Russian Oil Cities

[Treffie]

Inspired by this thread (http://www.theapricity.com/forum/showthread.php?p=506224#post506224).

Khanty-Mansiysk

http://chessfish.com/pics/2007/World-Chess-Cup/Khanty-Mansiysk01.jpg

http://www.admhmao.ru/capital/Fotoalb/Foto/doma.jpg

http://englishrussia.com/images/new_images//khanty-mansiysk-city-9.jpg

http://media.englishrussia.com/new_images//khanty-mansiysk-city-16.jpg

http://www.ajedrez.com.ar/khanti059.jpg

http://www.admhm.ru/upload/photoalbumeng/161_bigimage663.jpg

Nizhnevartovsk

http://www2.admhmao.ru/common/cnizne/Foto/6.jpg

http://www.eduhmao.ru/var/db/html/36416.nizhnevartovsk.jpg

http://www.clovergroup.ru/upload/iblock/dc0/dc0ef5de5803c1e617bb45b2db2bbda2.jpg

Surgut


http://www.surguthotel.com/photos/surgut/night.jpg

http://www.gazprom.com/f/posts/07/284457/img34558.jpg

http://media.travelpost.com/prod.aws/AS/Russia/Khanty-Mansi/Surgut/Surgut_1078278064_1_02272008_0002244807_500.jpg

http://www.e-architect.co.uk/images/jpgs/russia/vershina_centre_surgut_e071210_1.jpg

http://cdn.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1292009915-db1017-ea165-n250-maxjpg-528x353.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/4555206158_8db8c96f8d.jpg

[Lisa]

This is the city of petroleum eningeers. They have privatized under Yeltsin all property of the people, and today certainly very rich :mad:

[Treffie]

Not a part of Russia, but a remnant of the Soviet machine. Neft Daşları in Azerbaijan - an oil platform that became a city of 5,000 people, 100kms away from the mainland.

http://www.travel-images.com/az-rocks.jpg

http://www.tezadlar.az/image.php?img=13287

http://s44.radikal.ru/i104/1101/bf/df590266a374.jpg

[Matuo]

Surgut is one of ugliest towns ever.

[Aces High]

Ugly oil towns.....Aberdeen.....:eek::eek::eek:

[Lisa]

http://i057.radikal.ru/1108/90/150da5acfd2e.jpg (http://www.radikal.ru)
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