Hello again! At the beginning of the year, my friends and I visited several abandoned and semi-abandoned villages in the Moscow region. In this regard, I present a new photo report. Here we will talk about the most memorable moments, abandoned houses, curious finds, rural household items and other interesting things.
By the way, I don’t write from places like this very often. There was a similar blog (just part 1) last fall, you can see it. Before this, there were a couple more blogs in 2009 and 2010, but now I won’t bother searching, it’s better to move straight to the new part. So, today's report is dedicated to a couple of villages and country houses in the Moscow region. All of them are located at different distances from the capital, but they have one thing in common - either the village is being actively demolished for development, only a couple of living houses remain. Or in a working village there are remote abandoned houses that no one has visited for a hundred years, the windows are partially broken, and there is no fence. This is not the case everywhere, but since the capital is growing quickly, many villages, falling within the boundaries of Moscow, are gradually degrading. Villages near highways are also unlucky, as well as, on the contrary, villages very far from residential agglomerations. For the most part, these houses are empty, homeless residents often live, and there is nothing interesting to be found. But sometimes you come across some rather interesting locations. You’re even surprised how so many ancient and rather rare things, interior items, old dishes and much more have been preserved. So, I’m posting the photos mixed up to make it proportionately interesting, otherwise some places are quite empty, and some, on the contrary. Go.
1. A typical house built before the revolution. No one lives inside, the door is wide open, the windows are broken. We came here in the cold winter. Not the most interesting, but still.
2. We move several tens of kilometers. We get to a more interesting house. Shall we sit down and have some tea? In the corner we find an old chest, Viennese chairs near the table. We lift the seats and find a pre-revolutionary label, a small thing, but nice) There are many clocks scattered on the table. By the way, there will also be a lot of hours in the report.
3. Another house is next. On the terrace we find a portrait of the great poet, clearly caught under the scythe.
4. In one of the houses we find an antique piano. The same company, by the way, as the piano that some freaks threw out the window of an abandoned school (see blog at the end). This, thank God, is still alive, but the keys are already sticking. At the top of the piano we find a Soviet domino set.
5. Another stopped clock. Ordinary plastic ones, Soviet ones.
6. Sometimes you come across houses completely destroyed; for example, this one’s roof collapsed after a fire. The sofa looks a little crazy.
7. And this is a house with Pushkin on the terrace. The ceilings are rotten, the floor is collapsing. For example, here, the closet fell down.
8. An old birdhouse next to one of the abandoned vegetable gardens near the house.
9. You can often find various curious things in the attic. In this house, for example, these are ancient items of peasant life (spinning wheels, rakes, pitchforks, wooden shovels, sieve, etc.), notebooks from the 20s and 30s, textbooks of the same time, newspapers, Christmas tree decorations, porcelain dishes, etc. In this frame you can still see a radio in very poor condition from the 1940s.
10. Typical kitchen in such houses. An old stove, a water heater, a beautiful but dusty mirror and various junk.
11. Children's dolls always look especially creepy.
12. Another interesting room. Here we find a pre-revolutionary Singer sewing machine, or rather a table from it and itself. The condition is very poor. Time and dampness take their toll. There are a lot of old and half-rotten clothes in the closets.
13. I will show you the foundation of the camp. Rusty letters "ZINGER" on the back.
14. Every village house should have a red corner.
15. On the way past residential buildings, you often come across local residents)
16. Rusty bikes were found on the terrace.
17. But in the room there is a curious clock lying on the floor.
18. A house in a village a short distance from the rest. Strange, by the way. In one room the ceiling collapsed, in the second it was barely breathing, there was virtually no fence, the windows were broken, and the light in one of the rooms was still working! Traces of destruction are visible inside.
19. This piece of paper really intrigued me. Teaching writing in the 20s. “Arise, branded with a curse, the whole world of hungry and slaves!”
20. In the kitchen of an abandoned house. There are letters underfoot, and an old radio on the wall.
21. All clocks show different times.
22. Cute wooden bookcase.
23. Header photo. The rug looks especially sad. Rus'-troika, where are you going? And really, where...
24. Soviet pinball. Curious thing, never seen before. Although I’ve seen a lot of Chinese 90s. The condition is terrible.
25. One almost completely demolished hut.
26. In the house from frame 18. Buffet in the kitchen. Surprisingly perfect preservation! It’s as if no one has been living for two or three years, but no one has climbed or beaten. Although the dishes are late Soviet and not rare, so it’s not surprising.
27. Notebooks from the 20s, 30s, this time closer. Decorated with portraits of Lunacharsky, Lenin, faces of peasants and pioneers. And of course, “Workers of all countries, unite!”
28. In the house from the 1st photo, we find such a wonderful chest right on the threshold
29. A little bit of May nature from village plots =)
30. And again we find pinball. The condition is not much better.
31. One kitchen. It's strange that everything is just abandoned like that. Despite the apparent order, the dishes were covered in a layer of dust, and the ceiling behind had already collapsed.
32. Nice pre-revolutionary buffet in the room with a piano.
33. The quality of the shot is not very good, but I’ll post it anyway. Interesting content. Geometry notebook from 1929.
35. I want to finish today’s photo report with this shot.
Such abandoned houses make a very sad and painful impression. It feels like part of our culture is going away. The metropolitan way of life is changing the old established way of life. Is it good or bad? How much progress is needed, and what are we striving for? But these are rather philosophical questions, and everyone will have their own answer. That's enough reasoning for today. Until the next reports!
Come and live! This is exactly what city dwellers have been doing lately, faced with the search for an ordinary, seemingly country house for a holiday and having found themselves with exorbitantly inflated prices for this pleasure, but in the end choosing the usual rural abandoned place of distant semi-abandoned villages. A house with a huge plot for 50 thousand rubles is a reality! An amazing trend has arisen recently among city residents - to go to the countryside, away from the noisy, insidious city, into nature, into peace and quiet. But this is where many problems arise, primarily related to the cost of this campaign.
Abandoned sites with abandoned houses in half-dead villages in Russia are becoming more and more every year. And there are many reasons for this. Some villagers leave in search of work in the cities to earn money forever, some even die, leaving their homes and households. In every half-dead village you can find several abandoned houses with a decent plot of land and buildings. Purchasing such an abandoned property has become a new trend of late, and it is truly a profitable investment.
The investment for this abandoned land purchase project is minimal. The result is your own country house with a huge plot in a real Russian village. What could be better, more romantic and cheaper for a city dweller? The main cost of the issue, which is also a troublesome problem, is to find the documents for this house and land in the local Village Council, and re-register them. The owners of abandoned houses, as a rule, have died long ago and registration of this property will cost you mere pennies, if we are talking about endangered villages, of which there are a huge number in the far reaches of the country.
For example, in the distant villages of the Astrakhan region, in the most so-called “fishing regions” not far from the Volga River and Akhtuba, for just 50 thousand rubles you can find and register ownership of a huge plot of several hundred meters with an abandoned house, a bathhouse and outbuildings. The cost of such abandoned plots with houses varies from 10 to 200 thousand rubles, no more. The main thing is to find documents for this property in the local Village Council or in the district center.
I visited one such endangered village and see for yourself what abandoned, ownerless houses look like, which you can buy as your own and bring them into decent shape.
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Abandoned areas are immediately visible. A rickety fence, an ownerless house, an overgrown plot. Beauty! 
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Half-dead villages and villages in the vast expanses of Russia look the same 
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Abandoned houses are also easy to recognize - by their disconnected electricity and boarded up shutters. The further from the Moscow region into the interior of Russia, the more vibrant the houses are and the more realistic their restoration is. In the Moscow region, abandoned houses look much worse. 
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You can also find real old-school trash among the abandoned places. But nevertheless, the cost of such a plot with such a house is a pittance. Some manage to get such plots with houses for practically nothing, as long as someone lives in them. 
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The demand for such houses with plots has been terrible lately. This is understandable. Not everyone can afford to buy a new house with a plot for several million. And for 100 thousand - this is quite realistic. 
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There are also completely abandoned and already ruined areas. But nevertheless, this is also a profitable purchase. 
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You can find a more quaint abandoned place. Perhaps the owners died recently or left for the city forever, and their house turned out to be of no use to anyone. 
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Every old village has such abandoned houses. And their name is legion. 
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Such villages still have their own infrastructure, there are roads, shops and even the Internet. 
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Strangely enough, shops in such dead villages are still functioning. 
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Come and live for yourself. What is the problem? 
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This house is still in good condition, but also abandoned. There is even a garage. 
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House with plot. Restoring it will not be expensive, much cheaper than building a new house. If you have problems with finances, then this house is a very good option. 
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And each abandoned building has its own house number, cadastral document and all economic documentation. 
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I think such a house with a plot in the Astrakhan village will not cost more than 100 thousand. And by restoring it, you can get a unique architectural ensemble.
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Among the abandoned houses there are quite strong structures with strong frames to cope with a huge plot of ownerless land. 
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Abandoned areas are also very huge, such as this one with at least 30 acres. On such a site you can build an entire palace. 
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Such a decent abandoned house. For nothing. 
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Another house with carved windows. 
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Judging by the not quite peeling paint, this house was recently abandoned. A couple of years ago someone lived here. 
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And this little house was apparently abandoned a long time ago. 
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This area is huge, but nothing remains of the houses and land. 
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A decent abandoned house with a huge plot. I think if you bargain, you can buy it for 100 thousand and live. 
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Abandoned brick houses are being taken away by local residents. This is understandable. Brick is an expensive pleasure. It will be useful on the farm. 
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Abandoned house in the village 
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Neighbors live here all year round. But this house is empty. 
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Among the abandoned and abandoned houses, there are houses in very good condition that do not require capital investment. Buy - and live! 
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The abandoned area is adjacent to residential buildings. 
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Now people live here. 
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And here there is air conditioning and plastic windows in a wooden frame. 
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Abandoned houses require minimal investment. 
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Strengthen the foundation and roof a little, install plastic windows and raise the fence. 
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Brick abandoned houses are worth their weight in gold. For 200 thousand you can find a decent brick abandoned building and put it in order. 
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Before the house is taken away brick by brick, we need to take the house! 
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But a wooden house is warmer and better if you live in a village or come here for the summer. 
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The difference between a beginner and a successful search engine is that the latter can “read” the landscape.
There are several sure signs that there was once a small village on the site of the forest edge, which means the search will be successful. Let's share secrets.
2. All roads lead to housing. Abandoned roads, once trampled by thousands of feet, do not disappear as quickly as settlements. And if you follow one of these roads, it will almost certainly lead to a tract.
3. The first sign of a “gone” village is deciduous vegetation. It is known that first it grows on the tracts, and only then coniferous trees appear. True, if the forest is initially deciduous, the sign does not work.
4. Big old trees. Although they do not bring tangible benefits, trees are often planted in villages just to have them. And an old birch or poplar should immediately alert you. Travelers usually rested under such trees or sometimes planted a plant near the house. You need to check the entire space near the roots of such a tree with a small coil, and if many signals appear, then the place is correct.
5. Look at the tracks on the ground. Usually, for many years, in the place of the missing house, along the contour of the foundation, some depression remains - square, rectangular in shape. Stones, bricks or the remains of a furnace are often visible. The depressions in the snow are clearly visible, but searching through the snow is quite difficult. Also, the site of the village is indicated by the pits that were on the site of the cellars. Note that the relief is noticeable in early spring and late autumn, when grass does not interfere.
6. Wild cultivated plants. There will probably be fruit trees left - apple trees, cherry trees, maybe planting onions or flowers that are not so easily found in the wild. Pay attention to this.
7. If in doubt, dig the soil. Forest soil is empty and quite light, usually grayish in color. And the soil in the tracts is rich in coals, shards, metal debris like nails (and if the village was abandoned in the 70-80s, then also vodka stoppers, foil, and cans).
8. A sign of an abandoned village is nettles. She loves to grow on humus. So if you saw thickets of nettles in the forest, there was almost certainly a village there. But nettles most often grow on the site of a former landfill; and it is clear that if you search in the nettles, you will find a lot of metal trash and debris.
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Hi all. Recently I went on reconnaissance missions with a cop a couple of times. I marked the villages and headed there, taking a metal detector, hoping to find something.
The first object was a village, once large and rich, but recently extinct. There are still power poles and intact houses there. But I was interested in the stone skeletons. Since before people lived here, they were not poor and they had money that could easily have been lost.
The first ruins were in complete disarray. Large metal, rubber, plastic, rotten stuff. There was a lot of stuff lying around here. After taking a photo, I got out and got into the car.
The next house was interesting in that an entrance was made from the middle window on the facade. Surely there was something here, maybe even a store! Going inside, I immediately noticed a hole dug in the middle, as well as a small hole near the wall and in the corner of the house. Someone was here and was also looking for coins.
I tried to lay my own test pit and expand the existing ones. But I didn’t come across anything except a couple of corks and a piece of foil.
I thought of driving even further and looking at the second village street. There is also a stone house there. But also with a roof and floors. Even the windows have been preserved in some places. I went inside and a picture of complete devastation appeared to my eyes: there was not much of the ceiling left, there was a thick layer of backfill on the floor with garbage sticking out of it. The thought crossed my mind to crawl into the underground. But common sense took over: after all, if it all collapses on me, then no one will find me here.
Another day I visited a completely different village in a completely different direction. I was attracted to it because it was overgrown with forest. This means that there should be no grass there and you can easily pass through the metal detector coil.
When I arrived, I was disappointed. Firstly, this place turned out to be very littered, and also, it was also dug out. At the same time, I wanted to explore house pits here for a pit, but they seemed to have been moved by a tractor, since I didn’t find a single clear house pit, except for the stone remains of a house and two brick boxes of houses.
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I looked into the first house. There was a lot of garbage in it. Especially near the stove. Bricks, pieces of hoses, remains of floor joists and boards, shoes. But the most interesting thing is the tree that grew near the entrance to the house and forked.
The first trunk grew outside the house, and the second climbed inside. And the roots of the tree penetrated the masonry and severely damaged it.
The second house also turned out to be interesting, but, unfortunately, you can’t get into it. The ceiling and floor collapsed, burying everything that was in the rooms, attic and underground. Sid will be able to come in only when all this has completely decayed.
Opposite the houses I discovered the remains of wooden log cellars. There was also a lot of garbage scattered around them and the ground simply rang through and through with traffic signals.
Near this village there was another one, where vegetable gardens were plowed. The field turned out to be disced and I managed to make several finds. Including the money of 1740. And I haven’t dug them for a long time!
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Hello again, dear readers. Firstly, I want to inform you that I have returned from vacation, which means there will be new reports soon. By the way, I went to Lviv, so there will be many interesting perspectives of the city. Secondly, yesterday we had a wonderful trip to the abandoned pioneer camps, which means there will be photos later too. But this is all in the future, but for now I suggest going back to the beginning of the year. Then my company and I visited several abandoned and semi-abandoned villages. In this regard, I present a new photo report. Here we will talk about the most memorable moments, abandoned houses, curious finds, rural household items and other interesting things.
By the way, I don’t write from places like this very often. There was a similar blog (just part 1) last fall, you can see it. Before this, there were a couple more blogs in 2009 and 2010, but now I won’t bother searching, it’s better to move straight to the new part. So, today’s report is dedicated to a couple of villages and country houses in the Moscow region. All of them are located at different distances from the capital, but they have one thing in common - either the village is being actively demolished for development, only a couple of living houses remain. Or in a working village there are remote abandoned houses that no one has visited for a hundred years, the windows are partially broken, and there is no fence. This is not the case everywhere, but since the capital is growing quickly, many villages, falling within the boundaries of Moscow, are gradually degrading. Villages near highways are also unlucky, as well as, on the contrary, villages very far from residential agglomerations. For the most part, these houses are empty, homeless residents often live, and there is nothing interesting to be found. But sometimes you come across some rather interesting locations. You’re even surprised how so many ancient and rather rare things, interior items, old dishes and much more have been preserved. So, I’m posting the photos mixed up to make it proportionately interesting, otherwise some places are quite empty, and some, on the contrary. Go.
1. A typical house built before the revolution. No one lives inside, the door is wide open, the windows are broken. We came here in the cold winter. Not the most interesting, but still.
2. We move several tens of kilometers. We get to a more interesting house. Shall we sit down and have some tea? In the corner we find an old chest, Viennese chairs near the table. We lift the seats and find a pre-revolutionary label, a small thing, but nice) There are many clocks scattered on the table. By the way, there will also be a lot of hours in the report.
3. Another house is next. On the terrace we find a portrait of the great poet, clearly caught under the scythe.
4. In one of the houses we find an antique piano. The same company, by the way, as the piano that some freaks threw out the window of an abandoned school (see at the end). This, thank God, is still alive, but the keys are already sticking. At the top of the piano we find a Soviet domino set.
5. Another stopped clock. Ordinary plastic ones, Soviet ones.
6. Sometimes you come across houses completely destroyed; for example, this one’s roof collapsed after a fire. The sofa looks a little crazy.
7. And this is a house with Pushkin on the terrace. The ceilings are rotten, the floor is collapsing. For example, here, the closet fell down.
8. An old birdhouse next to one of the abandoned vegetable gardens near the house.
9. You can often find various curious things in the attic. In this house, for example, these are ancient items of peasant life (spinning wheels, rakes, pitchforks, wooden shovels, sieve, etc.), notebooks from the 20s and 30s, textbooks of the same time, newspapers, Christmas tree decorations, porcelain dishes, etc. In this frame you can still see a radio in very poor condition from the 1940s.
10. Typical kitchen in such houses. An old stove, a water heater, a beautiful but dusty mirror and various junk.
11. Children's dolls always look especially creepy.
12. Another interesting room. Here we find a pre-revolutionary Singer sewing machine, or rather a table from it and itself. The condition is very poor. Time and dampness take their toll. There are a lot of old and half-rotten clothes in the closets.
13. I will show you the foundation of the camp. Rusty letters "ZINGER" on the back.
14. Every village house should have a red corner.
15. On the way past residential buildings, you often come across local residents)
16. Rusty bikes were found on the terrace.
17. But in the room there is a curious clock lying on the floor.
18. A house in a village a short distance from the rest. Strange, by the way. In one room the ceiling collapsed, in the second it was barely breathing, there was virtually no fence, the windows were broken, and the light in one of the rooms was still working! Traces of destruction are visible inside.
19. This piece of paper really intrigued me. Teaching writing in the 20s. “Arise, branded with a curse, the whole world of hungry and slaves!”
20. In the kitchen of an abandoned house. There are letters underfoot, and an old radio on the wall.
21. All clocks show different times.
22. Cute wooden bookcase.
23. Header photo. The rug looks especially sad. Rus'-troika, where are you going? And really, where...
24. Soviet pinball. Curious thing, never seen before. Although I’ve seen a lot of Chinese 90s. The condition is terrible.
25. One almost completely demolished hut.
26. In the house from frame 18. Buffet in the kitchen. Surprisingly perfect preservation! It’s as if no one has been living for two or three years, but no one has climbed or beaten. Although the dishes are late Soviet and not rare, so it’s not surprising.
27. Notebooks from the 20s, 30s, this time closer. Decorated with portraits of Lunacharsky, Lenin, faces of peasants and pioneers. And of course, “Workers of all countries, unite!”
28. In the house from the 1st photo, we find such a wonderful chest right on the threshold
29. A little bit of May nature from village plots =)
30. And again we find pinball. The condition is not much better.
31. One kitchen. It's strange that everything is just abandoned like that. Despite the apparent order, the dishes were covered in a layer of dust, and the ceiling behind had already collapsed.
32. Nice pre-revolutionary buffet in the room with a piano.
33. The quality of the shot is not very good, but I’ll post it anyway. Interesting content. Geometry notebook from 1929.
35. I want to finish today’s photo report with this shot.
Such abandoned houses make a very sad and painful impression. It feels like part of our culture is going away. The metropolitan way of life is changing the old established way of life. Is it good or bad? How much progress is needed, and what are we striving for? But these are rather philosophical questions, and everyone will have their own answer. That's enough reasoning for today. Until the next reports!
