Abandoned Soviet Wonders: From Island Fortresses to Frozen Mines

By Alex in Travel on Apr 14, 2008 at 3:24 pm

This isn’t my idea of a vacation, but places like this abandoned Soviet mine in the Kyshtym region (which unlike other Soviet mines, at least it’s not radioactive) seems to be very exciting to urban explorers.

WebUrbanist has a list of abandoned "wonders" of the former Soviet Union (from island fortresses to frozen mines): Link


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  1. CheeseDuck
    Apr 14th, 2008 at 4:02 pm

    Wow. All this was left behind after the Cold War?

  2. Alannah
    Apr 14th, 2008 at 10:49 pm

    I would love to do Urban Exploration. Wish there weren’t those pesky laws.

  3. brbr
    Mar 10th, 2010 at 3:08 pm

    FUck dead man


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