Surviving residents of a top-secret Soviet-era town where more than 400 NUCLEAR BOMBS were detonated reveal the horrors of living in 'the most nuclear place on Earth', where radiation left 'everyone' riddled with cancer
Filmmakers Thomas Brag and Staffan Taylor ventured to Kurchatov, which was a secret town in Kazakhstan. Nearby there was a site that was used to test nuclear bombs from 1949 to 1989. Thomas and Staffan find four Kurchatov residents who are willing to talk about what they experienced. observed at this time
AdvertisementThe surviving residents of a Soviet-era town in northeastern Kazakhstan, where 456 bombs exploded on their doorstep, revealed the devastating impact of the explosions on their health, with an increase in cancer and serious birth defects.
Filmmakers Thomas Brag and Staffan Taylor ventured to Kurchatov, which was a top-secret city established in 1947 as a headquarters for the nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union. At the time, it was not even visible on maps due to the high level of secrecy.
It is estimated that more than a million people lived in and around this isolated settlement when the nuclear program was underway from 1949 to 1989 - but today Today, there is only one. Only a few thousand people remain and many buildings are stripped bare and abandoned.
In their revealing YouTube documentary titled "50 Hours in the Most Nuclear Place on Earth Wiped From the Maps", Thomas and Staffan find four residents of Kurchatov who are willing to talk about the nuclear tests they witnessed. All clearly state that they had no idea what was happening at the time, as the authorities managed to keep people in the dark.
The surviving residents of a Soviet-era town in northeastern Kazakhstan, where 456 bombs exploded on their doorstep, revealed the devastating impact of the explosions on their health, with an increase in cancer and serious birth defects.
Filmmakers Thomas Brag and Staffan Taylor ventured to Kurchatov, which was a top-secret city established in 1947 as a headquarters for the nuclear weapons program of the Soviet Union. At the time, it was not even visible on maps due to the high level of secrecy.
It is estimated that more than a million people lived in and around this isolated settlement when the nuclear program was underway from 1949 to 1989 - but today Today, there is only one. Only a few thousand people remain and many buildings are stripped bare and abandoned.
In their revealing YouTube documentary titled "50 Hours in the Most Nuclear Place on Earth Wiped From the Maps", Thomas and Staffan find four residents of Kurchatov who are willing to talk about the nuclear tests they witnessed. All clearly state that they had no idea what was happening at the time, as the authorities managed to keep people in the dark.
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