kantubek there was a laboratory complex - buildings and structures for preparing and conducting tests in laboratory conditions. Biological (bacteriological) weapons were tested on experimental animals (dogs, monkeys, rats, horses). Samples of drugs for biological testing were supplied to the island from all military biochemical laboratories of the USSR (Stepnogorsk, Kirov, Sverdlovsk-19, Omutninsk, Zagorsk-6, Obolensk).
After the Soviet Union dissolved, the idea of mass destruction lost its relevance. In october - november 1992, the military contingent (along with their families) was redeployed to Russia, the biological laboratory was dismantled, documentation and part of the equipment were taken out, the rest was abandoned on the island and over time the town was gradually destroyed until it was completely demolished by order of the government of Uzbekistan around 2020.
music - Mark Morgan – California Revisited, Mark Morgan – Desert Nomads, Mark Morgan – Mannerites, Mark Morgan – God's Militia, Mark Morgan – Radiation Cloud,
camera - panasonic gh2, lenses - panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, stabilizer - flycam junior,
september 2016Tiksi: lost in the icy wasteland. Part 1.Ninurta2024-06-09 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Tiksi (Yakut: Tiksii – lit. a moorage place, meeting point) is an urban-type settlement and the administrative center of Bulunsky District in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia, located on the shore of the Arctic Ocean, southeast of the delta of the Lena River at latitude 71°38′12″ N. Tiksi's population peaked in 1989 at 11,649, and in 2023 stood at 4,440. The construction of the Tiksi seaport and the village next to it was started as part of the exploration and development of the Northern Sea Route and the Lena River basin in 1933. During the Cold War and to this day, a military airfield operates in Tiksi. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Tiksi's population has declined markedly and many of its apartment blocks have been abandoned. Tiksi has a tundra climate. Winter averages (−30 °C) and extremes(−50 °C) are less severe than the subarctic region further south, but the winter length is longer courtesy of the higher latitude. The very short summers are generally cooler (+9 °C) than inland regions and see rainfall on most days. The polar night lasts from November 19 to January 24, and the period with continuous daylight, the midnight sun, lasts a bit longer, from May 11 to August 3. The growing season in Tiksi lasts for 74 days usually from around June 23 to September 5.
music - Purple Crow & Scott Lawlor - Void transmission - Final signal, Out of Hell - Lovecraft’s Death, Out of Hell - The Call of Wings, Out of Hell - The Way of the Left Hand,
cameras: gopro 10, panasonic g7 + olympus 17 mm f/1.8, panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, sony zv-e10 + samyang 12 mm f/2.0 mf, flashlight - armytek wizard c2 pro max,
march 2024(Remastered) Energia-Buran programmeNinurta2024-02-25 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Buran (Snowstorm) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Buran programme - Soviet reusable spacecraft project. The only orbital launch of the Buran-class orbiter occurred on 15 November 1988. Buran was lifted into space, on an unmanned mission, by the specially designed Energia rocket.
After the first flight of a Buran shuttle, the project was suspended due to lack of funds and the political situation in the Soviet Union. On 12 May 2002 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome the MIK 112 hangar collapsed as a result of poor maintenance. The collapse killed eight workers and destroyed the craft as well as an Energia carrier rocket.
The Dynamic Test Stand (SDI) and Assembly and Fueling Facility (MZK) on Site 112A are no longer being used and have not been refurbished for years. The MZK now serves a storage facility for two full-scale orbiters (the 2K flight vehicle and the OK-MT engineering test model). The SDI still houses a mock-up of the Energiya-M launch vehicle.
music: Mark Morgan - A Ranger's Journey, Mark Morgan - Citadel, Mark Morgan - After The Blast , Mark Morgan - Twisted Preacher, Michael McCann - Pan Insertion Music, Glenn Stafford, Derek Duke & Neal Acree - Fire in the Sky,
camera - panasonic gh2, lenses - panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, stabilizer - flycam junior,
september 2016, september 2017, remastered with topaz video enhance, topaz video ai, 2024Incident at abandoned factory.Ninurta2024-01-24 | ...Сhemical plants of Dzerzhinsk. Part 5.Ninurta2024-01-16 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Oka River. In Soviet times, it was the largest center of the chemical industry in the USSR, in this connection the ecological situation in the region was in an unsatisfactory condition. The city was also among Soviet's principal production sites for chemical weapons. Nowadays some of the chemical factories, such as Korund, Kaprolaktam, OrgSteklo, Zarya, DzerzhinskHimMash are partially or completely abandoned.
music - Out of Hell - Phantasmagorial Dreams, Out of Hell - Katharsis, Out of Hell - Echoes from the Past, Out of Hell - A Medicine For Melancholy, if you want to use this music, please contact the author outofhell.bandcamp.com ,
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september 2023Сhemical plants of Dzerzhinsk. Part 4.Ninurta2024-01-10 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Oka River. In Soviet times, it was the largest center of the chemical industry in the USSR, in this connection the ecological situation in the region was in an unsatisfactory condition. The city was also among Soviet's principal production sites for chemical weapons. Nowadays some of the chemical factories, such as Korund, Kaprolaktam, OrgSteklo, Zarya, DzerzhinskHimMash are partially or completely abandoned.
music - Out of Hell - Back from the Dead, Out of Hell - Out of Hell , Out of Hell - Fly, if you want to use this music, please contact the author outofhell.bandcamp.com ,
camera - gopro 10, panasonic g7, lenses - TTartisan 7,5 mm f/2.0, TTartisan 17 mm f/1.4, flashlight - armytek wizard c2 pro max,
september 2023(Remastered) Road to Akarmara. Ghost town in Abkhazia.Ninurta2023-12-03 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
This is a picturesque valley of the Aaldzga River in the eastern part of Abkhazia - a state located between the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains and not recognized by most countries of the world. The history of the modern republic of Abkhazia begins with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-1993, as a result of which Abkhazia proclaimed its independence from Georgia. One of the combat areas was Tkwarchal (Tkvarcheli) - an industrial city in the east of Abkhazia. Three suburbs of Tkvarcheli - Akarmara, Jantukha and Polyana are located 10–12 km to the east, upstream of the Aaldzga River. These settlements were connected with Tkvarcheli by road and railway. Nowadays this dismantled and abandoned railway is a convenient place for grazing livestock. Akarmara was a mining town specializing in coal mining. The construction of the town was started in the Stalin's era. It consisted of a dozen five-storey residential buildings with all required infrastructure - there were hotel, school, hospital, restaurant, palace of culture, cinema, boarding house and market. Some buildings were constructed by German prisoners after the World War II in the Stalinist Сlassicism style. During the Georgian-Abkhaz war, the Tkvarcheli with its suburbs survived a one-year siege by Georgian forces. Georgia failed to regain Abkhazia under its control and in 1993 the war ended. Most Georgians, who made up half of the 500,000 population of Abkhazia, left the country. As well as other states of the former Soviet Union, in the 90-s Abkhazia experienced a catastrophic industrial decline. All of the 8 coal mines in the vicinity of Akarmara, Jantukha and Polyana were closed. (nevertheless, surface coal mining is still ongoing at an altitude of 1600m) Due to all these factors, Akarmara was almost abandoned. Some buildings became overgrown, others are abandoned recently. There are also habitable five-story buildings. Nowadays, several dozen people live in Akarmara and there is one road stall, which also serves as a place for news sharing. Local residents are engaged in cattle breeding and beekeeping. Recently, Akarmara has become an attractive place for tourists and fans of post-apocalypse.
music - Robert Rich - The Night Sky Replies, Robert Rich - Erasing Traces, Robert Rich & Alio Die - Turning To Stone
camera - panasonic gh2, lenses - panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, stabilizer - flycam junior,
june 2016, remastered with topaz video enhance, topaz video ai, 2023Abandoned Armenia. Part 3.Ninurta2023-11-12 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
In this video: Aragats scientific center in Orgov with radio-optical telescope ROT-54/2.6, Abandoned trains in Masis, Aras river valley and Meghri railway station, Alaverdi bus depot,
music - Purple Crow & Scott Lawlor - Star Drift, Sonnov - Peenegin, Out of Hell - Shadow of Life, Out of Hell - Introspection,
camera - gopro 10, panasonic g7, lenses - panasonic 12-32 mm f/3.5-5.6, 7artisans 35 mm f/1.4 , panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6,
april-may 2023.(Remastered) Rebirth Island. Aralsk-7Ninurta2023-10-05 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Voz Island (Ostrov Vozrozhdeniya, which translates as Rebirth Island or Renaissance Island), was an island in the Aral Sea. The former island's territory is split between Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.
In the 1960s, the island began to grow in size as the Aral Sea began drying up as the Soviet Union dammed its feeder rivers for agricultural projects. The shrinkage of the Aral continued and accelerated over time. Vozrozhdeniya became a peninsula in mid-2001 when the channel to its south dried up completely and became a land bridge. Upon the disappearance of the Southeast Aral Sea in 2008, Vozrozhdeniya became technically indistinguishable from the surrounding land.
From 1942 to 1992, a military biochemical testing site with the code name “Barkhan” (sand-dune) operated on the island. Official name: 52nd Field Research Laboratory (PNIL-52). By the end of 1949, a runway was equipped on the island, allowing it to receive military transport aircraft. 3 km east, the town of Kantubek (Aralsk-7) grew up, consisting of two- and three-story barracks and residential buildings for the families of scientific personnel and personnel of the military unit of the chemical forces. The headquarters building was located in the center of the town. On the outskirts there were parks of special military and automotive equipment. The population of the town was up to 1,500 inhabitants. 3 km southwest of Kantubek there was built a laboratory complex - buildings and structures for preparing and conducting tests in laboratory conditions. Biological (bacteriological) weapons were tested on experimental animals (dogs, monkeys, rats, horses). Samples of drugs for biological testing were supplied to the island from all military biochemical laboratories of the USSR (Stepnogorsk, Kirov, Sverdlovsk-19, Omutninsk, Zagorsk-6, Obolensk).
After the Soviet Union dissolved, the idea of mass destruction lost its relevance. In october - november 1992, the military contingent (along with their families) was redeployed to Russia, the biological laboratory was dismantled, documentation and part of the equipment were taken out, the rest was abandoned on the island and over time Aralsk-7 was gradually destroyed until it was completely demolished by order of the government of Uzbekistan around 2020.
music - Mark Morgan – California Revisited, Mark Morgan – Desert Nomads, Mark Morgan – Mannerites, Mark Morgan – God's Militia, Mark Morgan – Radiation Cloud,
camera - panasonic gh2, lenses - panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, stabilizer - flycam junior,
september 2016 remastered with topaz video enhance, topaz video ai, 2023Abandoned Armenia. Part 2.Ninurta2023-09-08 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
In this video: antennas of the institute of radiophysics and electronics in Ashtarak, Artik town industrial zone, southern industrial zone of Yerevan, "Nairit" chemical plant in Yerevan, abandoned terminal of Zvartnots airport, unfinished tunnels of the Yerevan subway,
music - Sonnov - Hacyao, Purple Crow & Scott Lawlor - Base Camp, Out of Hell - Behind the Darkened Walls of Sleep, Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - 2,000 Years of Blight,
camera - gopro 10, panasonic g7, lenses - 7artisans 7.5 mm f/2.8 II, panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, flashlights - lumintop odf 30c, acebeam h30, wurkkos ts70, wurkkos ts32,
october-november 2022,Abandoned Armenia. Part 1.Ninurta2023-08-06 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
In this video: copper mine in Akhtala, chimney of a copper plant in Alaverdi, outskirts of the town of Alaverdi, refractory materials plant in Tumanyan, Vanadzor chemical plant,
music - Out of Hell - The Beauty in Black, Celestial Body - Subterranean Ocean, Celestial Body - Rifts In The Deep, Sonnov - Dyawu, Celestial Body - The Rising,
camera - gopro 10, panasonic g7, lenses - 7artisans 7.5 mm f/2.8 II, panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, 7artisans 35 mm f/1.4 , panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, flashlights - wurkkos ts32, armytek wizard c2 pro max,
october-november 2022.The long dark in Vorkuta. Part 2.Ninurta2023-06-29 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Vorkuta is a coal-mining town, situated in the northeast of European Russia, just north of the Arctic Circle. With it's satellite towns, Vorkuta forms the so-called Vorkuta Ring or Vorkuta Circle, which included such towns as Severny, Tsementnozavodsky, Yur-Shor, Promyshlenny, Vorgashor, Komsomolsky, Mulda, Zapolyarny, Oktyabrsky, Sovetsky and others. Their population was employed in coal mines and other industrial and military facilities. After collapse of the Soviet Union, many mines were closed due to accidents and high operating costs and people began to move to other regions. The towns of Vorkuta ring became partially or completely abandoned, some were demolished.
In this video: Ghost towns near Vorkuta, Town Zapolyarny, Abandoned scientific measuring point "Vega", Abandoned cement factory, Town Tsementnozavodsky, Сoal monument in Vorgashor, Lenin monument in Vorgashor,
music - Out of Hell - Symphony in Moonlight and Nightmares, Out of Hell - Twilight, Out of Hell - Dark Clouds Rising, Out of Hell - The Life of Death, Out of Hell - The Ruins, Out of Hell - At the Mountains of Madness,
camera - gopro 10, panasonic g7, lenses - 7artisans 7.5 mm f/2.8 II, panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, stabilizer - moza mini p, flashlights - wurkkos ts32, armytek wizard c2 pro max,
january 2023, march 2023.The long dark in Vorkuta. Part 1.Ninurta2023-06-07 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Vorkuta is a coal-mining town, situated in the northeast of European Russia, just north of the Arctic Circle. With it's satellite towns, Vorkuta forms the so-called Vorkuta Ring or Vorkuta Circle, which included such towns as Severny, Tsementnozavodsky, Yur-Shor, Promyshlenny, Vorgashor, Komsomolsky, Mulda, Zapolyarny, Oktyabrsky, Sovetsky and others. Their population was employed in coal mines and other industrial and military facilities. After collapse of the Soviet Union, many mines were closed due to accidents and high operating costs and people began to move to other regions. The towns of Vorkuta Ring became partially or completely abandoned, some were demolished.
In this video: District "Rudnik" in Vorkuta, Town Komsomolsky, Mine Ayach-Yaga, Junkyard near Vorkuta, Abandoned ventilation shaft, Ghost towns near Vorkuta, Vorkuta train station, Abandoned mining school in Vorkuta,
music - Взгляд Исчезающего - Замерзание ( vk.com/vzglyad_i ), MoozE - Theme of Red Forest, MoozE - Theme of Escape, MoozE - Theme of Garbage, MoozE - Dead Cities Pt2,
camera - gopro 10, panasonic g7, lenses - 7artisans 7.5 mm f/2.8 II, panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, stabilizer - moza mini p, flashlights - wurkkos ts32, armytek wizard c2 pro max,
january 2023, march 2023.Abandoned OssetiaNinurta2022-11-27 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Sadon lead-zinc plant - a former mining enterprise for the extraction and processing of polymetallic ores. The oldest mining and processing enterprise in the North Caucasus. Production facilities were located in the villages of Sadon and Mizur in North Ossetia, Russia. Liquidated in 2009 due to the depletion of mineral resources.
In this video: Tourist's peak, Mining town Sadon, Abandoned lead-zinc mine, Mineral processing plant in Mizur,
music - Sonnov - Religio, Sonnov - Лишь только сны (берег), Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - Charnel Atmosphere (Remastered), Sonnov - И не дышит ли влага прозрачная, Sonnov - Gutoja, Iron Cthulhu Apocalypse - Inferences,
camera - dji osmo action + moza mini p, panasonic g7 + innorel sp mini, lenses - panasonic 12-32 mm f/3.5-5.6, panasonic 14-42 mm f/3.5-5.6 II, panasonic 45-150 mm f/4-5.6, 7artisans 7.5 mm f/2.8 II, flashlights - wurkkos TS70, acebeam h30,
january 2022, april 2022, october 2022Abandoned AbkhaziaNinurta2022-08-26 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Abkhazia is a partially recognised state located on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, south of the Greater Caucasus mountains.
In this video: Shakuran canyon, Khashupse canyon, Velikan waterfall, Towns Polyana and Djantukha, Coal mine №8, Tonnels of Sukhumi Institute of Physics and Technology, Sanatorium Mayak in Gagra, Gristmill in Eshera, Abandoned trains in Sukhumi, Vardnili Hydroelectric Power Station 1, Vardnili Hydroelectric Power Station 3, Abandoned Dredgers in Gudaa, Town Gudaa (Primorsk), Compound feed plant in Ochamchira,
music - Sonnov - Oqi, Sonnov - Mofxa, Sonnov - Fyagar, Sonnov - Ejyv, Sonnov - 光的天空, Sonnov - Pater, Sonnov - Gaziw, Sonnov - The light in her eyes,
september 2021, june 2022Nuclear winter in NorilskNinurta2021-12-15 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
In this video: - railway station "Norilsk classification yard", - surroundings of the town of Kayerkan, - abandoned garage of Norilsk city buses, - abandoned administrative building, - "Bear Creek" mine, - foundry of the Norilsk nickel plant,
music - sonnov - anellaria (agaricaceae) pt 3, sonnov - pugna contra omnes (ninurta remix), sonnov - woaxea (ninurta remix), sonnov - клеймо внутреннего тепла (ninurta remix), sonnov - pyural, sonnov - v i s u m (ninurta remix), sonnovdrone.bandcamp.com , ( if you want to use this music, please contact the author instagram.com/sonnovvvvk.com/sonnovd ) ,
march-april 2021Сhemical plants of Dzerzhinsk. Part 3.Ninurta2021-08-24 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Oka River. In Soviet times, it was the largest center of the chemical industry in the USSR, in this connection the ecological situation in the region was in an unsatisfactory condition. The city was also among Soviet's principal production sites for chemical weapons. Nowadays some of the chemical factories, such as Korund, OrgSteklo, Zarya, DzerzhinskHimMash are partially or completely abandoned.
september 2019, september 2020Сhemical plants of Dzerzhinsk. Part 2.Ninurta2021-06-03 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Oka River. In Soviet times, it was the largest center of the chemical industry in the USSR, in this connection the ecological situation in the region was in an unsatisfactory condition. The city was also among Soviet's principal production sites for chemical weapons. Nowadays some of the chemical factories, such as Korund, OrgSteklo, Zarya, DzerzhinskHimMash are partially or completely abandoned.
september 2019Сhemical plants of Dzerzhinsk. Part 1.Ninurta2021-04-17 | You may sponsor the creation of new videos via: boosty.to/ninurta ,
Dzerzhinsk is a city in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Oka River. In Soviet times, it was the largest center of the chemical industry in the USSR, in this connection the ecological situation in the region was in an unsatisfactory condition. The city was also among Soviet's principal production sites for chemical weapons. Nowadays some of the chemical factories, such as Korund, OrgSteklo, Zarya, DzerzhinskHimMash are partially or completely abandoned.
music - Archean Nights - Exploring Long Forgotten Cities, Archean Nights - Pulled by Turbulent Storms, archeannights.bandcamp.com
october 2020Winter DerelictionNinurta2021-02-27 | In this video: -antennas of the radio system "Zarya", -military vehicle graveyard, -ship graveyard at the Kronstadt Marine Plant,
january 2019Прямая трансляция пользователя NinurtaNinurta2020-06-18 | ...Duga radar. 2015.Ninurta2020-06-18 | Duga ("arc" or "curve" in russian) was a Soviet over-the-horizon radar system used as part of the Soviet missile defense early-warning radar network. Its powerful radio signal was detected worldwide and got a nickname "the Russian Woodpecker". The system consists of transmitting and receiving antennas, separated by about 60 km. Only receiving station near Chernobyl built by 1976 preserved to this day. Receiving station consists of two phased array antennas 140 and 80 meters high. The military town of Chernobyl-2 was built for the military and their families near the radar. After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, the radar was removed from alert status, and equipment was disabled. Military and civilians were evacuated from the zone of radioactive contamination.
«Дуга́» — советская загоризонтная радиолокационная станция раннего обнаружения пусков межконтинентальных баллистических ракет. За характерный звук в эфире, издаваемый при работе (стук) получила название "русский дятел". Система состоит из передающей и принимающей антенн, находящихся на расстоянии примерно 60 км друг от друга. На данный момент сохранились только принимающие антенны в районе Чернобыля, построенные к 1976 году. Радар представляет собой 2 антенны высотой около 140 и 80 метров, выполненные в виде фазированной решетки. Возле радара был возведен военный городок Чернобыль-2, где жили военные и их семьи. После чернобыльской катастрофы в 1986 году объект Чернобыль-2 оказался на территории Чернобыльской зоны отчуждения, перестал нести боевое дежурство и затем был заброшен.
music - Astral & Shit (ṡonnoṿ) - н о ч и, Astral & Shit (ṡonnoṿ) - звери ушли, sonnovdrone.bandcamp.com ,
camera - panasonic gh2 (upscaled to 4k), lenses - panasonic 14-42 , panasonic 45-150,
april 2015Abandoned coke plantNinurta2020-02-01 | Plant "Slantsy" was a manufacturer of calcined petroleum coke and located in town Slantsy (oil shale or schist in russian), Leningrad Oblast, Russia.
music - Kelly Bailey - Trainstation PT. 2, Kelly Bailey - Calabi-Yau Model, Kelly Bailey - Negative Pressure, Kelly Bailey - Nova Prospekt, Cryo Chamber Collaboration - Azathoth 1,
april 2019Mining ghost townsNinurta2018-05-18 | Polyana, Djantukha (and Akarmara youtu.be/BuyAqIWFwq4) - former mining settlements in Abkhazia, located in the Aldzga river valley, 10-12 km east of Tkvarcheli. After collapse of the Soviet Union and Abkhaz–Georgian war it was almost abandoned.
Поляна, Джантуха (и Акармара, про нее отдельное видео youtu.be/BuyAqIWFwq4) - бывшие шахтерские поселки в Абхазии, расположенные в долине реки Аалдзга в 10-12 км к востоку от Ткуарчала. После распада СССР и грузино-абхазской войны добыча угля прекратилась, а поселения оказались почти полностью заброшены.
music - Kelly Bailey - Shadows Fore and Aft, Kelly Bailey - Lab Practicum, Kelly Bailey - Particle Ghost, Kelly Bailey - Escape Array, Kelly Bailey - Zero Point Energy Field,
october 2017Energia-Buran programme. Part 2.Ninurta2017-10-17 | This building, known as MZK (Russian for Assembly and Fueling Complex) is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) and contains second Buran-class spaceplane OK-1K2 Burya (Storm), which was never completed and also OK-MT - an earlier static test model used for testing and training.
Buran (Snowstorm) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Buran programme - Soviet reusable spacecraft project. The only orbital launch of the Buran-class orbiter occurred on 15 November 1988. Buran was lifted into space, on an unmanned mission, by the specially designed Energia rocket.
After the first flight of a Buran shuttle, the project was suspended due to lack of funds and the political situation in the Soviet Union. On 12 May 2002 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome the MIK 112 hangar collapsed as a result of poor maintenance. The collapse killed eight workers and destroyed the craft as well as an Energia carrier rocket.
МЗК - монтажно-заправочный комплекс на территории космодрома Байконур, содержащий внутри летный экземпляр "Буря" и технологический макет ОК-МТ (изделие 0.15), который использовался для отработки предстартовых операций (заправка корабля, примерочно-стыковочных работ и др.)
Изделие 1.02, Буря (серийный номер 2К 11Ф35) — второй лётный экземпляр первой серии орбитального корабля, созданный в рамках советской космической программы «Буран». Был практически подготовлен к космическому полёту в 1992 году. Должен был совершить второй полёт в автоматическом режиме со стыковкой с пилотируемой станцией «Мир», с посещением экипажа на орбите и последующей автоматической посадкой на аэродром Юбилейный. Полёт не был осуществлен по причине недостаточного финансирования и закрытия программы Многоразовой транспортно-космической системы в 1993 году, когда степень готовности изделия оценивалось в 95-97 %
music: Mark Morgan - Twisted Preacher, Michael McCann - Pan Insertion Music, Glenn Stafford, Derek Duke & Neal Acree - Fire in the Sky,
september 2016, september 2017Energia-Buran programme. Part 1Ninurta2017-10-16 | This building, known as SDI (Russian for Dynamic Test Stand) is located at the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) and contains full-size engineering mock-up of Energia rocket.
СДИ - стенд динамических испытаний , построен для вибрационных испытаний РН "Энергия" и корабля "Буран" в вертикальном положении. Сейчас внутри установлен макет РН "Энергия М". Байконур. Казахстан.
music: Mark Morgan - A Ranger's Journey, Mark Morgan - Citadel, Mark Morgan - After The Blast , Mark Morgan - Twisted Preacher,
september 2016, september 2017Alykel ghost townNinurta2017-01-01 | Alykel - a former military town near Norilsk, where was based the Air Force transport squadron. The task of the squadron was freight and passenger transportation for the needs of the military units of Taimyr and the entire north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, up to the islands of the Arctic Ocean. This squadron was stationed at Alykel Airport (Norilsk). In the town there were barracks for personnel, a club, a canteen, a bathhouse, a boiler room and other buildings. Later, the construction of high-rise buildings for pilot families began, but was never completed. . After the withdrawal of the squadron, the town became completely abandoned.
music - Mooze – Radwind pt.1, Mooze – Radwind pt.2,
june 2015Road to Akarmara. Ghost town in Abkhazia.Ninurta2016-10-02 | If there is no sound, you may watch this video here. youtu.be/BrKZJHfw_Hk
This is a picturesque valley of the Aaldzga River in the eastern part of Abkhazia - a state located between the Black Sea and the Caucasus Mountains and not recognized by most countries of the world. The history of the modern republic of Abkhazia begins with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-1993, as a result of which Abkhazia proclaimed its independence from Georgia. One of the combat areas was Tkwarchal (Tkvarcheli) - an industrial city in the east of Abkhazia. Three suburbs of Tkvarcheli - Akarmara, Jantukha and Polyana are located 10–12 km to the east, upstream of the Aaldzga River. These settlements were connected with Tkvarcheli by road and railway. Nowadays this dismantled and abandoned railway is a convenient place for grazing livestock. Akarmara was a mining town specializing in coal mining. The construction of the town was started in the Stalin's era. It consisted of a dozen five-storey residential buildings with all required infrastructure - there were hotel, school, hospital, restaurant, palace of culture, cinema, boarding house and market. Some buildings were constructed by German prisoners after the World War II in the Stalinist Сlassicism style. During the Georgian-Abkhaz war, the Tkvarcheli with its suburbs survived a one-year siege by Georgian forces. Georgia failed to regain Abkhazia under its control and in 1993 the war ended. Most Georgians, who made up half of the 500,000 population of Abkhazia, left the country. As well as other states of the former Soviet Union, in the 90-s Abkhazia experienced a catastrophic industrial decline. All of the 8 coal mines in the vicinity of Akarmara, Jantukha and Polyana were closed. (nevertheless, surface coal mining is still ongoing at an altitude of 1600m) Due to all these factors, Akarmara was almost abandoned. Some buildings became overgrown, others are abandoned recently. There are also habitable five-story buildings. Nowadays, several dozen people live in Akarmara and there is one road stall, which also serves as a place for news sharing. Local residents are engaged in cattle breeding and beekeeping. Recently, Akarmara has become an attractive place for tourists and fans of post-apocalypse.
music - Robert Rich - The Night Sky Replies, Robert Rich - Erasing Traces, Robert Rich & Alio Die - Turning To Stone
june 2016Norilsk. Ghost town Ugolny RucheiNinurta2016-08-07 | The ruins of coal mines on the slopes of Mount Schmidt and the settlement Ugolny Ruchei ( "Coal Creek" - from russian) near Norilsk, which were abandoned in 70's, when mining became unprofitable.
Рудник был построен в 1948 году на южной окраине горы Шмидта на угольном месторождении. Вывозка угля осуществлялась по электрифицированной узкоколейке, которая выходила из штольни и шла по эстакаде к перегрузу (наклонному рудоспуску к подошве горы). Все это было брошено на рубеже 1960-х и 1970-х годов, когда добыча шахтным способом стала нерентабельной.
music - Jesper Kyd – Habitat, Jesper Kyd – Mooncore,
2014-2015Norilsk train graveyardNinurta2016-03-07 | music - Simon Wilkinson - Nebula drift,
camera - panasonic gh2, lenses - panasonic 14-42,
june 2015Tkvarcheli power plantNinurta2016-02-07 | Tkvarcheli (Tkuarchal) is a town in the eastern part of Abkhazia. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tkvarcheli was a large industrial center. The basis of the industry was coal mining and enrichment. During the War in Abkhazia (1992-1993), Tkvarcheli withstood an uneasy siege by the Georgian forces. The town's power plant was bombed in the first days of the siege and then shut down. In the postwar years, as a result of economic sanctions imposed on Abkhazia by the CIS, the industrial potential of Tkvarcheli was almost destroyed.
Ткварчели (Ткуарчал) - город в восточной части Абхазии. До распада Советского Союза Ткварчели был крупным промышленным центром. Основной отраслью была добыча и обогащение угля. Во время Грузино - Абхазской войны (1992-1993 гг.) город пережил тяжелейшую блокаду, продолжавшуюся 413 дней. ГРЭС была повреждена в первые дни осады, а затем остановлена. В послевоенные годы в результате экономических санкций, введённых против Абхазии со стороны СНГ, индустриальный потенциал Ткуарчала был почти полностью разрушен.