The extinction of the village is one of the most acute socio-economic problems in modern Russia. According to the latest census, in the Russian Federation there are 17 thousand villages that do not have a permanent population. In this article we will try to list the abandoned villages of the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Briefly tell about the most interesting of them.
Abandoned villages of the Krasnoyarsk Territory: photos and list
The statistics of recent decades, alas, are disappointing. So, if in 2002 the number of abandoned or disappeared settlements in the region was 31, then in 2010 this figure increased to 89. Over the past eight years, the regional administration “abolished” 12 more territorial units.
In the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the following trend is observed: the north of Krasnoyarsk, the more abandoned villages are on the map. So, the leaders in the total number of villages and towns without a single resident are the North Yenisei, Turukhansky and Kezhemsky districts.
Thus, the total number of depopulated settlements in the region already exceeds one hundred. Here is a far from complete list of abandoned villages in the Krasnoyarsk Territory:
- Umbage (Partisan district).
- Ust-Kova (Kezhemsky district).
- Lobachevka (Ilan district).
- Miroslavka (Tyukhtet district).
- Mikhailovka (Emelyanovsk district).
- Markelova (Abansky district).
- Kezhma (Kezhemsky district).
- Ust-Syda (Krasnoturansky district).
- Big Tes (Novoselovsky district).
- Knyazevka (Sukhobuzim district).
Next, we will briefly tell you about some of these villages.
Kezhma
Kezhma - a former village on the banks of the Angara, founded back in the late XVII century. By the end of the 70s, it was a large settlement, in which a number of enterprises, a tractor station and even an airport worked. Kezhma disappeared in 2012 as a result of filling the bed of the Boguchanskaya hydroelectric station with water. All villagers were resettled. This is what this place looks like on a satellite map (before and after flooding):
Mikhaylovka
The village of Mikhailovka in the Emelyanovsk district was formed at the beginning of the last century, and was empty in 2017. For a long time, only one person lived in it - pensioner Mikhail Baburin. He moved here from Krasnoyarsk after a divorce from his wife, started a considerable economy - goats, sheep and chickens. In January 2017, the Siberian Robinson passed away and the village officially became deserted.
