Abandoned Cities of the USSR

In the last few decades, there have been colossal changes in the lives of the peoples of the former Soviet Union. A huge number of cities, factories, scientific institutions, cultural centers, and sanatoriums have been left abandoned forever. However, all these objects have preserved their charm, history, and the memory of those who once lived there. Arseny Kotov is a traveler, photographer, and blogger. For over eight years, he has been traveling across Russia and the former Soviet republics in search of unusual architectural objects, once inhabited but now deserted places, to see the traces of a highly developed civilization that extended from the northern icy seas to the hot deserts of Central Asia, from Baltic cities to the vast taiga of the Far East, and to take memorable photos. In Arseny Kotov's book Abandoned Cities of the USSR, you will see the most legendary abandoned places in Russia and the post-Soviet space and get to know interesting stories from travels through Pripyat, Baikonur, Norilsk, Magadan, Vorkuta, and many other cities.