Neftegorsk, Sakhalin Oblast

52°59′48″N 142°56′47″E

For other uses, see Neftegorsk.

Neftegorsk (Russian: Нефтего́рск), formerly Vostok (Восто́к, lit. east) before 1970, is a ghost town in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia.[1]

Building

The city was built in 1963. It was an urban-type oil-mining settlement, with its name meaning "Oil Town".[1] Construction Minister Yefim Basin decided not to rebuild it after its destruction.[1]

Destruction

It was devastated on May 28, 1995, by an earthquake, which measured 7.1 on the Richter scale, killing 2,040 people out of a total population of 3,197.[2] An oil-producing town in northern Sakhalin, all buildings in Neftegorsk suffered extensive damage and many were completely destroyed, as they had been built with low quality concrete and were not designed to withstand seismic activity.[2] The majority of the victims were killed by the rubble of their apartment buildings collapsing. Neftegorsk was almost totally flattened, and it was decided not to be rebuilt, instead a memorial was constructed in the area.[3] Many survivors were relocated to other towns in Sakhalin such as Okha, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, and Nogliki, while others left Sakhalin for the mainland.[2]

Population
Population
1959 1970 1979 1989 1995
3974 3507 0

References
  1. Bordreaux, Richard (June 6, 1995). "Next Step : Erasing Another Communist Error". Los Angeles Times.
  2. "НЕФТЕГОРСК". 2011-07-23. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2020-12-21.
  3. "Разрушительное землетрясение 5 февраля 2016 г. на Тайване. Анализ сейсмологических данных". Сейсмические Приборы. 52 (4). 2016. doi:10.21455/si2016.4-1. ISSN 0131-6230.


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