Comments on: The Lost Towns of Russia

By: Helenann

Helenann — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:10:45 +0000

Miss Celania, FTW!

By: hummer

hummer — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:04:22 +0000

Ransom! You are treasure to MF. Even when I run short on time to read the daily print, I look to see if you have a post. Always interesting and thought provoking!! I often think back on many of your prior articles. This one today was very good. I also went back to the â€œExclusion Zoneâ€ post which I had missed. I remember the testimonies of the Chernobyl horrors that snuck out after the diasaster, but seeing these pictures gives a new dimension to radioactive horror.

By: bill nagorka

bill nagorka — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:22:56 +0000

Was looking for a town/village…
Hanske,vlana Russia, birthplace of my
grandfather
(1892)

By: beth

beth — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:00:23 +0000

Sad, yet strangely beautiful.

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 21:42:14 +0000

ha! town abandons you. i’m not completely suprised there is such an abundance of abandoned infrastructure in russia. given the shit weather, the shortage of people and man power, and the sheer SIZE of the place, it’s a bit more suprising when such far-flung towns continue to survive despite the place.

i remeber seeing some show on travel channel or discovery channel or something like that about the coldest town in the world out in siberia, and how the person operating the power plant doesn’t get paid but can’t stop operating the place or they would all die or something. and i guess they were all living off reindeer. pretty interesting stuff.

By: John P

John P — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 17:23:36 +0000

Wow those pics are hauntingly beutiful. I heard that even with the GDP growth in the country under Putin things aren’t improving much.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:06:02 +0000

I’ve loved all your posts about abandoned buildings and urban spelunking; they’ve given new fodder for my love of old things. Keep up the good work!

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By: jenny

jenny — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:38:41 +0000

Ransom, I love that this combines my secret love of Russian culture and your not-secret love of old rad things. More!

also, I think you should take a photo tour of old rad buildings in the greater Los Angeles area.

By: Megan

Megan — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:33:27 +0000

The History Channel special “Life After People” referenced Chernobyl and the abandoned cities as examples of what modern cities would look like if people just disappeared