Alykel ghost town

Alykel - a former military town near Norilsk, where was based the Air Force transport squadron. The task of the squadron was freight and passenger transportation for the needs of the military units of Taimyr and the entire north of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, up to the islands of the Arctic Ocean. This squadron was stationed at Alykel Airport (Norilsk). In the town there were barracks for personnel, a club, a canteen, a bathhouse, a boiler room and other buildings. Later, the construction of high-rise buildings for pilot families began, but was never completed. . After the withdrawal of the squadron, the town became completely abandoned. Алыкель — бывший посёлок военных лётчиков около Норильска. Посёлок был базой 50-ой отдельной транспортной авиаэскадрильи ВВС. Задачами эскадрильи были грузовые и пассажирские перевозки для нужд воинских частей Таймыра и всего севера Красноярского края, вплоть до островов Северного Ледовитого океана. Это подразделение дислоцировалось в аэропорту Алыкель (Норильск). В пос