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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › PyramidenPyramiden - Wikipedia

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   Island. Spitsbergen. Population. (2016) • Total. 6 (During summer) Pyramiden ( Norwegian: [pʏrɑˈmîːdn̩]; Russian: Пирами́да, romanized: Piramída, IPA: [pʲɪrɐˈmʲidə]; literally 'The Pyramid') is an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard which has become a tourist destination ...

2. www.populationpyramid.netPopulation Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100 ...

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   Urban population growth (annual %) Sources - What is a population pyramid? - Keywords: demography, population pyramid, age pyramid, aging, retirement, WORLD, 2023.

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4. www.bbc.com › travel › articleThe abandoned Soviet mining town in Norway's Arctic - BBC

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   Jun 20, 2022 · Hard as it is now to believe, Pyramiden in the 1950s had more people living here – 2,500 – than today live in Longyearbyen. It even outlasted the Soviet empire: its 60km of mining shafts were ...

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5. www.thearcticinstitute.org › changing-natureThe Changing Nature of Russia’s Arctic Presence: A Case Study ...

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   Dec 9, 2019 · Vladimir Ilych’s likeness overlooks the Nordenskiold glacier, the frigid Billefjord, and the empty Russian town of Pyramiden. The town, which was once the largest settlement on the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, was abruptly abandoned in 1998. Hein Bjerck, an archeology professor at the Norwegian University of Science and ...

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6. www.cambridge.org › core › journalsThe rise and fall of Pyramiden: The story of a town in a ...

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   On the contrary, it is necessary to keep in mind that Pyramiden was a modern settlement with a population reaching 1000 inhabitants and mining extraction techniques were far from the rather primitive mining techniques and equipment of the beginning of the 20th century.

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   Is Pyramiden still a ghost town?

   • Mining ceased on 31 March 1998 and the settlement closed that same year. The last permanent resident departed on 10 October, leaving Pyramiden as a ghost town. Until 2007, the former settlement remained uninhabited and largely untouched.

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   What is the physical development of the town of Pyramiden?

   • In this paper, we have described the physical development of the town of Pyramiden with its infrastructure, based on aerial images and field observations. The town experienced significant growth in its area during the 20th century accompanied by the development of housing, industrial facilities, and logistical infrastructure.

   The rise and fall of Pyramiden: The story of a town in a wider

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   Why is Pyramiden a good place to live?

   • Pyramiden might thus be viewed as an indicator of the overall economic fitness of the socialist bloc. The reason for the close relationship between the town’s development and socioeconomic status of the Soviet Union (providing the external support of the town) can be found in the isolation of the town.

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   Is Pyramiden a tourist destination?

   • Pyramiden is maintained as a tourist destination by Arctic Travel Company Grumant, a division of Arktikugol. Tours through many buildings are available upon request at the Pyramiden Hotel. The movie theatre has been restored to fully functioning, and movies may now be booked on request.

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8. floratheexplorer.com › pyramiden-svalbard-arcticPyramiden, Svalbard: Exploring the Arctic's Soviet Ghost Town

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   Jan 16, 2019 · Welcome to Pyramiden, Svalbard: population 7. High up in the north of Norway in the Svalbard archipelago is a town called Longyearbyen. It’s generally known as the northernmost town in the world: about a thousand people live and work here, despite its remote location above the Arctic Circle.

9. aeon.co › videos › pyramiden-population-6-the-sovietPyramiden: population 6. The Soviet ghost town frozen in time ...

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   May 9, 2016 · Once a thriving Soviet mining settlement, Pyramiden, located far above the Arctic Circle on Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, has been almost entirely abandoned since it was shut down in 1998. Now a tourist attraction, the sprawling ghost town is home to just six year-round residents. Pyramiden chronicles the quiet, largely solitary life of one ...