Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

Extremely cold weather, temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius, and unemployment increase migration in Vorkuta. Migration experienced every year in the region turned some settlements into ghost cities after 2013.

Maria Passer • 01 March 2021 • update: 01 March 2021

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021. Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in the Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in the Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in the Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in the Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021. Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

Maria Passer • 01 March 2021 • update: 01 March 2021

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Severny region, 17 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021. Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in the Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in the Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in the Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

A view of snow and ice-covered abandoned buildings in the Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021.Maria Passer

Russia's Vorkuta covered with ice and snow

An inside view from snow and ice-covered abandoned building in Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from coal-mining town Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 01, 2021. Maria Passer