At its peak, as many as 75,000 Soviet men, women and children once called this vast abandoned property home. The sprawling officers' residence, along with its vast 1,483-acre (600ha) estate, known as Wünsdorf, was a hub of Soviet military activity.

Established in 1871, Wünsdorf was one of Europe’s largest military bases at the time and witnessed dramatic changes over the decades. It started life as a POW camp in the First World War before Germany's Supreme Command moved in during the Second World War. When the Cold War arrived, the Russians took over and it was transformed into a Soviet stronghold.

Unbelievably expensive abandoned mansions