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Pstrąże
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- Pstrąże
- Region
- województwo dolnośląskie
- Country
- Polska
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- Pstrąże
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- Names
- History
- Origins
- Two World Wars
- Little Soviet Union
- Ghost town
- Infrastructure
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Pstrąże (; ; ) is a village in Poland that is currently abandoned, located in Gmina Bolesławiec, Bolesławiec County, of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. The village is placed from the city of Bolesławiec. The Bóbr river runs through the village. From 1975 till 1998, Pstrąże was located in the Jelenia Góra Voivodeship.
Dubbed the "Polish Chernobyl" due to its ghost town status and alleged nuclear history, previously known as the "Little Soviet Union", Pstrąże became a popular destination for adventurers, scrap collectors and thieves. It has also been called the "Polish Pripyat" and the "Phantom Town". In 2016, demolition of Pstrąże's former Soviet garrison buildings began. After the signing of the Poland – United States Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement in 2019 and especially after Russia's attack on Ukraine in 2022, preparations and construction of a garrison for US troops began.
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