Chagan: Closed, Abandoned and Looted
Chagan was a closed city in Kazakhstan during the Soviet period. Before the collapse of the USSR it was a military base and home to around 10 - 11 thousand residents. It is now mostly abandoned.
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Chagan was a closed city in Kazakhstan during the Soviet period. Before the collapse of the USSR it was a military base and home to around 10 - 11 thousand residents. It is now mostly abandoned.