Northern Corrosion Test Station (Abandoned)

Russia / Murmansk / Tumannyy /
 arctic, scientific research institute / centre

Belonging the Moscow Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, in the Soviet years it accepted hundreds orders from the defensive and civil enterprises to test surface coatings for corrosion and extreme weather resistance.

Since closure of the Murmansk sea biological institute in the mid- 1990's, inhabitants of the settlement have been leaving. Now the station is watched only by one person.

Original Russian text: Berezina.
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Coordinates:   69°7'22"N   36°3'57"E
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