1500 PEOPLE ONCE LIVED HERE - TODAY DECENT: Relics of the Soviet Union ???? Lost Place Urbex
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We travel on to the Russian mining settlement of Barentsburg. The town was founded in 1920 by the Dutch, who named the settlement after one of their polar sea heroes, Willem Barentsz. Coal mining was not economically viable for them, however, so they sold their property to the Russian company Trust Arktikugol, which means nothing other than "Arctic coal" - it is still owned by the Russian state today. During the Second World War, Barentsburg was almost completely destroyed, and most of the current buildings date from the 1970s and 80s, when the Soviet Union was still a major power. The traces of this past can still be seen everywhere today! Even if some buildings look as if they have been polished to a high gloss and a lot of money has been invested in the development of the town, such as in the sports palace with the swimming pool or in our newly renovated hotel, there is no denying that Barentsburg is a dying settlement. In the 1990s, 1,500 people lived and worked here, today - as of September 2024 - there are only 340, and the trend continues to fall, also due to the Russian-Ukrainian war and the fact that coal production from the mine has actually no longer been profitable for a long time. We continue our journey to the Russian mining settlement of Barentsburg. The place was founded in 1920 - by the Dutch, who named the settlement after one of their polar sea heroes, Willem Barentsz. However, coal mining was not economically viable for them, which is why they sold their property to the Russian company Trust Arktikugol, which means nothing other than “Arctic coal” - which is still owned by the Russian state to this day. Barentsburg was almost completely destroyed during the Second World War, and most of the current buildings date from the 1970s and 80s, when the Soviet Union was still a major power. The traces of this past can still be seen everywhere today! Even though some of the buildings look like they have been polished to a high gloss and a lot of money has been put into the development of the place, such as the sports palace with the swimming pool or our newly renovated hotel, there is no denying that Barentsburg is a dying settlement. In the 1990s, 1,500 people lived and worked here, today - as of September 2024 - there are only 340, and the trend continues to fall, also due to the Russian-Ukrainian war and the fact that coal production from the mine has actually no longer been profitable for a long time. #urbex #lostplace #svalbard MUSIC: powered by Epidemic Sound FOLLOW ME: / lostplacetapes / lostplacetapes / lostplacetapes
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