Abandoned military facilities. Archive of abandoned objects on the territory of the former USSR

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, young countries inherited not only factories and factories, but also abandoned military facilities of the USSR. Among them is both strictly classified, and not very much. The economy of many newly-formed countries did not allow to draw the maintenance, maintenance and maintenance of the functioning of these strategically important complexes. Some states simply did not need them and did not consider it necessary to spend huge amounts of money from the federal treasury for this. Thus, abandoned military facilities appeared. Gradually they collapsed and fell into disrepair.

Consider the most interesting abandoned military objects from the huge variety of complexes scattered in the forests and mountains, which testify to the former power of the collapsed empire. But this is only a small fraction of the declassified buildings ...

Balaklava, Crimea

The repository of submarines, located on the territory of Sevastopol, is striking in its scale. Under its arches could accommodate up to 14 large vessels at the same time. There is also abandoned military equipment, and details to it. This base was built in 1961, and it ceased to function in 1993, almost immediately after the collapse of the USSR. As the knowledgeable people say, this place was a kind of transshipment point, where submarines went to repair and recharge, ammunition was replenished here. Balaklava was built for centuries and, thanks to its perfect design, is able to withstand direct nuclear strikes. But to date, it has added to the list of "Abandoned military facilities of the former Soviet Union." Now, little is left of it, as the people of the district disassembled it literally into cogs. In 2002, local authorities announced their intention to create a museum in Balaklava, but the matter did not go further than talking.

Dvina Missile Mine, Kekava (Latvia)

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, many former republics inherited such military facilities, the existence of which they even did not guess. For example, very close to Riga, the remains of the powerful Dvina missile complex are located in the forest. It was built in the distant 1964 and consisted of four spacious launchers, which were at a depth of more than 34 meters. Now they are partially flooded, but any interested person can go down in them, accompanied by an experienced stalker, to see firsthand what the abandoned military facilities are. Although you should think well before you go on such an excursion. They say that a lot of rocket fuel remains in the mines , which, although not radioactive, is nevertheless poisonous.

Lopatinsky phosphorite mine (Moscow region)

Before the collapse of the USSR, this complex was a large deposit where minerals and other substances used in agriculture and industry were mined. After 1993, the mine suspended its activities. All equipment remained rusted ... Thus, a huge deposit with giant buckets of excavators became a place of pilgrimage for thousands of tourists from all over the world.

Ionosphere study station (Ukraine)

This complex, which is located near Kharkov, was built just a year before the collapse of the USSR and was the answer to the creation of the famous American project HAARP, which is in Alaska. The analogue of the USA, by the way, successfully functions to this day. The huge complex consisted of a giant parabolic antenna, whose diameter was 25 meters, and several research fields. Now the abandoned military equipment is standing still, resembling a sad cemetery. Newly-baked Ukrainian state this expensive and energy-consuming complex was not needed, now he is only interested in hunters for non-ferrous metals, stalkers and tourists.

Sea City "Oil Stones" (Azerbaijan)

In the 40s of the last century, development of underwater deposits began here. They were carried out in the Caspian Sea, more precisely, 42 kilometers from the Absheron Peninsula. Around the first platforms were built entire cities, which were based on metal trestles and embankments. Thus, in 110 kilometers from Baku, power stations, nine-storey houses, hospitals, schools and kindergartens were built in the middle of the water. There were also a bread-baking plant, a culture center and even a lemonade production department. Oilmen broke even a small square with trees and greenery. The City of Petroleum Stones occupies more than 200 platforms, and the length of the streets as a whole is more than 350 kilometers.
Soon more profitable Siberian oil became popular, which immediately made the content of underwater offshore fields unprofitable. Gradually, the cities on the water were empty. Surprisingly, but Oil stones can not be called a populated place-ghost, because in him and to this day live more than two thousand people.

Abandoned particle accelerator (Moscow region)

In the late 80s of the last century, the Soviet Union, losing its political positions, decided to embody a tremendous plan. So there was an accelerator of elementary particles. The ring tunnel, the length of which was 21 kilometers, lay at a depth of more than fifty meters. Geographically, it is located near the town of nuclear physicists Protvino. It is very close to Moscow - about a hundred kilometers along the Simferopol highway. In the prepared tunnel, already began to deliver expensive equipment, but then restructuring began, and the Soviet "atomic collider" remained buried underground.

The place for him was chosen on the basis of geological considerations. The soil on this site was ideally suited for the construction of large-scale underground structures. The huge halls were connected to the outer parts with pipes up to 68 meters in length. Giant cranes with a lifting capacity of up to 20 tons were installed above the pit.

At one time, this development was ahead of American analogs for nine years. But with the collapse of the USSR, there was no money left for research. The cost of creating a collider can be compared with the cost of a huge nuclear power plant.

At present, there are various abandoned military units that once were a sign of the power of the state, and are now gradually being wiped off the face of the earth. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to restore them. Of particular interest are the extensive military facilities of the Leningrad region, some of which were classified: the airfield of the naval fleet on the island of Mashchny in Kingiseppsky district, abandoned landfills, catacombs, bomb shelters, munitions manufacturing plants, hangars and fortresses ... On the one hand, And it is good that all this exists, and anyone who is interested in the history of his country can see these objects first hand. On the other hand, they produce a depressing impression: so many forces, and maybe even lives, were laid for the sake of their creation, now much has become unnecessary and abandoned ...