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Old 20 February 2010, 12:15 AM
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Default "Oil Rocks" - Soviet city at sea
Facinating place, shame its now in such poor condition!

45 km offshore on the Caspain Sea, Oil Rocks is unique in the world, a pearl of Soviet ambition built in several phases after 1947.

Oil Rocks is a full town on the sea: it has 200 km of streets built on piles and landfill. There are tall blocks of flats, a bakery, a cinema, a garden, and a school.







Oil Rocks (Neft Dashlari, Neftyanyye Kamni), oil city in the Caspian sea, Baku, Azerbaijan

English Russia Oil Stones: A Soviet City in the Middle of the Sea

Neft Dashlari - Wikipedia

SOCAR Section: Oily Rocks: Legend and Reality*Seyyad Ibrahimov

I'd love to have a visit there!
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