Inside Russia's Hidden Nuclear City

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Ozersk is a hidden city within the vast forests of Russia’s Ural Mountains. For decades it was kept a secret and its citizens were cut off from the rest of the world. While we now know of its existence, it’s still heavily guarded and fenced-in with barbed wire, with no foreigners or visitors allowed to enter without permission from Russia’s secret police. However, not many people do want to visit-- Ozersk, also called City 40, is one of the most radioactively polluted places on the planet.

The city has perfect tree-lined streets, big buildings, spacious apartments and businesses, but food has to be checked for radiation and it’s surrounded by two of the most polluted lakes in the world. One is even called Plutonium Lake, while the other, Lake Karachay, is now a bed of radioactive dust. It’s all because of the Mayak nuclear power plant and the Kyshtym disaster-- the third largest nuclear disaster in the world that rivaled the damage done by Chernobyl.

So why then is the city still home to over 100,000 citizens? They are afforded luxury here that they can’t get elsewhere, and their loved ones are buried in Ozersk’s cemetery. It’s enough to convince them that living in “the graveyard of the Earth” is worth it. Today, Mayak still produces nuclear components and Russia stores it’s multi-billion dollar stockpile of nuclear weapons near the city-- hence all the armed guards and security cameras. So, hit play, and let’s explore Russia’s secret nuclear city.

Written by: Courtney Hayes
Narrated by: Craig Freeman
Animated by: Yaser Rabani
Edited by: AJ Varela

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:44 A picturesque city with a secret
03:22 Lake Karachay-- the most polluted place on earth
04:33 Mayak nuclear plant

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It's just like an Russian area 51

roshawnwalters

I think we need a channel for the poorest 🙁🧐

Juss.Marley

We can't mess with Russia, this guy's are epic in every sector

KosspapiKaufman

*Sometimes we have to stop being scared and go for it!!*

luxuryvision

The richest: what could be in the forest and woods no one knows

Me:I know what it is, there is a big green object which has recycle sign on it and that’s my fortnite skills

saads

If it’s hidden then how you here talking about it

Blazeslayer

Mayak is Hanford. The Columbia river is chelebynsk river

alexmaccity

As a South African I rate we need this because our government can’t do anything properly and it would be interesting to see how long till it blew up

NoDripNikey

Mayak nuclear waste disaster of 1957 there sickened and killed so many, but still much less people there live to old age.

ibeetellingya

Basically people living here in area 40 are all mutants

ramishkhan

Google Maps satellite: I see your city

weareorigin

My wife was born in City 40 in 1963.
She is totally healthy and so is her family.
And remember this, Russia hasn’t blown up anyone with Nuclear bombs. We, the U.S., have.

eightapeach

And Fukushima is hardly a disaster. Yeah it blew up, but it had a containment unlike Chernobyl. They really biffed it though having the diesel gens at sea level or the louvers or whatever

alexmaccity