During the Cold War, the Soviet Union produced a huge amount of various military equipment. The country was preparing for the Third World War, but it did not happen. With each passing year more and more of the machinery and equipment became obsolete.

A lot of the machines were dismantled or conserved at special bases. Sometimes, for unknown reasons, large bases full of military equipment simply stopped functioning. The following photos were taken on one of these abandoned bases by saoirse-2010.

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Today while Russia and USA are working on new treaty about reduction of strategic offensive systems we can offer you the sceneries of one of the Russian rocket forces base already abandoned during the previous years. The remains of the base located on the territory of Kaluga oblast were captured by Denis Frantsouzov.

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The following Russian naval base was built during the Soviet times somewhere in Primorye krai (region) on the Russian Far East. After the collapse of Soviet Union the base was abandoned.

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