All that remains of the "giant"...

in #travel8 years ago (edited)


Climb on the broken concrete stairs to the roof. It can best be seen what remains of the giant (no kidding) Soviet chemical industry, and now - ruined and abandoned chemical plants Shumerlya city, Chuvashia.

 Most likely you never heard about Chuvashia. Chuvashia is one of the Russian regions. Region 21. And we have our captain Chuvashia


We will return to our story. Dirt, dust, soot, obscene expressions on walls. 

But on a roof other look opens absolutely. This landscape can capture imagination of any stalker.

Historical information: construction of plant has begun in 1928. Conditions in which the plant was built, were almost unbearable. How it was heavy, and less than in two years the plant has begun to work. The plant of tannic extracts has been called "Bolshevik".

Main building of plant...  " Glory to the Soviet people"

The Chernobyl accident became the beginning of the end for plant. collapse of the Soviet Union has led to final closing of giant.

Nowadays

Today here the ruin reigns - the roof has failed down long ago, the local population sorts the remained walls on a brick. The complex is thrown so long ago that on roofs trees grow.

strange as trees could survive here

This place is popular among fans of the abandoned places. Here often the punks hang

" Glory to the Soviet people"

Has passed nearly 30 years as there are neither Soviet people, nor plant. It was the great country and it had a great past. But now before us the broken buildings which have grown with a tall weeds and a brick pipe which looks in the sky...