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Pyramiden was a Russian settlement and coal mining community on the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. It was founded by Sweden in 1910, and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927.

It lies at the foot of the Billefjorden on the island of Spitsbergen, and is named for the pyramid-shaped mountain adjacent to the town. The settlement, with a one time population of over 1,000 inhabitants, was abandoned on the 10th of January, 1998 by its owner, the state-owned Russian company Arctikugol...
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Pyramiden was a Russian settlement and coal mining community on the archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. It was founded by Sweden in 1910, and sold to the Soviet Union in 1927.

It lies at the foot of the Billefjorden on the island of Spitsbergen, and is named for the pyramid-shaped mountain adjacent to the town. The settlement, with a one time population of over 1,000 inhabitants, was abandoned on the 10th of January, 1998 by its owner, the state-owned Russian company Arctikugol Trust, and is now a ghost town. Within the buildings things remain exactly as they were left, abandoned in a hurry.

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Pyramiden var en sovjetisk, senere russisk, bosetning på Svalbard. Den ble grunnlagt av Sverige i 1910, og solgt til Sovjetunionen i 1927.

Bosetningen ligger ved Billefjorden på øyen Spitsbergen. Den har sitt navn fra det pyramideformede fjellet som ligger like ved. Bosetningen hadde på det meste over 1000 innbyggere. Trust Arktikugol stengte i april 1998 kullgruvedriften i Pyramiden etter 53 års kontinuerlig drift. Siden vinteren 1998/99 har Pyramiden vært avfolket og er nå en spøkelseby.

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