One of our readers has travelled around the ex-Soviet places to visit abandoned buildings, sites, etc. Here what he has to show and tell us:

Traveling through the east, you often come across structures which stand as eerie monuments to past times and relics from the cold war. Here is a selection of pictures I have taken on my travels throughout the east during the last few years. See inside for more.

Military Airfield. Krim, Ukraine

Submarine base at Balaklava, Krim, Ukraine

Nuclear Storage, Krim, Ukraine

Missile base. Ukraine

Weapons storage. Former GDR.

Command bunker. Former GDR.

Missile bases. Latvia.

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