This small town was abandoned in 1992 and was pretty well preserved considering its location which is very close to the Russian capital, Moscow. There is an electric station, two 5 floor buildings, many small administrative buildings and warehouses in the town. It was built for the workers and families of the C-25 military complex and for that reason is nowhere to be seen on the maps.

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Moscow’s metro system opened in 1935 and is the second most heavily used metro system in the world. It covers almost the entire area of Moscow with 292.2 kilometers of tunnels. It has 12 lines, 177 stations and carries about 7 million passengers a day.

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Odessa is a city on the Black Sea coast of Ukraine, the administrative center of the Odessa area and the historic center of New Russia. It also has the largest port in Ukraine and was awarded with the “Hero City” status during soviet union. There are about one million people living in the city according to a 2009 census.

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Here’s a monument which has been built on 11th of November this year in Moscow. Russia, as most of you may know has a serious drinking problem and a lot of people die in accidents every year due to drunk driving. This 12 meter monument if supposed to remind the drivers that drinking and driving can be fatal.

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During this period of the year a lot of shops start selling Christmas toys but most of them are mass produced in enormous factories and cannot be considered “real”. This article is about the real Christmas toys and where they are produced.

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A look inside one of Russia’s detention centers for young adults.

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Today we’ll go down to a depth of 70 meters below the surface, into one of Russia’s many coal mines and see how it all works. Plus, you’ll find out where the 120 meter semi-abandoned mast is located.

Coal mine “Moscow” located in the Tula region (9 km from the village Gritsovsky) is currently the only coal mine in the whole central region of Russia. This mine used to be very productive in the early 80′s but today, since people refuse to use coal as energy, the mine barely produces any coal at all. The decline began in the 90′s and at that time the Tula region alone employed more than 30 coal mines. There were also mines in Ryazan, Tver and Smolensk regions.

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This year’s autumn is supposed to be the warmest and the driest one in the past 10 years. Most of the pictures were taken between October 27th and the November 8th 2009 in Solomenski park, Kiev, Ukraine.

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Dating from the early 70s-80s this kind of art is common in public places such as the subway.

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Apparently this Russian toy factory in Chalabenski is so inappropriate that there is even a warning sign near the entrance saying “Beware Decorators”.

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