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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY CELINE SERRAT This picture taken on July 19, 2015 shows a room inside a building in the abandoned Russian mining settlement of Pyramiden, on the Norwegian Arctic Svalbard archipelago. Pyramiden was bought by the Soviet Union in 1927 from the Swedish founders of the coal mine, and abandoned in 1998 after the mine's closure. It once housed 1,200 Russians and had hospital, a sports and culture centre, and a movie theatre. With much of its infrastructure still in place, efforts have been made since 2007 to make it a tourist attraction. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY CELINE SERRAT This picture taken on July 19, 2015 shows a room inside a building in the abandoned Russian mining settlement of Pyramiden, on the Norwegian Arctic Svalbard archipelago. Pyramiden was bought by the Soviet Union in 1927 from the Swedish founders of the coal mine, and abandoned in 1998 after the mine's closure. It once housed 1,200 Russians and had hospital, a sports and culture centre, and a movie theatre. With much of its infrastructure still in place, efforts have been made since 2007 to make it a tourist attraction. AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGET (Photo credit should read DOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
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