Vorkuta'nın donmuş kalıntıları. Bölüm 3.

Vorkuta is a coal‑mining town in the northeast of European Russia, just north of the Arctic Circle. It is surrounded by satellite towns that together form the Vorkuta Ring, including Severny, Tsementnozavodsky, Yur‑Shor, Promyshlenny, Vorgashor, Komsomolsky, Mulda, Zapolyarny, Oktyabrsky, Sovetsky and others. After the collapse of the Soviet Union many mines were closed because of accidents and high operating costs, and the population moved away, leaving the ring towns partially or completely abandoned. The Severnaya (Northern) Mine was abandoned following a disaster in February 2016: a series of methane explosions at a depth of about 780 metres (2,560 ft) killed 36 miners and rescuers. An underground fire was extinguished over 65 days by pumping water into the workings, and the above‑ground part of the mine was subsequently dismantled.