Top Creepiest Abandoned Soviet Era Places
The Cold War era not only casts a massive looming shadow over today’s geopolitical situation but also left behind a plethora of physical remnants scattered across the globe.
the world the former USSR was especially fond of building massive concrete structures and enormous secret facilities all over the show and after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 many of these places were simply left behind so for your viewing pleasure today we have the 20 creepiest abandoned Soviet era places enjoy number 20 prette Ukraine in 1986 the Chernobyl nuclear reactor suffered a catastrophic failure and radioactive material from the disaster spread over a wide area around the site following the evacuation and cleanup of the place an official exclusion Zone known as the Chernobyl nuclear power plant zone of alienation would be established this Zone was initially a 30 km radius from the power plant where the Meltdown took place but since has expanded to a wider area of Ukraine in the time that’s passed since the event this is the Oldtown Square the house of culture the exclusion zone now covers an area of about 1,000 square mil this is the immediate surroundings of the power plant itself which is where the radioactive contamination is at its highest here Public Access is highly restricted there are several different administrators that are responsible for the various zones and such like in the area around Chernobyl these different parts have various requirements and this is still subject to change as the radioactivity is slowly declining in further reaches of the exclusion Zone there are plans to redraw the restrictions and reassess the boundaries as time goes on although the likelihood of drawing a large crowd to the area seems fairly limited probably for a couple of Thousands of years ago, well before we delve into the subject matter of this video, I urge you to kindly subscribe by smashing the subscribe button and activating the notification bell right away. Failure to do so might result in an unwelcome visitor, perhaps a centipede, making its way onto your face as you slumber. Now, let’s explore the intriguing tale of the Buzludzha Monument in Bulgaria.
Perched atop a remote peak in the Bulgarian mountains, the Buzludzha Monument stands as a testament to a significant historical event. Back in 1868, this very peak bore witness to a fierce and deadly battle between Bulgarians and Turks. Then, in 1891, a group of socialists convened at this very spot to strategize the future of their nation. The peculiar structure of the monument pays homage to this pivotal moment in history.
During the zenith of the Soviet Union’s influence, the socialist government saw fit to erect this monument as a symbol of their ideology. However, with the passage of time, the monument now stands abandoned, serving as a haunting reminder of a bygone era.Bulgaria had built the monument work began on it in 1974 and it wa although it has has been vandalized and is well past its aay the monument is indeed still there number 18 pisy Estonia modern-day Estonia was once part of the Soviet Union and there are actually many leftovers from that era scattered all about the landscape one of the larger and more spooky of the remains is that of the former Soviet military town of pisy pisi is located about 50 km to the west of talin along the Limestone Cliffs of the Estonian coastline it was once a nuclear submarine trainin this part of the world in modern times Paul disi is still home to a few thousand people it features grocery stores cafes and some housing blocks that are all still in use as well as some new buildings it’s now a city that’s looking towards the future and finally leaving behind the Soviet stuff of its past number 17 dugga radar Ukraine as you probably know the Cold War was a period of time in which the USSR and the United States spent a whole lot of time money and effort in the realm of military ense radar Network this one was positioned near
As one draws near, Chernobyl and its colossal structure loom into view, visible for miles around. Initially resembling a towering wall from a distance, upon closer inspection, its true nature becomes apparent.
actually constructed of hundreds of turbines and antenna it measures 492 ft tall and is almost 2300 ft wide that’s an imposing size however you look at it and there it remains like many relics of the Cold War just wasting away and gradually decaying within the exclusion zone of the Chernob in Kazakhstan whereas many of The Secret locations that had been of strategic importance for the military were used for mining some had very dark secrets indeed and Simi was concealing some of the worst atrocities of the era the polygon was actually the Soviet Union’s main nuclear testing site and during its time the USSR conducted 456 nuclear tests there between 1949 and 1989 they experienced 340 underground detonations and 116 atmospheric ones that it turns out was a total of more than 2500 Hi e and birth defects became alarmingly common the people were forced to stay and suffer as the rules of a closed City meant that they couldn’t leave the area shockingly the effects have continued until the present day and people in the region are still suffering from the catastrophic impact that the nuclear testing had on their environment number 15 katchan Russia next up we have this creepy spot in Siberia this is kadak Chan it was once a mining town in the USSR but these days it’s utterly deser places still containing Furniture posters still hanging h on the walls and there are still cars left broken down in garages it’s an eerie Place full of a lot of relics that are lost to time number 14 kopachi Ukraine when the Chernobyl nuclear power plant suffered a catastrophic disaster a massive area was contaminated and that included this small village kop in Ukraine was just a couple of miles to the south of the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl
when the Meltdown took place it was home to aro especially Eerie as all of the things that were left behind are still scattered about covered in dust and a reminder of the terrible event and all the lives that were affected by it number 13 paman Norway back in the days of the Soviet Union this Arctic outpost on the Norwegian archipelago of spard the small town of paman was a once a coal mining town that still Sports a bust of Lenin in the Town Square the town was originally founded by Sweden back in 1910 They subsequently sold it to the USSR. Over time, weathering, vandalism, and theft of artifacts have worsened its condition. However, today, this eerie and secluded location is being transformed into a captivating tourist destination. It retains its Soviet-era remnants and remains inaccessible for a significant portion of the year. but the Town’s hotel has undergone a renovation and was reopened in 2013 during the summer months a population of about six people live in the town and they run the hotel for the visitors number 12 SCA 1 lva one of the things he main purpose of housing two massive radar systems which were designed to watch for any incoming missiles from Western Europe this included a lot of buildings with a Barracks admin areas a school and a couple of factor iies and what remains gives a hint that the place must have been like bright murals cover many walls and large uniformed apartment blocks offer a glimpse of that characteristic Soviet style the place is currently off limits but there are plans to reinstate it for military use an e water is receded and only the dust Remains the rivers that used to feed the Lagoon were long ago diverted to water the cotton fields and now the island has literally poisoned all of the land with its deadly toxins the mercury levels in the sand here are staggeringly high all signs of Life have departed and there are the remnants of a testing facility that is one of the most dangerous places on the entire planet during the 1940s through until the collapse of the Soviet Union the island known as toxins were not properly disposed of and they’ve been leaking and causing deadly spills in the environment there have been efforts in recent times to clean up some of those contaminated areas but seriously though this is surely the maddest thing how can you just up and leave a pile of biological weapons to slowly leak number 10 Mongolian air base out in the flat desolate landscape of Mongolia there’s a crumbling heap of concrete and Tangled metal that was once the B andall Air Base this Soviet ascinating like a monument to a long dead regime number nine the abandoned red star our train graveyard now it seems inconceivable that people would just go around littering up the place with old and broken trains but what do you really do with something so big and immovable when it’s no longer useful it is a sad thought but perhaps that’s why abandoned trains make some of the most haunting and spooky places this particular place is known as the red star train graveyard and it’s located near Bud viet era here they are slowly disappearing as the plant life moves in and takes its place number eight kov Kazakhstan this place was the administrative center for the atomic research area known as semimi the town of kov was actually named after the head of the Soviet nuclear program Igor kov and at the peak of its existence kov had 40,000 inhabitants but after the testing facilities and such would be closed down the people began to leave and the number reduced to about a quarter of that although re you may leave the area somewhat more radioactive than when you arrived number seven baclava Soviet submarine base submarines were a really significant feature of the Cold War era aggressions between the superpowers of the United States and the USSR they were always pointing nuclear weapons at each other and one of the best ways to do that was by using a submarine that could be parked in a nice strategic location just ready to obliterate the world at The Reckless Touch of a big red button and o contain enough supplies for the Personnel house there to survive below ground for 30 days probably not quite long enough postnuclear Armageddon but you know what do I know number six Siri shagan kazakstan here we are again in Kazakhstan where this time we’re at an anti-ballistic missile testing range oh such fun sari shagon was another one of those Soviet closed cities hidden away from public View and not shown on a map and definitely up to no good these closed cities were where the USSR did i ad was hit by it at the site then in the year or so that followed they tried some nuclear explosions at altitudes above the testing site in the 1990s
Similar to other areas in the former Soviet Union, this location was decommissioned and largely abandoned. The equipment was subsequently looted and carted off for scrap. However, the site has not undergone official cleanup, resulting in a multitude of military debris and general contamination seeping into the environment.
Notably, there’s a particular procedure aimed at reducing the vulnerability of submarines to sea mines. The submarine hall, in particular, exhibits strong magnetic properties, possibly due to the Earth’s magnetic field. Consequently, submarines are sent here to have their magnetic signatures adjusted, allowing them to traverse the Baltic Sea without attracting sea mines.
The facility remained operational until the collapse of the USSR in 1991. Following Estonian independence, the fate of the people at the base became uncertain.
Initially serving as a sanitarium for individuals afflicted with tuberculosis, the facility later transformed into a hospital for soldiers during the First World War. Remarkably, it became the treatment site for Adolf Hitler following his injury in combat. then again during the second world war it would be used as an army hos hospital it then became a regular o 0 Moscow hosted the Summer Olympics and the sailing events were held in the Soviet occupied country of Estonia this is the lenal it originally went by the name of VI lenen Palace of culture and Sport and it was a complex that was built to host the rata commissioned by the Soviet Union the space had an enormous 5,000 capacity Amphitheater as well as an ice Hall heliport and sea port naturally the USSR wanted to show off just how good they were at everything from Sports to building massive event s er the games take place often because the running costs are too high or because despite the promises of regenerating an area it all comes down to both Prestige and money in the end number two bakor cosmodrome Kazakhstan in the depths of the desert in Kazakhstan there are a bunch of leftovers from the Soviet space program it’s an eerie scene that has drawn in explorers and photographers to catch a glimpse of this unique Time Capsule inside a colossal hanger there are two Soviet space shuttles Gat home with them though don’t they poor little shuttles all Soviet and gloomy in an old shed anyways only one shuttle in the Soviet space program had ever made it off the Earth and that was Buran but sadly that shuttle was destroyed during the earthquake that collapsed the hanger in which it was being kept and it actually killed eight people in the process this cosmodrome is a fascinating relic of that cold war Space Race and all the crazy efforts that both the superpowers went to in order to dom scientists and other Workforce that were required to operate the radio Astronomy Center called Little Star this was a center of Espionage with which the essential in all Communications in the USSR and Beyond were done it consisted of three radio telescopes and a Communications base when it was constructed the place was absolutely state-of-the-art these radio telescopes were able to detect and record radio waves that were transmitted by objects in space opened in 1967 the radio station immediatel n the town for a further 2 years in the Handover of the radio technology to the latvians who just wanted to use it for research and the super paranoid Russians were not trusting that they wouldn’t use it to spy in the end the Russian military actually dismantled two of the telescopes and left their personnel behind for extra time just to keep an eye on things in the newly independent lvia these days the whole town is a crumbling and deserted relic of that era although it had been”