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The '''Russkaya Station''' was a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n Antarctic research station that was located on the [[Ruppert Coast]], in [[Marie Byrd Land]] in [[Western Antarctica|Western]] [[Antarctica]]. The station was proposed in 1973 and approved in 1978. Construction began the next year and it was opened on March 9, 1980 and officially abandoned in 1990. | The '''Russkaya Station''' was a former [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] and [[Russia]]n Antarctic research station that was located on the [[Ruppert Coast]], in [[Marie Byrd Land]] in [[Western Antarctica|Western]] [[Antarctica]]. The station was proposed in 1973 and approved in 1978. Construction began the next year and it was opened on March 9, 1980 and officially abandoned in 1990. | ||
The station was [[wikt:mothball#Verb|mothballed]] in the beginning of 1990. In February 2006, Valeriy Lukin, the head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE), stated that ''There are plans to open the mothballed stations | The station was [[wikt:mothball#Verb|mothballed]] in the beginning of 1990. In February 2006, Valeriy Lukin, the head of the Russian Antarctic Expedition (RAE), stated that ''There are plans to open the mothballed stations Molodyozhnaya, Leningradskaya, and Russkaya in the 2007–2008 season.'' However, by 2012 it was reported that reactivation plans, although delayed, had not commenced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://basementgeographer.com/antarctic-research-stations-that-didnt-survive-part-i/ |title=Antarctic Research Stations That Didn’t Survive|work=The Basement Geographer|publisher= |date=16 November 2013 |accessdate=10 July 2016 }}</ref> | ||
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