Eerie footage captures abandoned Russian village frozen in time

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A village in Russia that was encrusted with ice after it was completely abandoned was captured in extraordinary drone images.

The video by the journalist and photographer Maria Passer, who lives in Moscow, shows apartments that were empty when almost all residents moved away due to a lack of work.

All but a few apartments have now fallen into disrepair, and many of the buildings are covered in thick ice from burst pipes.

While visiting with friends in February and March, when temperatures dropped to -40 ° C, 26-year-old Maria captured the breathtaking footage of the frozen village of Severny just outside the city of Vortuka.

Maria said: “When I was exploring the area, I was saddened by this dying village and the few remaining people who live there because of the terrible conditions.

A drone photographer took incredible drone shots showing an eerie frozen village of Russia that is almost completely deserted.  See SWNS story SWOCfrozen;  Moscow-based journalist and photographer Maria Passer, 26, took breathtaking shots of the frozen village of Severny outside the city of Vortuka in northern Russia, which is almost completely deserted.  The drone footage shows the snow-covered village, where temperatures are dropping below -40 ° C, as well as a glimpse of abandoned apartments after the residents moved away due to a lack of work in the area.

A drone photographer captured incredible footage showing the village of Severny (Image: SWNS)

KOMI REPUBLIC, RUSSIA - MARCH 1: A view of snow and ice covered abandoned buildings in the Severny region, 17 kilometers from the coal mining town of Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 1, 2021. Extremely cold weather in Vorkuta, temperatures so as low as minus 50 degrees Celsius and unemployment increase migration.  The migration experienced each year in the region turned some settlements into ghost towns after 2013.  (Photo by Maria Passer / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Snow and ice covered abandoned buildings in Severny (Image: Getty Images)

KOMI REPUBLIC, RUSSIA - MARCH 1: An interior view of snow and ice covered abandoned building in the Severny region, 17 kilometers from the coal mining town of Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 1, 2021. Extremely cold weather in Vorkuta, temperatures so low than minus 50 degrees Celsius and unemployment increase migration.  The migration experienced in the region every year turned some settlements into ghost towns after 2013.  (Photo by Maria Passer / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Temperatures drop to -50 ° C (Image: Getty Images)

“One of the houses I visited had 100 apartments, but only one family lived in it – everyone else was gone.”

Maria, who started exploring abandoned places seven years ago, said she visited hundreds of empty places, including factories, schools and castles.

KOMI REPUBLIC, RUSSIA - MARCH 1: An interior view of snow and ice covered abandoned building in the Sementnozavodsky region, 19 kilometers from the coal mining town of Vorkuta, Komi Republic, Russia on March 1, 2021. Extremely cold weather in Vorkuta, temperatures so low than minus 50 degrees Celsius and unemployment increase migration.  The migration experienced in the region every year turned some settlements into ghost towns after 2013.  (Photo by Maria Passer / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

“One of the apartment buildings I visited had 100 apartments, but only one family lived in it” (Image: Getty)

A drone photographer took incredible drone shots showing an eerie frozen village of Russia that is almost completely deserted.  See SWNS story SWOCfrozen;  Moscow-based journalist and photographer Maria Passer, 26, took breathtaking shots of the frozen village of Severny outside the city of Vortuka in northern Russia, which is almost completely deserted.  The drone footage shows the snow-covered village, where temperatures are dropping below -40 ° C, as well as a glimpse of abandoned apartments after the residents moved away due to a lack of work in the area.

Almost all residents have moved away (Image: SWNS)

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