Harbey settlement are allocated on the north of Russia over that west part of Yamalo-Nenecki district, over that polar circle.
Settlement was arise around of Stalin concentration camp in 1940-1950 year. The Prisoners of Harbey-camp was mining a molybdenum and uranium. Under the armed escort, prisoners transporting mined ore on the wheelbarrow to the Vorkuta (150km).
Because, this camp was considered as most terrible, forwarded here prisoners was sentenced to be shot.
The graveyard in settlement was absented. The died prisoners was dumped to the wasted fangs.
In “light” years the population of settlement did not exceed the 2000 inhabitants. Desolation has begun at 1950-1960 years, when camp was closed. Two years ago, slided down avalanche, was destroy settlement Harbey.
Ruins of a camp barrack
Administrative camp building
The rests of a protection, in the past stretched on hundreds meters
Stream “Мolybdenovy”
ruins
Now settlement densely overgrown kiprey, in the north it name ” a grass of oblivion ”
The molybdeinum mine
Bags with samples the rock which have been hanged out in one of dilapidated building by geologists.
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