Murmansk: What’s Left After Soviet Union? | Poverty, Desolation and Breaking Down Houses

Once famous as a big northern port, today Murmansk is the embodiment of the depressing life in Russia. It neighbours Norway but looks the exact opposite. It has amazing historical heritage but nothing is being done to preserve it. What happened? And where does the money of the Russian citizens go? Will the resettlement scheme apply to those living in breaking down houses or are they forever-stuck in poverty? Join me to find out!

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Timestamps:
00:00 Welcome to Murmansk
01:13 First impressions: luxurious poverty
02:35 Northernmost trolleybus
03:14 Garbage mountains: responsibility of the authorities or your neighbours?
06:10 Northern San Francisco: surprise at every corner.
09:07 Where to hide? Local bomb shelters
10:09 Life after USSR: poverty, desolation, crisis
11:05 Where do our money go? A “comfortable” urban environment.
16:14 Fishing: to Russia or to Norway?
18:35 Resettlement: a change for the better?
21:56 Hard life in the wooden houses
27:10 Health and safety: an unknown concept in Russia
29:00 Then vs now
33:52 The price of the northern lights
38:19 Soviet Union’s first nuclear-powered icebreaker
40:21 Conclusions