Unexplained encounters in Russia
24 famous cases from Russia: 4 sky, 5 visitors, 5 creatures, 4 voices & sounds, 6 places. Famous cases set out what was reported and the explanations offered, without taking a side.
By state or region
Famous cases
The Tunguska EventMostly explainedSiberia, Russia · 30 June 1908UVB-76, 'The Buzzer'Purpose unknownWestern Russia · On air since at least the early 1980sThe Voronezh EncounterDisputedVoronezh, Russia (then USSR) · 27 September 1989The Petrozavodsk PhenomenonExplainedPetrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia (then USSR) · 20 September 1977The Sasovo ExplosionUnexplainedSasovo, Ryazan Oblast, Russia · 12 April 1991The Well to HellHoaxKola Superdeep Borehole, Murmansk Oblast, Russia · Story spread from 1989The Bells of Lake SvetloyarLegendLake Svetloyar, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia · Legend recorded from the 1700sThe Sikhote-Alin MeteoriteConfirmedSikhote-Alin Mountains, Primorsky Krai, Russia · 12 February 1947The Vitim FireballMostly explainedBodaybo district, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia · 24–25 September 2002Height 611DisputedDalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia · 29 January 1986The Molebka TriangleDisputedNear Molebka, Perm Krai, Russia · Reports since the 1980sThe Labynkyr DevilUnconfirmedLake Labynkyr, Yakutia, Russia · Told for generations; reported in 1953The Brosno DragonUnconfirmedLake Brosno, Tver Oblast, Russia · Legends for centuries; reports since the 1990sThe AlmastyUnconfirmedNorth Caucasus, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia · Reported for generationsThe Kemerovo YetiProbably a publicity stuntAzasskaya Cave, Mountain Shoria, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia · October 2011The Patomskiy CraterUnexplainedPatom Highlands, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia · Found in 1949ArkaimExplainedChelyabinsk Oblast, southern Urals, Russia · About 4,000 years old; found in 1987The Stone Giants of ManpupunerExplainedManpupuner plateau, Komi Republic, Russia · Ancient legendThe Rings in the Ice of BaikalExplainedLake Baikal, Russia · Seen from space since 2009The Yamal CratersMostly explainedYamal Peninsula, Russia · First found in 2014The Batagaika CraterExplainedVerkhoyansk district, Yakutia, Russia · Growing since the 1960sThe ChuchunaaUnconfirmedVerkhoyansk Range, Yakutia, Russia · Reported in the 1800s and 1900sThe DomovoyLegendVillages of northern Russia · Told for centuriesThe Leshy, Lord of the ForestLegendNorthern Russian forests · Told for centuries