# Colleagues

We are not alone in our somewhat strange hobby. Here are collected links to some websites about exploring the underground and other interesting places. This collection does not tend to be comprehensive, here presented only those links which we visit sometimes ourselves.

By default (if nothing is explicitly noticed) the contents of the websites is in Russian. All we could do — translate their brief description into English. In Russian urban exploration community there is its own slang, so I need to explain some terms, since they do not have strait counterparts in English. Usually those explorers who are interested in the artificial underground objects like subway, subterranean rivers, sewers and shelters called "diggers". But sometimes people visiting abandoned coal and stone pit mines, underground monasteries and other old places located mostly in the country are called "spelestologists" (speleology + aesthetic, that is created by men, artificial). And those who visit abandoned buildings, plants, military objects — everything located above the ground level are called "stalkers".

Time passed, and not only the objects are decaying, but some websites too. So we implemented a kind of the time-machine. The picture of a back-spinning decatron opens the web archive for the corresponding link.

If you like us to place link to your website, just place a link to our site at yours with some of the pictures below (it is better to copy the picture to your site since the hot link may not work) and mail us.

Russia

Ex USSR

Other countries

Blogs at LJ

Other stuff

### St. Petersburg, Novgorod, Pskov

Svartheim — the underground of Petersburg |
The website of the explorer RummaGE and his friends, the best one about the underground of Saint-Petersburg. Must-read for newbies! Alas, the last updates are from 2006...
SeeN and HearD |
The very active team of explorers from Petersburg (wherein the one of the oldest), now they are exploring mostly the subway. The site contains much of the useful information.
DarkZone — yet another team from Petersburg |
Before they were called "Rambling in the darkness".
saintdiver.narod.ru |
Saint Diver Team Diggers — the website of Jabber & fiends |
The very funny website. Jabber has a great sense of humor and can create a funny story even from a visit to a dull place.
hiddenside.ru |
Hidden side — website of Div |
The website of one of the tireless explorers from Petersburg — Div; it has a strict design but a plenty of materials.
Diggspb — website of Megavolt |
Shelters. Utilidors of heating mains. Subterranean rivers. Mines. Sewages. Subway.
Urban Exploration Club |
The website of an active explorers' team from Saint-Petersburg. By the way, this team is a contemporary of Plutonia.
Diggers (underground explorers) of Petersburg |
The website of underground explorers' team from Petersburg.
Leningrad Spelestological Party |
The website of spelestologists (explorers of artificial underground caves) and regional study man from Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region.
Step Aside |
Steps to the Darkness |
Alas, the dead website (use the archive link), where many references about different places are collected, from the well-known ones to the fantastic assumptions.
XX Century fortification in Pskov region |
The website about WWI and WWII objects in Pskov and suburban as well as later shelters.
Abandoned Petersburg |
Many places, but it is not a reason for sadness.
Leonid's site |
The website of Leonid (also known as the Death of Rats), an explorer from Petersburg.
Abandoned World |
Dzatensa's site |
The website of one of the most prominent explorers from Petersburg, alas, died by stupidity at the roof of an electric train. The navigation there is partly broken, but using brain one can access many of the contents. Especially the photo album is recommended.
Underreality — virtual cave |
This is a website for those who is interested in not only this world, but also in that... Many things to read there: news, reports about voyages, comments to the pictures, different materials about Leningrad region, archive about the underground... The mission of the website is to show what happens under the ground and what we do there sometimes.
Galey's site |
The website of Petersburg Galey devoted mostly to stone-pit mines and caves of Leningrad region and Karelia.
Northern fortresses |
Descriptions of the outstanding fortresses of North-West Russia and neighboring countries with maps, plans and photos of places.
Artifical caves of Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region |
Project at the website of Russian Society of Artificial Cave Studies.
Anavigator |
The website of people who likes to visit the lost places of Leningrad region.
Space of Peresburg |
Lost places in Petersburg |
The website devoted to the inventory of the city environment objects. The category "Lost places" is what we need =)

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### Other Russia

GUGNO Diggers — Moscow team of underground explorers |
The good website about the Moscow underground; but no news since 2005...
Urban Exploration |
The very comprehensive, full of information and being updated regularly website about the underground and industrial lost places.
UNDERGROUND.SU |
The main website of the Nizhny Novgorod explorers.
oren2.ru/blog/digger |
Underground explorers from Orenburg |
The blog of underground explorers from Orenburg. Alas, no updates since 2009...
Website of Ural explorers and roofers |
The main community of the Ural underground explorers and roofers: reports, blogs.
Hidden world |
The website of the Moscow underground explorers. Many interesting pictures but almost no comments. Not updated since 2009.
urban64.3dn.ru |
Everything about Saratov unusual places |
The live and interesting website (blog-like) of the Saratov underground explorers.
Forum of Saratov explorers |
The main website of Saratov explorers of the underground and lost places.
Mysteries of the underground Moscow |
The world of the Russian capital, hidden from stranger eyes, the place where no strangers allowed!
Diggers (underground explorers) of Moscow. Enigmas of the city underground |
One more live website of the Moscow underground explorers.
Far East club of explorers |
This is an Internet resource aiming to unite the explorers of the underground and lost places and just people who are attracted by abandoned buildings, military bases, ghost towns, underground, shelters, artificial and natural caves at the Russian Far East.
The united network of Shmurzik |
The website devoted to the underground exploration, subway construction, abandoned military objects and expeditions to the far corners of Russia!
Incorrect World |
The website of the funs of the alternative regional studies: fortification, monasteries, villas,, places of battles and more.
The club of the deep grounding funs "Deepdig" |
Underground explorers and cavers of the lower Volga.
www.snowcave.ru |
Snow (Snezhnaya) Cave |
The website about the one of the deepest caves in the world.
Murmansk underground explorers |
The website of the underground explorers of Murmansk and suburban.
Koenigsberg Underground |
History of Koenigsberg and East Prussia |
It is a forum. Despite its name, there are no so much underground there, but the site is nevertheless interesting.
Radiation Hazard |
Explorers of the Caucasian mineral waters and Ulyanovsk region.
Labyrinth |
Interregional group for studying the mysteries and enigmas of the Earth and Space |
Labyrinth is a non-formal community of dynamic and curious enthusiasts, convinced that the Epoch of Great Discoveries at our planet has not been finished yet. They find fun in what they're calling "Trip for Mysteries", "Stalking", or stricter speaking, "Field quest and study of unknown, forgotten, not considered by science objects and phenomena".
Underground Rostov |
Underground Rostov |
One of the oldest websites about the exploration of underground Rostov.
The stalkers world |
Lost places of Novosibirsk, shelters, abandoned military bases.
Explorers (Digg and Stalk) Club "Fernir" |
This website is created for the underground and urban explorers as well as other funs of industrial tourism, caving, archeology and history of Khabarovsk and Russian Far East and not only.. Here you find a lot of various objects, interesting posts, blogs and photos.
Far East Destroy |
The website of underground urban explorers, cavers, explorers of artificial caves, and other funs of industrial tourism in Khabarovsk and Russian Far East.
9 and vodka |
The first website completely in English devoted to the underground exploration in Russia, mostly in Moscow.
Catacombs in Oryol |
Catacombes in Oryol — the underground town |
The discussion of the underground Oryol at the regional studies website.
Perm underground |
Perm underground |
The discussion of the underground objects at the Perm city forum.

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### Ex USSR

ACIS — website of Kiev underground explorers |
The main website of Kiev (and not only) underground explorers, also contains forum.
Kiev team of underground explorers "Triada" |
The nice, interesting, and what is the most important, live website.
antiCAVES.BY |
The forum of Belorussian urban, industrial and underground explorers, funs of history and fortification and other interested people.
Underground Sevastopol |
The club of the fortification funs "Fort" and travel agency "Comandor" present the website "Underground Sevastopol".
Traces of explorer |
The website about the Dniepropetrovsk lost places.
evillab.org |
Laboratory of evil genius |
The website of the Minsk explorers of the underground, industrial and military places.
www.zalaza.net |
No manhole |
Trips, underground explorations, urban studies of Minsk and Belarus.
Another Reality |
Another Reality |
The website of Alexander Zaitsev devoted to the lost places.
Abandoned Legacy |
The website about the lost places of Belarus. Live.
Tunnels under Dniepr |
Tales for the night — Tunnels under Dniepr |
Detailed and exciting history of the unfinished building of the tunnels under Dniepr at the middle of 30th, XX century.
Lost World |
The website of Odessa underground explorers.
Underground Donbass |
The forum of the Donetsk underground explorers.
Speleoclub "Aenigma" |
The Lithuanian caving club (in English).
Urban Exploration (Estonia) |
The website of Estonian funs of the lost places, devoted mostly to Tartu town. In Russian.
Spelesto-recoinassance team of Sevastopol |
Spelestology, caving and underground exploration in Sevastopol. Useful information, photos, news from the underground.
Tallinn shore batteries |
Tallinn shore batteries |
Estonian website (n Russian) about the historical military objects at the Baltic shore.
explorer.lviv.ua |
Lvov explorers |
The website and forum of the Lvov underground and urban explorers.
Back Side of Kazakhstan |
The forum of Kazakhstan explorers.

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### Other countries

The website of international group of subterranean explorers |
A website of the group of underground objects' explorers travelling worldwide (in English).
Urban Exploration Resource |
The website of Canadian (according to domain) subterranean explorers (in English).
Abandoned tube stations |
Abandoned stations of London subway (in English).
28 Days Later |
The forum of British explorers. Very wide range of objects is presented: subterranean, industrial, military (in English).
SUBTERRANEA BRITANNICA |
Yet another British site devoted to various underground objects (in English).
The Winchester |
The Winchester |
British site devoted to the lost places (in English).
desitka.cz |
DESITKA.CZ / Powercaching |
The website of geocashers from Prague. Many underground objects are presented there (in English).
Undercity |
Guerrilla History & Urban Exploration |
The site of American subterranean team, exploring both in USA and abroad (in English).
Earth Exploration Agency. |
The website of more-less legal Czech subterranean explorers. Many objects, descriptions in Czech. Enjoy! ;-)
Abandonedography |
Abandonedography |
The photo site of American explorers of lost places (in English).
The Vanishing Point |
Imaging and Imagining Water Underground. The Vanishing Point website is a resource that has emerged from a decade of underground research and photographic practice by Michael Cook. Related mostly to subterranean rivers and sewers in Canada (in English).
Minneapolis Urban Adventures |
American website about the underground and lost places. Not so fresh, alas!..
Abandoned buildings in Halle and Leipzig |
Historical abandoned buildings in Halle and Leipzig |
By the way this website is for looking for the appropriate building for the commercial use, but as a matter of fact it's a perfect list of lost places! (in German)
Abandoned East German Buildings |
Abandoned East German Buildings |
the good set of photos of East German objects.
The beauty of decay |
The very good website about the lost places in Halle and Leipzig (in German).
Historical ruins in words and pictures |
Yet another website about lost places in Halle and Leipzig (in German).
Website of Mattias Hellebrandt |
The website devoted to the East German lost places. Not updated since 2011 (in German).
Explorations of Beauty and Decay |
A photoblog of Dr. Alzheimer related to lost places in Germany and France (in German).
DDR Bunkerforum |
As it follows from its name, it's a forum for discussions of shelters and military bunkers of former DDR. German only, requires registration, but read-only access is possible without it.
Mines in Saxony-Anhalt |
The website about mining in Saxony-Anhalt (in German)
Irish Berliner |
The very good website (in English!) of an Irish guy living in Berlin who likes to explore lost places.
Digital Cosmonaut |
One more sit in English about the lost places in Berlin.
Abandoned Berlin |
Abandoned places of Berlin |
Yet another website about Berlin, not so smart, but stuffed with boring ads and whistles. But contains some materials about places which do not present anywhere else (in German).
Modern Ruins |
The perfect site (although in German) about lost places in Berlin and suburban.
The portal of industrial, religious and cultural heritage |
The website in French devoted among all to the lost places.
Belgian Underground |
Photos of Belgian underground |
The Belgian photosite. Mostly sewers and subterranean rivers are presented here.
Angels of the Underground |
Angels Of The Underground is nothing more then a group of daft lads who like to explore the bowels of the city, and to see a side of the metropolis in which we live in a new light (or lack there of) that many do not (in English).
Lost America |
Night Photography of the Abandoned West (in English).
Pictures and more |
The website with mostly artistic pictures from the German abandoned industrial objects (in German).
Underground and more |
German website about the abandoned WWII underground objects in Europe (in German).
Lost projects |
The site of a German guy who for more than 15 years have been exploring underground, industrial areas and other lost places (in German).
Bunkerfreunde |
Bunker Friends |
The website and the forum devoted to German bunkers and Belgian fortification (in German).
Toeppi's website |
The website of the Berliner fireman, whose hobby is exploring the subterranean places (in German).
GSFG Objects |
GSFG Objects |
Czech website about objects of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (in Czech).
Gallery of Motherland |
This website is devoted to the history of GSFG, German National Army and WWII. Here there are many descriptions of lost places.
Bunkers and more |
Bunkers and more... |
As it's clear from the website's name, it is devoted to various German lost places (in German).
Hidden places of Germany |
It is a most known German forum for discussing the lost places (in German).
Bunkers and military objects are documented |
One more German website about the abandoned military objects.
Industrial decay |
This website contains photos of industrial buildings and areas which have become abandoned and are slowly destroying.
Back to GSFG |
The forum of ex-GSFG warriors. It contains descriptions of numerous military objects, often even with coordinates (in Russian).

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### Blogs at LJ

Painted by light |
Paratozor's blog |
The blog of a Moscow digger, many nice pictures of subterranean rivers.
Photo-sketches of roofs' fan |
Yet another blog |
Here is the blog of a guy from Petersburg, who likes to visit roofs and lost places.
History of our lost places |
Alexander's blog |
Interesting sites of Voronezh region. The blog of an explorer Alexander.
Ru_Digger |
Ru_Digger |
Collecting place, where many Russian-speaking explorers of the underground (in Russian called"diggers") write.
Technolirik |
Technolirik's blog |
The blog of a guy living in Germany who likes to explore lost places.
Map of SPb |
Map of SPb |
One more common blog, devoted to the regional studies of Saint-Petersburg. Amongst all lost places occurred.
Airhead from the capital |
Moscowhite's blog |
The blog of a Moscow explorer of the underground. A bit specific, as follows from its name ;-)
Underground explorers of Saratov |
The blog about the underground, industrial and military objects of Saratov.
The hood watch |
The Hood Watch |
American blog about the urban exploration. Almost no text, just pictures.
Digger Alisa |
Look, the star, from the deep of earth! |
The blog of a yet another Moscow underground explorer (BTW, a guy).
Iigen |
IIgen's blog |
The blog of a former underground explorer from Petersburg, who has probably moved to Izhevsk. Here there are many interesting military objects.
tim_original |
Tim Original's blog |
The blog of an explorer from Petersburg, who visits mostly subway, sewers and subterranean rivers.
Мегавольт |
Megavolt's blog |
His website has not been updated for a long time, but Megavolt sometimes posts new materials in his blog.
Rave of a person with a flashlight |
Korbi's blog |
The blog of a girl from Moscow, who explores sewers and subterranean rivers.

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### Other stuff

caves.ru — Caves and more |
The biggest forum of Russian explorers of the underground and lost places, as well as cavers. Some parts are accessible only after the registration.
DiggFm — yet another forum |
It's like a clone of caves.ru, but even more closed.
Liberea — the underground library |
Some times ago here were collected numerous books about the underground. Now they are not available for the download; only names and covers are presented. But the site can be used as a list when looking for the appropriate book.
Urban Trip |
Rather young (found in 2008), but very popular website where the Russian-speaking explorers communicate with each other. The registration is required for most of the features.
d21.chat.ru/speleo.htm |
speleo |
The funny speleology web page.
MiningWiki — free mining encyclopedia |
MiningWiki — the encyclopedia about mines and miners, being created by joint efforts of the mining community.
Website of Steel Rat |
The unusual website of survivers. It is prominent by deep elaboration of the topic.
Tunnels |
Enigmas of underground tunnels |
Funny reading about the tunnels created by unknown civilizations. It's recommended for good mood ;-)
Z.E.F.I.R. |
Project Z.E.F.I.R. |
Yet another forum of the underground and urban explorers.
The website about loot (explorers' trophies) and inventories of civil defense |
The forum of urban explorers and funs of electronics (main topics are electronic devices, computer hardware, gas masks and toxic substances, radiometers, military equipment).
Club of Funs of Extreme |
Probably this link does not relate to the topics of our website, but who's said that the urban exploration is not extreme?
Surviving |
Habits of surviving in extremal conditions |
Attempt to develop habits and technologies, which will allow the groups of people, relying only upon their knowledges and means to survive.
www.urbantrip.org |
Abandoned and dark worlds |
Aesthetics of rust, stelas of factory chimneys, silence of machines stopped forever, dust under feet, decayed nameplates "No entrance" and "Warning, radioactivity" — industrial culture, abandoned buildings, plants and power stations, industrial areas...
20 years without USSR |
In one day, August 27, 2011, people from different parts of the former USSR — more than 3000 members of the club &mdash took the photo-cameras in their hands. 3000 amateur photographers wanted to make something like a single momentary picture of the USSR after the 20 years of its disappearance. They made shots of changes, loses and gains of the last years. More than 40000 pictures has been appeared as a result.
Moscow Diggers |
Diggers (underground explorers) from the Underground Planet |
Maybe funny, maybe serious web-page of Vadim Mikhailov (the famous Russian underground explorer).
Mirages above Zhiguli: mystery of the Volga underground |
Yet another website for good mood: tunnels under Volga built by aliens and so on and on the forth...
Lost places |
Lost places at the website iFun.ru.
Speleological and karst studies commission |
Speleological and karst studies commission of the Moscow center of the Russian Geographical Society.
speleo.ru |
Speleo/spelesto wiki |
Wikipedia-like website and forum devoted to the speleology and spelestology (studies of the artificial underground caves).
Underground.ru |
Underground creativity. Interesting website, but without updates for the long time.
Digger-rock |
Digger-rock |
The music of the rock-band about the underground.
About caves |
Some infos about the famous caves at the website "Relax!"
History of Sewers |
Tracking down the roots of our sanitary sewers |
The website in English about the history of sewers. Many historical drawings and descriptions.
Virtual Museum of Dead Places |
The buildings of the last 250 years which are no longer used which stand at the centre of the VIMUDEAP project. As a research project in the Communications Design course at the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) in Berlin, it was aimed at collating dead places globally, presenting them from different angles and to provide cause to reflect. It also demonstrated a method of depicting the reasons and grounds for their lack of use. Shortly speaking, the website provide a suitable navigation on the lost places mostly in West Europe (in English).

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