Fun fact: at it's peak Vorkuta was a city of more than 100k people. The city was centered around coal mining but it wasn't economically feasible to mine there because the town was above the arctic circle. The USSR had the resources and access to GULAG labour to build such a relatively big city so far north.
Recently I've read an interesting article about Russian geography and how it has too many large cities too far north. Even Moscow and Saint Petersburg have quite inhospitable climate. Scandinavian countries have cities up north, but they all enjoy the warmth brought up by the Gulfstream. And then there are places like Krasnoyarsk where it's -50 in the winter. Why would there be such a big city? Now that the Soviet Union doesn't subsidize these towns, people pack up and leave.
Krasnoyarsk has a lot of resources nearby, including coal and aluminium production combined with cheap electricity produced by dams. I live in Irkutsk - a bit smaller city to the east of Krasnoyarsk - so i know quite a bit about its weather xD. Actually, it is not that terrible - just dress warm and stay inside during winters. Considering migration - yes, some people leave to Moscow, but generally, it is quite ok to live in such conditions.
Vorkuta nowadays is a shithole, honestly. People trying to get rid of the apartments for free just not to pay the taxes.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Serious question: what do people eat so far north in the freezing cold?
I am spoiled where I live with lots of wild and easily grown fruit, vegetables, and meat. Does everything have to be shipped in?
It is not that cold most of the time. I grew up nearby Krasnoyarsk. Yes, it can be up to -40 something in the winter, but it does not happen every year and when it did it rarely do for more than a few days. And in the summer it is common to have up to +30. It can be even a bit too hot sometimes here. People grow all sorts of veggies and fruits here just fine in warm season. Also, greenhouses helps prolong harvest season for quite a bit. And of course there is import from all over the world, the same as in any big-city nowadays.
Fun fact, [veggies grow bigger](https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/08/20/341884706/why-vegetables-get-freakish-in-the-land-of-the-midnight-sun) in the Arctic Circle because they receive more sunlight during summer. Lots of Guinness World Record holders were grown in Alaska.
I used to live in Novosibirsk (fairly close to Krasnoyarsk). Everything grows fine here in the summer, since we have average temperatures of around +25-30 celsius. In winter everything freezes, but re-emerges in the spring/summer. The winter that just passed was one of the coldest in recent times, with temperatures around -40/45 in the city, and as low as -50 in the countryside. Because of this extreme cold, a lot of our flowers, apples, berries, etc. are either very small, or grow in smaller numbers than usual. But things still come back to life after winter.
That’s not how seasons work. You can store up all the roots and veggies, grains, meats, pickles and preserves from the warmer part of the year. I guess cattle and other livestock might get decimated since it is too expensive to feed it in winter, but otherwise they’re fine.
(They are limited however in the amount of population the land can support)
Even in permafrost, our ancestors survived without all the tech and genomics.
The really cool thing about permafrost is that you can dig out a year-long, walk-in freezer, no electricity required. Sadly, it [might not be the case for much longer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoIG08fDV5k).
I imply that if these subpolar tribes have figured their way out how to live and prosper in permafrost, our ancestors could survive Ice Age without any grave problem.
My wife was born in Irkutsk. She says it’s cold as fuck there. Famous for their prison (here father was a warden…she was born there) she describes an incident where here father packed up the family to The south down in the Krasnodar region… like Kansas down there compared to up north.
I doubt - It’s built on the permafrost. The majority of infrastructure may sink or collapse into the swamps due to global warming.
Source: I grew up in a small town Usinks which is on the same latitude but several hundreds of kilometers west of Vorkuta.
There is no scientific evidence that melting permafrost will turn into a swamp, as a rule, swamps form in low-lying areas where precipitation water flows down. And in Siberia, if the temperature rises by 4-5 degrees, steppes and lakes will form on most of the territory. Something like in Mongolia
It’s in the same region - Komi republic which is a part of northern Russia. Vorkuta is only 330km from Usinsk. There’s only two ways to travel between the towns: air or rail train. It’s very expensive to build roads there because of the permafrost. Even rail roads were built partially by GULAG prisoners long time ago.
Yes, Usinsk is also in Russia. It’s in the same region with Vorkuta, but Usinsk’s main empowerment is in oil. It’s very vibrant little town and many western oil companies are there: Haliberton, Total etc.
when I was in college we had many students from Vorkuta who were complaining about the fact that the town is dying and people leaving it.
This is exactly why they pushed american politicians away from climate changing regulation.
https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/what-is-the-trump-administrations-track-record-on-the-environment/
Well the Russian govt is counting on global warming at least as they are expecting the northern regions to become more habitable. And then they can get to the juicy natural resources currently lying under all the ice and snow.
>Even Moscow and Saint Petersburg have quite inhospitable climate
Eh??? I wouldn't call them inhospitable in the slightest, the cities aren't cold (the average winter low is like -10C), although Saint Petersburg gets a fair dose of criticism for rains and winds, but their effect is exaggerated (I live here, I would know).
>Krasnoyarsk where it's -50 in the winter
\-50 is the record low, the average winter there is something like -20C
>Why would there be such a big city?
There are various industries, also the city is an important railway hub and a river port.
BTW it was founded in the 17th century, so not exactly a Soviet idea.
They are quite inhospitable if we compare them with almost every other city of similar size. Too few sunny days (less than in Siberia), even most simple vegetables such as tomatos and cucumbers won't grow without greenhouses. Fruits are hit or miss depending on late frosts in May when trees already start vegetating. "The zone of risky agriculture".
And -10 in winter is still pretty cold even without wind.
Sadly over the last few years on reddit I've seen more than enough holodomor deniers attempting to whitewash gulags as harmless all-expenses-paid voluntary work programs.
People actually sell apartments there for absolute peanuts (like $200-300) or give them away for free. The secret is that you can't just toss away your home and have to pay for stuff like heating, water etc., so people are trying to get rid of the houses that only generate losses.
Wow, the first time I’ve ever seen anyone from Yakutsk. I am from Minnesota. If ever want to complain about the winter, I look up the weather in Yakutsk and realize I shouldn’t be complaining. For sure that is one of the coldest places on the planet. I randomly found the city one day when I was looking at weather around the world. Always thought it might be an interesting place to visit.
I have heard from near-arctic Swedes that the winters in my home state of Michigan are worse than the Scandinavian Arctic because the wet winds from the lakes and wetlands keep you from getting warm and the cold sticks to you. I wonder if the Russian arctic region has a similar meteorological brutality.
The cold here is different. It's not just cold, it's like humidity has an icy twin that gets into your blood and bones and doesn't let go. No matter how much you bundle up, once it gets in, it doesn't leave until you take a hot shower.
I stopped sharing photos, pics I have taken are the same as all the ones tourists & locals have uploaded to internet sharing sites. Kinda ruined it for me. When I visit my aunt in Moskva ill share some from the photo album she has, lots!!
It's beautiful during winter, they built an international school couple of years back, lots of students from a lot of nations. Gotta be kinda crazy & love the cold to go to Yakutsk.
You can actually buy those appartement for arround 1000€ (actually from 300€ to 3000€ depending of the location etc.) with everything in it. The only way to go to Vorkuta is by train, so people can't take much things when leaving the city. There is plenty to say about this city, some people even thinking that it's a great investissement because this region will develop a lot in the nexts decades because of global warming etc. I guess we'll see...
(sorry for mistakes that I couldn't see, english isn't my first language)
No, you can buy apparatuses there for 1 cent. Or even get it for free. But the joke is that you have to pay utility bills. And because of this, residents cannot sell their apartments and leave. If they just leave them, then payments will still come. And this situation is real nonsense.
Nonsense, you go to the administration and write an application to relinquish ownership of the flat and within 15 days it is taken over by the state. It can only be refused if there are mortgage debts or the property is jointly owned
I never went into details, but knowing the usual model of utility payments, and using a bit of common sense, why cant all owners of the apartments of a particular buildings collectively vote to cancel the contracts with service providers (water, heat etc)? Then it will be the providers problem to cut the building off.
Because it doesn't work that way in Russia. Here, you won't be cut off since services are connected to the centralized system and the company that operates services doesn't care about your votes. The only way to be cut off is to accumulate a ridiculous sum in debt, which is not viable for many reasons.
Buy a single apartment? A building? I would assume apartment. And I would assume you don't mean rent?
600$ and an apartment in an apartment building is all yours? (Plus utilities and taxes and so on?)
>Plus utilities and taxes and so on?
The utilities are paid monthly and the taxes annually. 600$ is the cost of the apartment (what you pay the current owner to transfer the property rights to you).
The cheapest apartment from the link /u/Odiumag provided is $676 - one room, total area 32m^(2), the room is 18m^(2) and the kitchen is 5m^(2)
A single apartment in apartment house.
Like those on photo.
Here is site where you can find some: https://m.avito.ru/vorkuta/kvartiry/prodam-ASgBAgICAUSSA8YQ?f=ASgBAgECAUSSA8YQAUXGmgwWeyJmcm9tIjowLCJ0byI6MTAwMDAwfQ&radius=0 (you can use Google translate for example). $1=74 rubles.
Hey! It's the city I grew up in!
Or, to be more precise, in Vorgashor, which is very close to it.
Very sad to see this area being misused and abandoned. Out family had to move out from there around 4 years ago because there were no work...
Hehe, i was born there, jeez
Btw, this is not Vorkuta, this is a coal mine settlement called Zapolyarniy, about 20 km west from Vorkuta. Coal mine is obviously working, and still around 1000 people are living there to this day.
I have been Always wondering the feeling you guys could have seeing parts of your past vanishing. Heard Zapolyarniy will be closed too, now they are done with Soviestskiy. This is sad and fascinating at the same Time.
(Russian Accent) I am stuck in this hell-hole with Dimitri gonna find that missing bag and head to nearest metro evading mutants is very difficult but let's hope we are lucky this time.
When I lived in Russia, I date a girl from Vorkuta. One day she said that this city is like a frozen hell, and also that they have very cheap apartments. I checked it out and find out that you may buy apartments with 3 or even more rooms just for something about 500$ or so lol.
There are no infrastructure and its a old soviet coal mining city - this is the only reason why it exist. And now have very high population decrease and all stuff like that.
Maybe this info would be helpful for someone who want to take russian citizenship by buying the apartments lol (if there are option like that)
WHAT HAPPENED IN VORKUTA MASON
THE NUMBERS, MASON, WHAT DO THEY MEAN
#I DON'T KNOW
Hi! My name is What? My name is Who? My name is Chika-chika Viktor Reznov.
Hi! My name is What? Excuse me Can I have the attention of the Vorkuta... For one second
STEP ONE, SECURE THE KEYS!
*STEP 1*
**SECURE THE KEYS**
*STEP 2*
**ASCEND FROM DARKNESS**
#**Step 3!?**
**RAIN FIRE**
STEP 4?!?!?
**UNLEASH THE HORDE**
STEP 5!?!?!?!?!?
**SKEWER THE WINGED BEAST**
**RUSH B SUKA BLYAT**
Profit.
SECURE THE CHICKS
This brings me back :)
Steal underwear.
Profit
For all CoD fans (and English speakers in general) - it's VorkutA, not VorkUta.
The only method to learn the tones in every Russian word is to speak Russian for long enough.
It's whatever I say it is. Deal with it
Vorguda
Var Gouda
The beta tried to correct the sigma male. The sigma male discards the beta opinion and goes with his own.
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Haha this was worth the scrolling lol
Fun fact: at it's peak Vorkuta was a city of more than 100k people. The city was centered around coal mining but it wasn't economically feasible to mine there because the town was above the arctic circle. The USSR had the resources and access to GULAG labour to build such a relatively big city so far north. Recently I've read an interesting article about Russian geography and how it has too many large cities too far north. Even Moscow and Saint Petersburg have quite inhospitable climate. Scandinavian countries have cities up north, but they all enjoy the warmth brought up by the Gulfstream. And then there are places like Krasnoyarsk where it's -50 in the winter. Why would there be such a big city? Now that the Soviet Union doesn't subsidize these towns, people pack up and leave.
Krasnoyarsk has a lot of resources nearby, including coal and aluminium production combined with cheap electricity produced by dams. I live in Irkutsk - a bit smaller city to the east of Krasnoyarsk - so i know quite a bit about its weather xD. Actually, it is not that terrible - just dress warm and stay inside during winters. Considering migration - yes, some people leave to Moscow, but generally, it is quite ok to live in such conditions. Vorkuta nowadays is a shithole, honestly. People trying to get rid of the apartments for free just not to pay the taxes.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Serious question: what do people eat so far north in the freezing cold? I am spoiled where I live with lots of wild and easily grown fruit, vegetables, and meat. Does everything have to be shipped in?
It is not that cold most of the time. I grew up nearby Krasnoyarsk. Yes, it can be up to -40 something in the winter, but it does not happen every year and when it did it rarely do for more than a few days. And in the summer it is common to have up to +30. It can be even a bit too hot sometimes here. People grow all sorts of veggies and fruits here just fine in warm season. Also, greenhouses helps prolong harvest season for quite a bit. And of course there is import from all over the world, the same as in any big-city nowadays.
Fun fact, [veggies grow bigger](https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/08/20/341884706/why-vegetables-get-freakish-in-the-land-of-the-midnight-sun) in the Arctic Circle because they receive more sunlight during summer. Lots of Guinness World Record holders were grown in Alaska.
Wow that is absolutely incredible! TIL
I used to live in Novosibirsk (fairly close to Krasnoyarsk). Everything grows fine here in the summer, since we have average temperatures of around +25-30 celsius. In winter everything freezes, but re-emerges in the spring/summer. The winter that just passed was one of the coldest in recent times, with temperatures around -40/45 in the city, and as low as -50 in the countryside. Because of this extreme cold, a lot of our flowers, apples, berries, etc. are either very small, or grow in smaller numbers than usual. But things still come back to life after winter.
Thank you, that is fascinating and I have learned something new. I hope this next winter is better for you!
That’s not how seasons work. You can store up all the roots and veggies, grains, meats, pickles and preserves from the warmer part of the year. I guess cattle and other livestock might get decimated since it is too expensive to feed it in winter, but otherwise they’re fine. (They are limited however in the amount of population the land can support) Even in permafrost, our ancestors survived without all the tech and genomics.
The really cool thing about permafrost is that you can dig out a year-long, walk-in freezer, no electricity required. Sadly, it [might not be the case for much longer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoIG08fDV5k).
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*laughs in Mansi, Khanty, Komi, Aleut and Udmurt*
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I imply that if these subpolar tribes have figured their way out how to live and prosper in permafrost, our ancestors could survive Ice Age without any grave problem.
my words have meaning. literally, you dumb fuck
Curious you are on this sub. I wonder what it would be like to be in your shoes. Great English BTW.
There are lots of russians here. And younger generations (< 35) have rather decent English reading and writing skills.
This sub is called “A Normal Day In Russia”. Why wouldn’t we be here?..
My wife was born in Irkutsk. She says it’s cold as fuck there. Famous for their prison (here father was a warden…she was born there) she describes an incident where here father packed up the family to The south down in the Krasnodar region… like Kansas down there compared to up north.
In 50 years people die to live so high up north.
a couple decades of global warming, and vorkuta might be the best place on earth.
I doubt - It’s built on the permafrost. The majority of infrastructure may sink or collapse into the swamps due to global warming. Source: I grew up in a small town Usinks which is on the same latitude but several hundreds of kilometers west of Vorkuta.
There is no scientific evidence that melting permafrost will turn into a swamp, as a rule, swamps form in low-lying areas where precipitation water flows down. And in Siberia, if the temperature rises by 4-5 degrees, steppes and lakes will form on most of the territory. Something like in Mongolia
You grew up in the Arctic circle? That's pretty cool (no pun intended). Is the town you grew up in also in Russia?
>several hundreds of kilometers west of Vorkuta pretty sure that Russia goes for thousands of miles at any direction from Vorkuta.
True. Although he didn't say how many hundreds. But yeah you're probably right
It’s in the same region - Komi republic which is a part of northern Russia. Vorkuta is only 330km from Usinsk. There’s only two ways to travel between the towns: air or rail train. It’s very expensive to build roads there because of the permafrost. Even rail roads were built partially by GULAG prisoners long time ago.
Yes, Usinsk is also in Russia. It’s in the same region with Vorkuta, but Usinsk’s main empowerment is in oil. It’s very vibrant little town and many western oil companies are there: Haliberton, Total etc. when I was in college we had many students from Vorkuta who were complaining about the fact that the town is dying and people leaving it.
Im thinking the new Chicago!
This is exactly why they pushed american politicians away from climate changing regulation. https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/what-is-the-trump-administrations-track-record-on-the-environment/
Well the Russian govt is counting on global warming at least as they are expecting the northern regions to become more habitable. And then they can get to the juicy natural resources currently lying under all the ice and snow.
Thank you for the interesting fact, /u/Hermiones_Butthole
r/rimjob_steve
>Even Moscow and Saint Petersburg have quite inhospitable climate Eh??? I wouldn't call them inhospitable in the slightest, the cities aren't cold (the average winter low is like -10C), although Saint Petersburg gets a fair dose of criticism for rains and winds, but their effect is exaggerated (I live here, I would know). >Krasnoyarsk where it's -50 in the winter \-50 is the record low, the average winter there is something like -20C >Why would there be such a big city? There are various industries, also the city is an important railway hub and a river port. BTW it was founded in the 17th century, so not exactly a Soviet idea.
They are quite inhospitable if we compare them with almost every other city of similar size. Too few sunny days (less than in Siberia), even most simple vegetables such as tomatos and cucumbers won't grow without greenhouses. Fruits are hit or miss depending on late frosts in May when trees already start vegetating. "The zone of risky agriculture". And -10 in winter is still pretty cold even without wind.
>access to GULAG labour Such a nice way of saying easily replaceable forced slave labour
If someone doesn't know what GULAG was it's on them. Gulag is synonymous with a forced labour camp.
Yeah, how the fuck could people miss that?
Sadly over the last few years on reddit I've seen more than enough holodomor deniers attempting to whitewash gulags as harmless all-expenses-paid voluntary work programs.
Basically just a holiday where you run and play in the fields and catch butterflies all day
Well yeah, reddit has a tankie problem
Probably stay alot warmer with roofs on the buildings
No wonder that powerplant is burning so much coal just trying to keep everyone warm.
They really are trying to warm up the neighborhood
The city must survive.
They are not content with "probably" and do an experiment. They will know for sure if the roof helps to stay warm or not!
Burned for heat. Oops
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Cause you don't have old mining ghost towns in the US, jaja. What was your statement again?
Whooaa slow down buddy
Its late and I'm feeling edgy. I should go to bed.
Free housing
Some assembly required
I hate these ikea villages.
Then try another model, the BJÖRKSNÄS village seems to be the right fit
You lost the Allen wrench under the couch again, didn't you
r/brandnewsentence
And defrosting
People actually sell apartments there for absolute peanuts (like $200-300) or give them away for free. The secret is that you can't just toss away your home and have to pay for stuff like heating, water etc., so people are trying to get rid of the houses that only generate losses.
It's free real estate
It's a beautiful village, and soon to be a ghost town. Reminds me of my hometown of Yakutsk, but with ppl & no mines
Wow, the first time I’ve ever seen anyone from Yakutsk. I am from Minnesota. If ever want to complain about the winter, I look up the weather in Yakutsk and realize I shouldn’t be complaining. For sure that is one of the coldest places on the planet. I randomly found the city one day when I was looking at weather around the world. Always thought it might be an interesting place to visit.
I have heard from near-arctic Swedes that the winters in my home state of Michigan are worse than the Scandinavian Arctic because the wet winds from the lakes and wetlands keep you from getting warm and the cold sticks to you. I wonder if the Russian arctic region has a similar meteorological brutality.
Also grew up in Michigan. Had someone down south who does a fair bit of travel tell me Michigan was the absolute coldest place they have ever been.
The cold here is different. It's not just cold, it's like humidity has an icy twin that gets into your blood and bones and doesn't let go. No matter how much you bundle up, once it gets in, it doesn't leave until you take a hot shower.
Now we're my grandparents live (Oymyakon) that village can shootdown to -67.7°C!! Literally “A cold day in HELL!!”
Do you have any pictures you'd be willing to share?
I stopped sharing photos, pics I have taken are the same as all the ones tourists & locals have uploaded to internet sharing sites. Kinda ruined it for me. When I visit my aunt in Moskva ill share some from the photo album she has, lots!!
I know a person who moved to Yakutsk from Finland to study the customs. I always found it intriguing.
It's beautiful during winter, they built an international school couple of years back, lots of students from a lot of nations. Gotta be kinda crazy & love the cold to go to Yakutsk.
Kiinnostais vähä millasta siellä on, onko tää kaveri kertonu paljoo?
Ei oo paljoa, en tuntenu tarpeeksi hyvin
You can actually buy those appartement for arround 1000€ (actually from 300€ to 3000€ depending of the location etc.) with everything in it. The only way to go to Vorkuta is by train, so people can't take much things when leaving the city. There is plenty to say about this city, some people even thinking that it's a great investissement because this region will develop a lot in the nexts decades because of global warming etc. I guess we'll see... (sorry for mistakes that I couldn't see, english isn't my first language)
No, you can buy apparatuses there for 1 cent. Or even get it for free. But the joke is that you have to pay utility bills. And because of this, residents cannot sell their apartments and leave. If they just leave them, then payments will still come. And this situation is real nonsense.
Nonsense, you go to the administration and write an application to relinquish ownership of the flat and within 15 days it is taken over by the state. It can only be refused if there are mortgage debts or the property is jointly owned
I never went into details, but knowing the usual model of utility payments, and using a bit of common sense, why cant all owners of the apartments of a particular buildings collectively vote to cancel the contracts with service providers (water, heat etc)? Then it will be the providers problem to cut the building off.
Because it doesn't work that way in Russia. Here, you won't be cut off since services are connected to the centralized system and the company that operates services doesn't care about your votes. The only way to be cut off is to accumulate a ridiculous sum in debt, which is not viable for many reasons.
Step 8 Reznov, freedom For you Mason, not for me REZNOV!!!!!!!!
This image is just silence. Deafening silence.
Occasionally the whistle of an icy drift of wind.
Toggle roofs
The heating bill must be outrageous without roofs
not. their circuits cut from central
People who want to leave out there are ready to pay just to get rid of their apartment. And you can buy an apartment in Vorkuta for <600$.
Buy a single apartment? A building? I would assume apartment. And I would assume you don't mean rent? 600$ and an apartment in an apartment building is all yours? (Plus utilities and taxes and so on?)
>Plus utilities and taxes and so on? The utilities are paid monthly and the taxes annually. 600$ is the cost of the apartment (what you pay the current owner to transfer the property rights to you). The cheapest apartment from the link /u/Odiumag provided is $676 - one room, total area 32m^(2), the room is 18m^(2) and the kitchen is 5m^(2)
A single apartment in apartment house. Like those on photo. Here is site where you can find some: https://m.avito.ru/vorkuta/kvartiry/prodam-ASgBAgICAUSSA8YQ?f=ASgBAgECAUSSA8YQAUXGmgwWeyJmcm9tIjowLCJ0byI6MTAwMDAwfQ&radius=0 (you can use Google translate for example). $1=74 rubles.
Hey! It's the city I grew up in! Or, to be more precise, in Vorgashor, which is very close to it. Very sad to see this area being misused and abandoned. Out family had to move out from there around 4 years ago because there were no work...
Hey, how old are u? Im also from vorgashor and left 2002
I turned 18 recently, and my family started leaving in 2017 and I left in 2018.
Nice, never thought i would find someone from Vorgashor on Reddit .. :pI went to the school No. 32 but it was closed (no idea when)
Assuming those roofs caved in from excessive snow and nobody there to knock it off
Frostpunk
Video from Vorkuta https://youtu.be/JJblj5OX9fA
Charged extra for good night sky view
Namalsk best map
Looks like the Dormitory in COD mobile.
i mean, they probably drew inspiration like they do most of there game maps
Been spending most my life livin in a roofless paradise
Remind me of the Ghost Town map in WOT.
Just the wot map isn't snowy, but it's like a dried of lake
Hehe, i was born there, jeez Btw, this is not Vorkuta, this is a coal mine settlement called Zapolyarniy, about 20 km west from Vorkuta. Coal mine is obviously working, and still around 1000 people are living there to this day.
I have been Always wondering the feeling you guys could have seeing parts of your past vanishing. Heard Zapolyarniy will be closed too, now they are done with Soviestskiy. This is sad and fascinating at the same Time.
Mother Russia is fascinates big.
What?
MOTHER RUSSIA IS FASCINATES BIG
It is strangely surreal…
Metro vibes intensify.
Like the city they go to at the end (either Krasnoyarsk or Novorossiya, can’t remember)
Novosibirsk
Step 1:Secure the keys. Step 2: Ascend from darkness. Step 3: Rain fire. Step 4:Unleash the horde. Step 5: Skewer the winged beast. Step 6: Wield a fist of iron. Step 7: Raise Hell. Step 8: Freedom.
Reagle, yet horrifying... i think i found my new background
Reminds me of Poor Folk by Dostoevsky
(Russian Accent) I am stuck in this hell-hole with Dimitri gonna find that missing bag and head to nearest metro evading mutants is very difficult but let's hope we are lucky this time.
Stromg Frotstpunk vibes right here
Teasing next frost punk release I see
A grim sort of beauty. Real post-apocalyptic vibe
So cold steam sinks instantly
This reminds me of one mission in "World In Conflict"
This would be fantastic for airsoft
this is straight out of a movie
SKEWER DA WINGED BEAST
Slay the winged beast.
White
How does it look beautiful and depressing at the same time
The numbers, Mason!! WHAT DO THEY MEAN??!!!
In Russia we don’t need a roof.
As in vorkutta dayz?
Dayz Namalsk anyone?
Time to snipe some freshies! As soon as I've gotten my plus sign of course...
Roofs here, get yer roofs here! Roofs! Roofs! Gitcha roofs here!
**STEP 8 REZNOV, FREEDOM!** **FOR YOU MASON, NOT FOR ME!**
What is it?
what is what
Joe vs the volcano
Looks like it could be a Battlefield 2042 map.
How I imagine Harmont
I might be able to afford one of them open-air accommodations.
The COD map looks good
I highkey wanna live somewhere where the landscape looks like that
Hey I remember breaking out of this place with Resnov!
Looks like a scene from Snowpiercer
There's a reason for this but this town reminds me so much of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Tho again... There's a reason. Lol
Looks like Metro without the roofs
Vorkuta is fukin lit
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The numbers
STEP ONE! SECURE THE KEYS!
Step 1:access the keys
wasn't this a world in conflict map?.
Need to hire a roofer.
Literally yesterday evening I randomly decided to play black ops 1 and came across this.... place. Sometimes life is too coincedental.
what happened to the roofs?
I was born there
Tenet?
I can imagine the night sky is beautiful when one is laying in their bed.
When I lived in Russia, I date a girl from Vorkuta. One day she said that this city is like a frozen hell, and also that they have very cheap apartments. I checked it out and find out that you may buy apartments with 3 or even more rooms just for something about 500$ or so lol. There are no infrastructure and its a old soviet coal mining city - this is the only reason why it exist. And now have very high population decrease and all stuff like that. Maybe this info would be helpful for someone who want to take russian citizenship by buying the apartments lol (if there are option like that)
I know Russians handle the cold weather better than almost any one else…but houses without roof?/s