Near Vorkuta

One day we visited the relatively recently abandoned coal mine No. 33. The mine had been built for a long time, and before it was opened they decided to abandon and destroy it. Some residents of Vorkuta are still saddened by this fact. The demolition of the above-ground buildings was not completed and now it is ruins in the middle of the tundra.

On film. The ruins of the mine resemble the Greek Parthenon – a temple of unfulfilled hopes. The cross in the photo is not actually a cross, but the remains of a power line support. I adjusted the position of one board for the photo.

Where the winds should have roamed that day, there was a ringing silence. An extremely calm place. Only a little later, as it seems to me, I heard the howl of a wild arctic fox. At least I saw its tracks in the snow. During the entire expedition, I never saw this animal.

On the way to the mine there were three cemeteries and a strange building with graffiti, behind which real mountains could be seen in the distance. By the way, we didn’t manage to reach the mountains. Our expedition lasted only a week.

Tundra landscapes on film in Vorkuta and nearby. Our expedition was in October. The first snow fell the day before our arrival. That’s why we saw grass and bushes peeking out from under the snow. It’s too early for views of the endless white desert.