Sadly, it's unlikely any of the past denizens are among them. According to Romanovsky, when two of the town's ex-residents returned for a visit – on separate occasions we might add – they were so distressed at what it had become, both suffered heart attacks. Once a lively place full of joy and laughter, the frozen town at the top of the world is now a grim shadow of its former self.

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Discover the Fate of This Soviet Ghost Town