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Too wild to live, too rare to die

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Ghost of Baikonur. A savage journey to the heart of the Soviet dream 

It took us half an year to make this project real. For few months we were planning, preparing , collecting information about upcoming trip. We crossed desert in Kazakhstan with huge backpacks, just to see firsthand one of the most famous Ghost of USSR. And that we found there exceeded our expectations. We found child of Cold War abandoned in the huge hangar, unique masterpiece of space program ahead of their time, and we really proud of people who created it. Sadly, this project wasn’t fit neither for Russia, nor for someone else, and people just left it there and forgot about it existence.

Photos and video from project was published in major media like, National Geographic, The Guardian, Daily Mail, Metro etc...
Too wild to live, too rare to die
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Too wild to live, too rare to die

Photos of abandoned space shuttle of Soviet program Buran desolated in hangar in Russian space base Baikonur. We've been taking a risk to trespas Read More

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