Opuszczone sowieckie miasto na Łotwie - Rex
EN_01201455_5807
MANDATORY CREDIT: Laurens Corijn/REX Shutterstock Editorial use only. Only for use in this story. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
MANDATORY CREDIT: Laurens Corijn/REX Shutterstock Editorial use only. Only for use in this story. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission Mandatory Credit: Photo by Laurens Corijn/REX/Shutterstock (5586910g) Disused truck workshops in the industrial part of the town Secret soviet ghost-town, Latvia - 2015 FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/rypk At first glance, the town of Skrunda-1 might look like one of the world's many of the abandoned villages. However, Skrunda-1 is the site of a secret Soviet settlement in Latvia, which housed two space radar installations and all associated staff and their families. Like other secret towns, Skrunda-1 is the village's secret code name. The village was deserted after Latvian independence in the 90s. When the Soviets left they destroyed the 'Dnepr' Radars that were in Skrunda-1. These radars were two of six that were built in the Soviet Union to detect missile attacks during the Cold War. The abandoned village sits within 100 acres and features traditional Soviet apartment blocks, theatres, hospitals, bunkers and factories.
2015-06-15
Laurens Corijn/REX/Shutterstock/EAST NEWS
Rex Features
Laurens Corijn/REX/Shutterstock
Rex_Secret_soviet_ghosttown_5586910G
4,61MB
42cm x 27cm by 300dpi
100, 2015, 90S, A, ABANDONED, ACRES, ADVERTISING, AFTER, ALL, AND, APARTMENT, ASSOCIATED, AT, ATTACKS, BLOCKS, BOOKS, BUILT, BUNKERS, BY, CODE, COLD, COPY, CORIJN, CREDIT, DESERTED, DESTROYED, DETECT, DISUSED, DNEPR, DURING, EDITORIAL, FACTORIES, FAMILIES, FEATURES, FIRST, FOR, FULL, GHOST, GHOST-TOWN, GLANCE, HOSPITALS, HOUSED, HOWEVER, HTTP, IN, INDEPENDENCE, INDUSTRIAL, INSTALLATIONS, IS, LATVIA, LATVIAN, LAURENS, LEFT, LIKE, LOOK, MANDATORY, MANY, MERCHANDISING, MIGHT, MISSILE, NAME, NANOLINK, NO, NOT-PERSONALITY, OF, ONE, ONLY, OR, OTHER, PART, PERMISSION, PHOTOGRAPHER, RADAR, RADARS, REX, REXFEATURES, RYPK, SECRET, SETTLEMENT, SHUTTERSTOCK, SITE, SITS, SIX, SKRUNDA-1, SOVIET, SOVIETS, SPACE, STAFF, STOCK, STORY, THAT, THE, THEATRES, THEIR, THESE, THEY, THIS, TO, TOWN, TOWNS, TRADITIONAL, TRUCK, TWO, UNION, USE, VILLAGE, VILLAGES, WAR, WAS, WERE, WHEN, WHICH, WITHIN, WITHOUT, WORKSHOPS, WORLD, WWW,