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Τετάρτη 5 Μαρτίου 2014

Το «νεκροταφείο» τεθωρακισμένων αρμάτων στην Ουκρανία...


Την ώρα που η Ουκρανία βρίσκεται στο χείλος του πολέμου, η βρετανική εφημερίδα «Daily Mail» θυμίζει το «νεκροταφείο» τεθωρακισμένων αρμάτων, που βρίσκονται σε μυστική τοποθεσία έξω από το Χάρκοβο.


Forgotten: Filled with rows upon rows of slowly rusting relics, the once deadly war machines now lie dormant in a secret depot in the town of Kharkiv in the Slobozhanshchyna region of eastern Ukraine - just 20 miles from the border with Russia
Forgotten: Filled with rows upon rows of slowly rusting relics, the once deadly war machines now lie dormant in a secret depot in the town of Kharkiv in the Slobozhanshchyna region of eastern Ukraine - just 20 miles from the border with Russia
After hearing about the strange Soviet-era tank cemetery from a friend, photographer Patvel Itkin, 18, spent months trying find its whereabouts
After hearing about the strange Soviet-era tank cemetery from a friend, photographer Patvel Itkin, 18, spent months trying find its whereabouts
Abandoned: Despite the disused area being monitored by guards, Mr Itkin managed to sneak in and take several photographs of the neglected storage centre. Here dozens of old tank engines and other bits of machinery sit rotting on the factory floor

Desolate: Once a thriving tank repair plant, the depot has since become redundant, meaning the once-deadly vehicles are now abandoned
Desolate: Once a thriving tank repair plant, the depot has since become redundant, meaning the once-deadly vehicles are now abandoned
Photographer Pavel Itkin said: 'It took me many months to track down this place, I had heard about it from a friend and decided it would be a great place to take pictures'
Photographer Pavel Itkin said: 'It took me many months to track down this place, I had heard about it from a friend and decided it would be a great place to take pictures'
A watch tower looking over the tank graveyard
A rusted tank in the tank graveyard

Forgotten guns: Pavel Itkin says once he got inside the plant he was able to walk around undisturbed for about two hours. He described the plant as 'stunning'

Forgotten guns: Pavel Itkin says once he got inside the plant he was able to walk around undisturbed for about two hours. He described the plant as 'stunning'
Pavel Itkin said: 'Just imagine over 400 tanks in one place, row after row of them.' The 18-year-old described him as 'amazed' by the scale of the depot
Pavel Itkin said: 'Just imagine over 400 tanks in one place, row after row of them.' The 18-year-old described him as 'amazed' by the scale of the depot
During its prime in the 1960s, the plant repaired more than 60 tanks and 55 engines per month, but work on the site ground to a halt after the fall of the Soviet Union
During its prime in the 1960s, the plant repaired more than 60 tanks and 55 engines per month, but work on the site ground to a halt after the fall of the Soviet Union

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2572149/Stunning-images-huge-abandoned-tank-graveyard-Ukraine-machines-come-retirement-tensions-Russia-continue-escalate.html

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