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Ghost towns in Russia

Russia has 16 ghost towns on Detourmap — ghost towns, abandoned settlements and industry left to rot. The best known is Mologa. All of them are below.

Ghost towns
16
Of archaeological
16 of 219
Little known
11 of 16
Oldest
Ilimsk 1630

Questions about this page

How many ghost towns are there in Russia?

16 on this map, out of 219 archaeological & historic sites in Russia. That is what Wikidata records with coordinates, a photograph and a Wikipedia article, so it is a floor rather than a census.

What is the best known ghost town in Russia?

Mologa. Former town in Russia.

Which ghost towns in Russia are the least visited?

11 of the 16 rank as little known — a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages. They sit at the bottom of the ranked list below.

Where does this information come from?

Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.

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