Underwater towns of the Volga - in pictures
Communities on the Volga were flooded on Stalin’s orders for dams – but a few relics of the past remain
Sunken towns of the Volga revive memories of Stalinist-era Russia
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The Nativity Church of Krokhino, flooded during construction of the Volga-Baltic Waterway.
Photograph: Grethe Ulgjell/Alamy
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The St Nicholas monastery belltower, Kalyazin: when the Uglich dam was built in 1939, the old part of the town was submerged. The main part of the monastery was dismantled but the bell tower was left standing.
Photograph: John Kellerman/Alamy
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The wharf of Kalyazin before the 1917 revolution, with the St Nicholas monastery in the background.
Photograph: Elena Rachkovskaya/Alamy
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Rybinsk hydroelectric power station on the Volga and the Sheksna rivers, pictured in 2006.
Photograph: Itar-Tass/Alamy
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Map of the Great Soviet construction projects, 1953.
Photograph: Elena Rachkovskaya/Alamy
