Having gone to the address indicated in the comments to the published in No. 12 "City of N-sk + TV" open letter the head of Nevinnomyssk and the head of the city administration”, I really saw with my own eyes the picture described by the author of the letter. The fence with bushes planted behind it did not seem to separate the building in which the bailiff service and the office of the insurance company were located from the surrounding territory, but was the border between two completely different cities. A twisted intra-block road with a dirty swamp in the middle led to an infectious diseases hospital and a site with containers for collecting garbage. On this road, the inhabitants of the house number 7 on the street. Belovo is forced to make a daily journey to throw out a bag of mur. 
On the day when I made my “excursion”, it was clear that if there was not a single puddle around, then this puddle was “functioning” not for the first day. 
By coincidence, on the same day, I ended up at house number 7, only with the letter A and along another street, Severnaya. The road didn't look any better. What is this? The curse of public utilities on the heads of tenants of apartment buildings at number 7? Not at all. A similar picture can be found in many courtyards of Nevinnomyssk. 
Take only three houses along the North: No. 7, No. 7A, No. 7B - the roads along them look like they were fired upon by heavy artillery. But soon, very soon it will come happy time and the yards will be transformed - most recently, the head of the administration said from the TV screen that 20 million rubles were allocated for the repair of the inner yard territories of Nevinnomyssk (“N-sk + TV City”, No. 14 “We care about any roads”) Not enough for all yards, but for such, with the most terrible roads, of course, they will allocate funds for repairs, and for the road along the house No. 7A too? 
The chairman of the council of the house, Lyubov Dmitrievna, wore out so many shoes, knocking on the thresholds of officials, and tired of sealing hundreds of envelopes, trying to get help from the governor, deputies of the state, regional and city dumas, and even the prosecutor. 
In 2015, the deputies of the head of the city administration - first the gallant general Mr. Kondub, and then L.A., who replaced him. Tolochko - they said that it is not possible to repair the road due to budget constraints, but the issue of financing repairs will be considered when forming the budget for 2016. 
Alas, this year the residents of house No. 7A will not be lucky to leave the entrances on a flat road without holes. Vasily Pavlovich Shestak issued a verdict: “Due to the limited funds in the budget of the city of Nevinnomyssk, carry out work on backfilling and repairing the road in the area of multi-apartment residential building No. 7A on the street. North is not possible." Alas, the budget is still limited, and those 20 million rubles, which Vasily Pavlovich broadcast from the "blue screen", will probably go to other yards.
What is a ghost town? These are gloomy, abandoned dwellings, dark silhouettes of houses, blackening with empty window frames ... They resemble a skeleton decayed from time to time, frightening and terrifying. Abandoned streets have long been overgrown with grass and shrubs, they found shelter in ruined houses wild animals. That and look, a zombie will break out from somewhere, eager to feast on your brains.
This is not a disaster movie, and not a horror movie, but a reality, and there are many such abandoned cities around the world. Do you want to feel the last man on the ground?
We present you the top 7 ghost towns.
1. Guakanjima (Gunkanjima) in Japan
This city died as suddenly as it appeared. It was founded due to the discovery of coal in 1810 on a lifeless reef, and for a century this island city flourished until a new resource came to replace the coal industry - oil. The irrelevance of coal mining destroyed the city in a matter of days. In 1974, all the inhabitants left Guacandjima, and the city itself turned into a ghost town - a cemetery of former prosperity and glory.
IN this moment it is forbidden to visit the city, but you can "admire" its landscapes in many films, including "Battle Royale".
2. Pripyat in Ukraine
For sure, this is one of the most infamous cities in the world - the eternal personification of what a man-made disaster can lead to, and a reminder of the nightmare of Chernobyl. After the tragedy at the nuclear power plant, which claimed the lives of many thousands of people, the city perished. The irony of fate - Pripyat was born thanks to Chernobyl nuclear power plant and died because of her. A prosperous city in an instant turned into a ghost town and was not visited for a long time.
Now extreme lovers go to Pripyat for excursions. Those who do not want to risk their health can "walk around Pripyat" in the game "SLALKER". Game lovers, you are here http://avtomat-bez-registracii.com/, do not miss the opportunity to win even without registration.
3. Centralia in Pennsylvania
The city greets travelers with a promising sign: "Welcome to hell." Now this mining town really looks like hellish lands - the earth has been burning here for half a century. It all started with a fire at a landfill located in an open mine. Unsuccessful attempts to extinguish the fire led to the spread of fire to the rest of the coal mines, and everyone knows that coal burns well. Chain reaction led to the destruction of the city - it was no longer possible to extinguish the fire, and the inhabitants left it.
The history of Centerailia is taken as the basis of the famous film "Silent Hill".
4. Varosha (Famagusta) in Cyprus
Everything in the world is not forever, even a popular resort. Once Varosha was the richest and most popular tourist place, where world celebrities loved to relax. But the Turkish invasion on July 20, 1974 led to the death of the famous resort. Cyprus was split into two parts, and Varosha ended up in that same buffer zone between two fires. People were evicted, and the Famagusta area itself was surrounded by barbed wire.
Varosha resort died. Five-star hotels fell into disrepair, luxurious villas took on a sad look, but all the things of the residents remained in place - people wanted to go back, but could not.
Now excursions are being led to the ghost town of Varosha.
5. Balestrino in Italy
This ghost town has a long and impressive history, but still died due to a series of large earthquakes and geological shifts. But it was built in the 11th century! Alas, in 1953, the inhabitants left it, and now Balestrino has become just a curious tourist attraction.
6. Katoli Peace in Taiwan
Not quite a city, but not just a park either, Catoli World was once the largest and most visited theme park. Alas, the 1999 earthquake completely destroyed it. Fortunately, it happened early in the morning, and only the rides were affected, not the people.
7. San Zhi in Taiwan
This is a rather curious ghost town. Unlike his other "brothers in misfortune", he was not destroyed by the elements or a man-made disaster - superstition was to blame.
San Zhi was supposed to become the best resort, a place of rest for the powerful. A lot of funds were allocated for its construction, because it was expected that it would become the most popular resort in the world ... It did, but it did not win the glory that the architects dreamed of.
After a series of accidents, rumors spread about the ghosts of workers and various mystical events in the region. San Zhi gained fame as a cursed city, and no one was eager to rest here. And again, they cannot demolish the city because of this superstitious fear of the dead.
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Chorus:
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
Blood and bleach, she's the one.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
Blood and bleach - g!
[Verse 1, Noggano]:
I represent the city of Seven
Our hope was washed away by a mudflow.
Oil painting: mess, bloody jelly.
A city closed to all guests, a walled compartment.
This is the Seven, my company, a gang of orcs,
My Khrushchaga-dormitory, sharashkin office,
A nursery, a kindergarten, a school, a youngster, a general strict.
Everything is extremely simple in this eight-bit, fucking program.
This is the Eight, here the Sun does not rise - he is down,
Excellent killers are prepared by the local biathlon.
If Vologda is a hinterland, then the Seven is the Mariinsky depression.
The golden dream has been stolen.
The City of Seven is a barren female reproductive organ,
McDonald's has no children, but there are two morgues,
Prison, garden, school, club, military building.
Does the huckster have a product? So the huckster has loot,
The children from the district only tormented him for the third hour.
Here's the fun for the guys, gambling movement,
If only there was no voltage drop in the outlet.
This is Seven, a city without twins; bitch, lonely, gloomy,
The city of junkies, bulls, poets-losers.
I'm a little over thirty, look into my brain, there's a knight inside,
The enemies burrow under rotten floorboards, rats and wood lice.
This is Seven, a city that is not on the map,
It is just south of Butovo and west of South Park.
Ghost town, dead end town, city of fucking shame
You can’t get out of it, but you can come into it and cool down.
Chorus:
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
Blood and bleach, she's the one.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
Blood and bleach - g!
[Verse 2, Noggano]:
This is the city of Seven - Seven: people are cigarette butts, people are seeds,
Khrushchevka, dryshchevka, herring neighbors.
Mohair scarf, hat with earflaps, but with earflaps mink.
Foreign car-right-hand drive, tinted, blind.
Silver carp gobies, sprat gobies,
Garbage-carp, ivasi, at the district police officer - boobs-melons.
The police uniform suits you, Lieutenant Lilia.
I'm waiting for a visit in the evening, I have a package from Bolivia.
Lilin's form is exactly on the chair,
I have handcuffs on my hands.
Lilya, you teach me bad things in vain.
Lilya-kisa, Lilya - Miss "Seven",
If Papa Lilin found out about her and me,
He would erase me through a grater.
Lily releases the smoke of the Afghan confiscated into the ceiling,
When dad is a general, no one will find out the loss from the warehouse.
On TV - "Song of the Year", outside the window everything is unchanged,
Gotham is shit.
Chorus:
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
Blood and bleach, she's the one.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
This is Seven, the city of Seven.
Blood and bleach - g!
About the song
- A veteran of domestic hip-hop and a respected person in Russian show business, Vasily Vakulenko, on December 31, on the eve of the upcoming New Year 2017, released a new release of "Luxury" under the auspices of his alter ego Noggano. The album consists of 35 tracks, among which you can find joint compositions with Scriptonite, TGK, QP. This release is interesting because it was recorded under the pseudonym Noggano and has a completely different concept than the rest of the work of the rap artist. It is also worth noting that the previous album from Basta's bandit alter ego was released already in 2009.
These cities were not on the maps. Their residents signed non-disclosure agreements. Before you - the most secret cities of the USSR.
Under the heading "secret"
Soviet ZATOs received their status in connection with the placement there of objects of state importance related to the energy, military or space spheres. It was practically impossible for an ordinary citizen to get there, and not only because of the strict access control, but also because of the secrecy of the location locality. Residents of closed cities were ordered to keep their place of residence in strict secrecy, and even more so not to disclose information about secret objects.
Such cities were not on the map, they did not have a unique name and most often bore the name of the regional center with the addition of a number, for example, Krasnoyarsk-26 or Penza-19. Unusual in ZATO was the numbering of houses and schools. It began with a large number, continuing the numbering of the settlement to which the inhabitants of the secret city were "assigned".
The population of some ZATOs, due to the proximity of dangerous objects, was included in the risk group. There have also been disasters. Thus, a large leak of radioactive waste that occurred in 1957 in Chelyabinsk-65 endangered the lives of at least 270 thousand people.
However, living in a closed city had its advantages. As a rule, the level of improvement there was noticeably higher than in many cities of the country: this also applies to the service sector, social conditions, and everyday life. Such cities were very well supplied, they could get scarce goods, and the crime rate there was practically reduced to zero. For the costs of "secrecy" in addition to the basic salary of the residents of ZATOs, an allowance was charged.
Zagorsk-6 and Zagorsk-7
Sergiev Posad, which until 1991 was called Zagorsk, is known not only for its unique monasteries and temples, but also for closed towns. The Virological Center of the Research Institute of Microbiology was located in Zagorsk-6, and the Central Institute of Physics and Technology of the USSR Ministry of Defense was located in Zagorsk-7.
Behind official names the essence is a little lost: in the first Soviet time engaged in the development of bacteriological, and in the second radioactive weapons.
Once in 1959, a group of guests from India brought smallpox to the USSR, and our scientists decided to use this fact for the good of their homeland. In a short time, a bacteriological weapon based on the variola virus was created, and its strain called "India-1" was placed in Zagorsk-6.
Later, endangering themselves and the population, research institute scientists developed deadly weapons based on South American and African viruses. By the way, it was here that tests were carried out with the Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
It was difficult to get a job in Zagorsk-6, at least in a “civilian” specialty - an impeccable purity of the biography of the applicant and his relatives was required almost up to the 7th knee. This is not surprising, since there have been many attempts to get at our bacteriological weapons.
The military stores of Zagorsk-7, where it was easier to get to, always had a good selection of goods. Residents from neighboring villages noted the striking contrast with the half-empty shelves of local shops. Sometimes they made lists in order to centrally purchase products. But if officially it was not possible to get into the town, then they climbed over the fence.
The status of a closed city was removed from Zagorsk-7 on January 1, 2001, and Zagorsk-6 is closed to this day.
Arzamas-16
After the use of atomic weapons by the Americans, the question arose of the first Soviet atomic bomb. They decided to build a secret facility for its development called KB-11 on the site of the village of Sarov, which later turned into Arzamas-16 (other names are Kremlyov, Arzamas-75, Gorky-130).
The secret city, built on the border of the Gorky region and the Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic, was promptly placed on a heightened security regime and surrounded by two rows of barbed wire along the entire perimeter and a control strip laid between them. Until the mid-1950s, everyone lived here in an atmosphere of extreme secrecy. Employees of KB-11, including family members, could not leave restricted area even during the holidays. An exception was made only for business trips.
Later, when the city grew, residents had the opportunity to travel to the city by a specialized bus. regional center, as well as to host relatives after they receive a special pass.
Residents of Arzamas-16, unlike many fellow citizens, learned what real socialism is.
The average salary, which was always paid on time, was about 200 rubles there. The shelves of shops in the closed city were bursting with abundance: a dozen varieties of sausages and cheeses, red and black caviar, and other delicacies. Residents of neighboring Gorky never dreamed of such a thing.
Now the Sarov nuclear center, the former Arzamas-16, is still a closed city.
Sverdlovsk-45
Another "born by order" city was built around plant No. 814, which was engaged in uranium enrichment. At the foot of Mount Shaitan, north of Sverdlovsk, prisoners of the Gulag and, according to some reports, Moscow students, have been working tirelessly for several years.
Sverdlovsk-45 was immediately conceived as a city, and therefore was built very compactly. It was distinguished by orderliness and characteristic "squareness" of buildings: it was impossible to get lost there. “Little Peter,” one of the guests of the city once expressed himself, although to others his spiritual provinciality reminded patriarchal Moscow.
By Soviet standards, they lived very well in Svedlovsk-45, although it was inferior in terms of supply to the same Arzamas-16. There was never a crowd and a stream of cars, and the air was always clean. The inhabitants of the closed city constantly had conflicts with the population of the neighboring Lower Tura, who envied their well-being. It used to be that they would watch for the townspeople leaving through the watch and beat them, solely out of envy.
It is interesting that if one of the residents of Sverdlovsk-45 committed a crime, then there was no way back to the city for him, despite the fact that his family remained in it.
The secret objects of the city often attracted the attention of foreign intelligence. So, in 1960, an American U-2 spy plane was shot down near him, and its pilot was captured.
Svedlovsk-45, now Lesnoy, is now closed to casual visitors.
Peaceful
Mirny, at first a military town in the Arkhangelsk region, was transformed into a closed city in 1966 due to the nearby Plesetsk test cosmodrome. But the level of secrecy in Mirny turned out to be lower than in many other Soviet ZATOs: the city was not surrounded by barbed wire, and documents were checked only on access roads.
Due to relative accessibility, there were many cases when a lost mushroom picker or an illegal immigrant who entered the city for scarce goods suddenly appeared near secret objects. If no malicious intent was noticed in the actions of such people, they were quickly released.
Many residents of Mirny call the Soviet period nothing more than a fairy tale. “A sea of toys, beautiful clothes and shoes,” one of the residents of the city recalls her visits children's world. During the Soviet era, Mirny gained the reputation of the “city of carriages”. The fact is that every summer graduates of military academies came there, and in order to cling to a prosperous place, they quickly got married and had children.
Mirny retains its status as a closed city even now.
