The oblast regions of Vorkuta, which was one of the important mining cities of the Komi Republic of the Russian Federation during the USSR period, began to experience difficult times in the field of mining after the collapse of the USSR.
VORKUTA, CAPTURED IN SILENCE UNDER THE SNOW
Extreme cold weather in the region
Air temperature dropping to minus 50 degrees
and unemployment triggered migration.
5 kilometers away from Vorkuta, there were works on the construction of the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta gas pipeline.
After the completion of the construction work, the construction equipment and trucks used in the region have been abandoned to their fate due to the lack of roads and routes required for return.