Gallery: Inside the Post-Soviet Towns Built Around a 40,000-Foot Hole
Sergey Novikov0112.jpg
Vitaly Kuznetsov is an information security specialist in Nikel, Russia. He plans to start a lasertag club.
Sergey Novikov0201.jpg
Nikel is situated in Murmansk Oblast in the Kola Peninsula of Russia. It has a population of roughly 12,000 people.
Sergey Novikov0305.jpg
A discarded hard hat near the Kola Superdeep Borehole.
Sergey Novikov0414.jpg
A empty quarry near Nikel, Russia.
Sergey Novikov0513.jpg
SOLIDSMOOTH, a dubstep dance duo in Nikel, Russia.
Sergey Novikov0611-2.jpg
The train station in Zapolyarny, Russia.
Sergey Novikov0710.jpg
A street scene in Zapolyarny, Russia.
Sergey Novikov0808.jpg
A drill sample from the borehole that belongs to the local history museum in Nikel, Russia.
Sergey Novikov0907.jpg
A empty quarry near Nikel, Russia.
Sergey Novikov1003.jpg
Mikhail Borisenko as a staff photographer at the nickel factory in Zapolyarny during the Soviet Era.
Sergey Novikov1106.jpg
A wedding venue in Nikel, Russia.
Sergey Novikov1209.jpg
A grave monument in Zapolyarny, Russia.
Sergey Novikov13041.jpg
Wooden building constructed by a Canadian company in the 1920s in Nikel, Russia.
