Khalmer-Yu

Khalmer-Yu[1] (Russian: Хальмер-Ю, Nenets: Хальмер'ю[2]) is a ghost town, a former urban-type settlement in Komi Republic, Russia, disestablished in 1995.

The name is translated from Nenets language as "River in the Death Valley", because the place was used a burial grounds by the indigenous population.

Initially the settlement, together with the surrounding coal fields belonged to Nenets Autonomous Okrug.

[4] In 1993 it was decided to shut down mining operations[5] and to liquidate the settlement by 1995.

[7] In the early 2000s it became part of a military proving ground Pemboy (Пембой) as a result of the restoration of the aviation proving ground Khalmer-Yu which existed since the 1960s 15–20 km northeast of the settlement.