The Soviets Tested Their Nukes Here Without Evacuating Residents

Welcome to the Polygon, where the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear weapons in 1949. Officials claimed the surrounding area was uninhabited. It wasn't.

• 2017-11-08T13:10:14+00:00
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idioma EN, Producto TIMELINE, Categoria Society, Politics, Subcategoria History, Europa, Crime, Soviet Union, Nuclear weapons testing, History of the Soviet Union, nuclear weapons, TMLN_00070_EN