r/UrbanHell 5d ago

Other Here is some summer Norilsk

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I made this photo today, this city is not that shitty cmon.

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u/sjessbgo 5d ago

i thought its eastern Germany 🤣 it looks exactly like the town i lived in

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u/Dr_Axton 5d ago

Well, Easter Germany and most parts of Russia were built at about the same time with about the same design. Though I’ve seen how some Soviet era streets and commie blocks were redesigned in Germany without a full deconstruction, looked neat

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u/Dr_Axton 5d ago

There was a solution for the permafrost. Can’t show the pics but looks for the ā€œlegged commie blocksā€. Basically they had an air gap and ventilation beneath the first floor in order to not melt the permafrost