Iskitim is a city in Russia, about 25 kilometers from Novosibirsk.
There is a marble quarry near Iskitim. The quarry itself is overgrown with trees more and more every year. And it's a little upsetting, it used to be much more beautiful here.
To get to the marble, you need to get off at the station and stomp on the outskirts of Iskitim for another 20 minutes.
On the way, you come across several active quarries.
Large dump trucks, most likely BelAZ trucks, are rushing around the quarries.
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Here we are, the quarry is almost overgrown …
Circular saw marks are visible.
Plates to scale with people.
The development of the marble quarry was stopped in the early 80s. Why - no one knows for sure …