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

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

Nadav Kander began a three year survey of secret Soviet scientific cities and missile test sites when he learned of the existence of two “cl…

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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