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ArsTechnica has a story about the abandoned Soviet era Space Shuttle project.
When the project was cancelled, (along with the USSR), like so many other things in the Soviet Union at that time, the workers were sent home, the doors locked, and the entire project lies abandoned.
No attempt seems to have been made to fill museums, or salvage any of the shuttles for historical purposes.
The photos are from Ralph Mirebs from the Baikonur Cosmodrome who's page has many more. The Page is in Russian but the Google Translate version renders the descriptions to passable English.
Similar photo essays for other abandoned Soviet era projects Ekranoplan, a missile carrying ground effect vehicle designed for dash attack on naval targets or shore installations. (don't miss paging arrows at side of images).
Original Submission
(Score: 2, Informative) by korger on Wednesday June 17 2015, @03:19AM
"More than two decades ago, when the heavy sliding doors of the MZK closed the last time, they cut off two spacecraft from the beckoning starry sky. It's ironic that for the vessels that were meant to soar in the cosmic vastness, their cradle became a burial mound and a tomb."
My heart goes out every time when I see how scientific ingenuity and engineering brilliance get squelched by political incompetence and corruption, or the indifference of the masses at large. The two, almost completed shuttles are another testimony of this sad occurrence.
A large collection of images of abandoned Russian tech is available at http://lana-sator.livejournal.com/ [livejournal.com]