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Did you know... that Bechevinka, an abandoned Soviet submarine base in Kamchatka, is now a ghost town that attracts tourists?

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Did you know nomination

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 19:24, 27 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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... that Bechevinka, an abandoned Soviet submarine base in Kamchatka, is now a ghost town that attracts tourists? "A more unlikely vacation spot is Bechevinka, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia -- once a naval base called Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky-54, this not-easily-accessed locale is now a tourist destination." from Street, Francesca (6 November 2019). "Striking photographs show abandoned Cold War sites across the world". CNN. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
- ALT1:... that it has been proposed to redevelop an abandoned Soviet submarine base in Kamchatka into a transhipment hub for liquified natural gas? "The Russian natural gas company now confirms that the projected transshipment hub will be located in Bechevinka, the abandoned Navy compound in Kamchatka. It will cost up to 1,5 billion and have a capacity of up to 20 million tons of LNG per year, Novatek Deputy Head Aleksandr Fridman told Interfax." from: Staalesen, Atle (18 May 2018). "New Arctic transhipment hub is built in former submarine base". The Independent Barents Observer. Retrieved 16 December 2020.

Reviewed: to follow

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 15:20, 16 December 2020 (UTC).[reply]

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Overall: Recently created, no grammatical problems, interesting hooks, and I see no problems preventing this from becoming a DYK. Good job! @Dumelow: Now just ping me when you get done with the QPQ just ping me back. Jon698 (talk) 21:02, 16 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Jon698, I've started a review at Template:Did you know nominations/Geoffrey Massey that I will use as a QPQ for this one - Dumelow (talk) 06:30, 17 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]