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An aerial of abandoned residential area, where harsh arctic climate is gradually destroying buildings, in Zapolyarny village, founded in 1955 during the construction of the Zapolyarnaya coal mine, in Vorkuta, Russia on March 5, 2024. Even though the coal mine is still in operation, the city, hosting almost 400 people nowadays, left its peak years of Soviet era, when population reached almost 10 thousand people, behind. After the collapse of the USSR, most of the population left due to lack of work and abandoned their apartments. (Photo by Alexander Manzyuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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