Juxtapoz Magazine – The Soviet Union’s Abandoned Nuclear Test Cities

The restricted military zones of Priozersk and Kurtchatov did not appear on any map until well after the end of the Cold War. Long-distance missiles were tested in Priozersk, only known at the same time as “Moscow 10”, under great secrecy. Hundreds of atomic bombs were detonated in the so-called “Plygon” near Kurchatov until the program ended in 1989