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The Town That Was Erased: Inside the Soviet Nuclear Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of - Thar Tribune

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What was the Kyshtym disaster and why was it hidden for decades? In late September 1957, a radioactive cloud drifted silently across the Ural Mountains in the Soviet Union. It spread over hundreds of kilometers—through villages, farmlands, forests—contaminating everything in its path. Livestock began to die. Crops shriveled. Children developed lesions. But no sirens rang. No alerts were issued. The Soviet government didn’t just downplay the even…
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thartribune.com broke the news in on Friday, April 18, 2025.
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