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It was spending every dime it had

Mysteries of the Abandoned

It was spendingevery dime it had trying to keep up with the US in an arms race, its...

Mysteries of the Abandoned • S09E02 • 2017

It was spending
every dime it had trying to keep up with the US in an arms race, its economy was falling
farther and farther behind. [Prof. Wawro]
When the Soviet Union fell in 1989-90, Gorbachev basically
cut funding for the ekranoplans. And the few
that had been assembled, were just sort of left behind
his white elephants, one of them here
in the Caspian Sea. So it's sort of a heartbreak
in a way that this experimental, ambitious, beautiful

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It was spending every dime it had

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trying to keep up with the US

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in an arms race,

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its economy was falling farther and farther behind.

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[Prof. Wawro] When the Soviet Union fell

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in 1989-90,

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Gorbachev basically cut funding

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for the ekranoplans.

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And the few that had been assembled,

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were just sort of left behind his white elephants,

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one of them here in the Caspian Sea.

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So it's sort of a heartbreak in a way

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that this experimental,

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ambitious, beautiful...

Duration

35 seconds

Views

25

Timestamp in Movie

00:09:42

Uploaded

Jul 08, 2025

Season

9

Episode

2

Genres

Production

Mosfilm

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Movie Summary

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.