DEAD END

This settlement in the Tomsk region was disbanded in the late 90s. So, formally, it no longer exists. Wikipedia says: "Population: 0." And it's wrong. One person is registered there.

Between the Titanium Valley special economic zone and the closed military town of Svobodny stands a small house. A retired family lives there. It's all that remains of a village called Tupik.

The coast of the Gulf of Tatar was the first area to be actively settled during the development of Sakhalin. This development was relative, as before the Japanese and Russians, the indigenous peoples of Sakhalin—the Nivkh, Ainu, and Uilta—lived here. We…

There's not even a road sign at the entrance to this Dead End, located in the Vologda region near Toropovo. But the Dead End itself exists. And people live there. A dozen or so. Once upon a time…

Just 40 years ago, instead of roads, there were directions here, and there were many of them. But they all, one way or another, led to the railroad, which carried the main traffic. From…

How civilization arrived in the Samara village of Zakladbischensky, along with the tram and the Sixth Tupik, and what it all led to

The Khakassian village of Tupik is lucky—there's a paved road nearby. Five kilometers from Tupik, the road leads to the village of Tuim, where you can find work. Tuim used to mine non-ferrous metals, and there was a factory there…

We continue our story about Russia's dead ends. This idea now leads us to the Sasovo railway station in the Ryazan region. Nearby is the Republic of Mordovia, where the former railway workers' settlement "Dead End 9 km" is located. Now there...

Tver Oblast. A region in central Russia, directly bordering the Moscow Oblast. According to the latest 2020 census (Rosstat data), Tver Oblast has 2,798 uninhabited villages. That is…

The story of the Ryazan village of Tupik, which was considered prosperous, but is now almost entirely extinct.