If you’ve always wanted to own a relic of the Cold War, a one-of-a-kind item was recently auctioned off.  The town of Skrunda, in what is now Latvia, is not on any map.  During the Cold War, it was known as Skrunda-1, and was one of Russia’s secret cities, serving as a Soviet radar base and town for 5,000 soldiers, their families, and assorted support staff.  The entire town was sold at auction to an unnamed investor for $3.1 million US dollars, or 1.55 million lats.

If you were in the market for a new town, you’ve missed your chance, but I’m sure there’ll be more auctions like this.  Every day someone’s selling a missile silo or secret Soviet town or something of that nature.  As the Cold War continues to thaw and older technology becomes supplanted by the new, it becomes easier to rebuild in a new location than refurbish some ancient, rusting hulk.  It depresses the history buff in me to see all these old relics left to rot, but the part of me that’s always wanted to own his own military base is very intrigued by this growing trend.

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