If you look closely at the map, you can see a lot of abolished villages and cities. Why now no one inhabits them? There are a number of reasons for this. Among them - the horrors of the revolution, civil war and the ensuing red terror, which Took many millions of lives, and, in particular, led to a sharp reduction in the number of men. As a result, surviving residents left their deserted villages. Some of the settlements in the Civil War were simply burned. In addition, during the famine of the 1930s, which affected some regions of Russia, some villages became extinct. Part of the settlements was destroyed during the Great Patriotic War. In the 1960s and 1970s, the process of enlargement of settlements began. Residents moved to more villages. Nowadays, the villages continue to disappear. Their inhabitants are gradually moving to the city, especially the youth.
Abandoned villages are wonderful places for those who would like to rest alone, in the bosom of nature and away from a bored civilization. The history of some of them is centuries old. View of old cottages, chapels and long-untreated Fields gives an idea of how our ancestors lived. In such places you can not just stay in the bosom of nature and relax from the bored city routine, but also find something interesting. For example, old coins. However, if you are an avid collector and decided to visit the abandoned villages in order to find new material for your collection, the metal detector will not be superfluous. If you are lucky, you will return with a good "catch". And to this day some lucky people manage to find ancient treasures. Old abandoned villages with stone houses are places where rich people used to live. Before the revolution, they could be inhabited by merchants or well-to-do peasants. Simple people could not afford such dwellings. In such places, the chance of a numismatist to replenish his collection is growing. Of course, only in the event that before this settlement was not thoroughly investigated, which in our time is unlikely. In the vicinity of large cities, many abandoned villages, if not all, have long been looted. For example, the abandoned villages of the Moscow region have been unequivocally investigated. If you want to find some valuable antique artifacts, be prepared for the fact that searching in such places can take a lot of time, but you can not lead to anything.
But if you are an amateur archeologist or numismatist, you would still like to try your luck, where do you start? First, most often in Russia they hid money in wells and Subfields. In these places, and found most of the treasures. We must immediately say that for two reasons nothing to look for in old graves is not worth it. Our Orthodox ancestors did not put any valuables in the coffins with the deceased. Secondly, the desecration of graves has often turned into a big trouble for the scammers themselves, and this is not an empty superstition. If you decide to visit an amateur archaeologist for a while, then you should know that in those places where military operations took place in the Great Patriotic War, it is not difficult to run into a mine or a bomb to this day, especially if the sapper's foot has not stepped there.
The oldest abandoned villages are interesting in that they give an idea of pre-revolutionary life. Until now, you can see there curious monuments of architecture of those ancient times: windmills, terema, manors. Unfortunately, many of them have not survived. It is possible to say with certainty that most of the ancient terems are now ruins. As such objects are of interest to tourists, some of them are being restored.
The map of abandoned villages can be useful as archaeologists-lovers, and wishing to relax away from their city.