Abandoned Soviet radio locator station

Url: http://abandonedplaces.livejournal.com/2408824.html
Photographer: serg_steppencat
Location: Kiev, Ukraine

Nice. What was your plan for if your bike broke down?

This place is 20 kilometres far from the nearest village. And the nearest villiage is 50 kilometers of offroad from the nearest asphalt. Here are some photos from this abandoned soviet military station and from the road up there.

Hidden submarine base

Url: http://russos.livejournal.com/210363.html?page=5
Photographer: Russos
Location: Balaklava, Ukraine

Submarine channel

A huge system of tunnels, filled with water - bringing to mind somewhat apocalyptic images; this once was the ultimate secret Soviet nuclear submarine base, maintenance & repair facility. So secret it was, in fact, that the whole town around it was classified and erased from the map.

Ten kilometers east of Sevastopol on the Black Sea Coast, the town of Balaklava was closed to the rest of the USSR, and even family members needed special clearance to visit there. After collapse of the Soviet Union the base stayed operational only until 1993, when all nuclear warheads were removed - and in 1996 the last submarine left the base. Today the place is open to visitors, but the bulk of it is hidden.