C. G. P. Grey is just too interesting!

The Russians, doing it before Dubai made it cool!

http://englishrussia.com/2010/02/02/oil-stones-a-soviet-city-in-the-middle-of-the-sea/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neft_Da%C5%9Flar%C4%B1

I couldn't find it on google maps however

This is a depressing place...

Norilsk, Russia
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&q=Norilsk,+Russia&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x44ac5c403d18ab93:0x4024234d8fd6e107,Norilsk,+Krasnoyarsk+Krai,+Russia&gl=uk&sa=X&ei=4lfoT9urCYjN8QOYxp3ECg&ved=0CBIQ8gEwAQ

Beats Godzilla!