Mirny Mine
📍 Sakha Republic, Russia · 62.5310°, 113.9870°
Stalin-era gulag labor carved this Siberian funnel 525 m deep and 1200 m wide; permafrost kimberlite made Mirny the Cold War diamond weapon funding the USSR.
📍 Sakha Republic, Russia · 62.5310°, 113.9870°
Stalin-era gulag labor carved this Siberian funnel 525 m deep and 1200 m wide; permafrost kimberlite made Mirny the Cold War diamond weapon funding the USSR.