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Pages in category "Defunct towns in Russia" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anadyrsk;
This category includes both the cities/towns in Russia which have been abolished as well as the cities/towns demoted in status to that of an urban-type settlement or a rural locality. Pages in category "Former cities in Russia"
These are human settlements within Russia's internationally recognised borders that have been abandoned due to human or natural causes. Some sites may have been subsequently resettled and others may have been re-established nearby.
Eureka City is an abandoned mining town in Mpumalanga. It is now a historical site. Diepgezet is an abandoned asbestos mining town in Mpumalanga. It was transferred to tribal land and renamed to Msauli. Leydsdorp is an abandoned mining town near Tzaneen in Limpopo province. [11] Millwood is an abandoned mining town near Knysna. [12]
Kadykchan (Russian: Кадыкча́н) is a depopulated urban locality (a work settlement) in Susumansky District of Magadan Oblast, Russia. It is located in the Upper Kolyma Highlands , in the basin of the Ayan-Yuryakh River , 65 kilometers (40 mi) northwest of Susuman , the administrative center of the district.
The town was devastated by an earthquake on May 28, 1995, which measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, killing 1,989 out of a total population of 3,977. [2] An oil-producing town in northern Sakhalin, many buildings in Neftegorsk had been built with low-quality concrete and were not designed to withstand seismic activity. [3]
Gamsutl (Russian: Гамсутль, romanized: Gamsutl'; Avar: Гъамсукь, romanized: Ghamsuk) is a ghost town in the Gunibsky district of Dagestan, Russia, that lies on Mount Gamsutlmeer at an altitude of roughly 1,400 meters above sea level. [1]
Pyramiden (Norwegian: [pʏrɑˈmîːdn̩]; Russian: Пирами́да, romanized: Piramída, IPA: [pʲɪrɐˈmʲidə]; literally 'The Pyramid') is an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard which has become a tourist destination.