## Tragedy of SIAC

Reconaissance

It was a typical scenario in modern Russia. State Institute of Applied Chemistry (SIAC) occupied large area in the center of St.-Petersburg. The institute had been prospering in the Soviet era, but even in the XXI century it was still working. Very important topics were investigated and developed there: rocket fuel, explosives, radioactive materials. But because of the very high cost of the ground, the institute was to demolished to build apartment for rich on its place. So once we'd got to know about it, we hurried up to visit this place. Formerly well-guarded, the institute was easy-to-access, inside we saw a lot of chaos (pic 1–43). During our visit we saw a big fire and hurried up to leave the place (pic 44).

The night visit

At the second time we had visited the institute tonight. It was quiet and manless, so we had explored some laborarories. Our trip had ended with a great find — old plate camera, which were saved by us from breaking or throwing away (pic 45–59).

Epilogue

We were visiting SIAC almost until the very end of the story. The buildings were becoming more and more ruined, but one still could find some interesting things there (pic 60–67).

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