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Once a mining village of the former Soviet pyramid located on the territory of Norway, on the island of Spitsbergen in the Arctic Ocean 1,300 kilometers from the North Pole. Pyramid was mothballed in 1998. Now in this village no one lives, and you can reach it only by boat or snowmobile.

In the 1970s and 1980s, the place is considered the Soviet paradise with a kindergarten, schools, sports halls, the house of culture and a warm swimming pool, built of Karelian birch. At that time, there lived more than a thousand people come here and considered a great success.

With a large land in the village of aircraft delivered everything you need, even resistant to cold grass that grows here today.

The last ton of coal was raised to the surface of March 31, 1998.

Now, due to the interest of tourists to this place some buildings have been restored. However, with the advent of the people in the village began to look and polar bears who are trying to find something edible in the garbage cans.