Vorkuta: Fastest Dying City in Russia. From Coal Mine to Ghost Town | Built by Stalin’s Gulag

Vorkuta was once a real “place of power”: a thriving coal mining centre with good infrastructure and high salaries. Today, though, it is almost completely abandoned, with ruined houses and free real estate. The Soviet Union basically built the city that was doomed to collapse. How did it happen? What was the role of Stalin and his Gulag system in the history of Vorkuta? And what can be done now to save the city from extinction?

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