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Russia's Ghost Towns

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: on BBC News

Hundreds of industrial towns across Russia face extinction. Once the pride of the Soviet Union, many have now been abandoned and millions have lost jobs and homes after the collapse of their local industry. The government now has a plan to save at least some of Russia's dying towns. Show less

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Jenny Norton

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