• Semipalatinsk: Eastern Kazakh region near the Siberian border is the size of France
  • Current population: 830,000
  • 80% Suffer the effects from nuclear fallout
  • The Polygon: Core test site covering 18,500 sq km of territory within Semipalatinsk area
  • 1949-1990: 603 nuclear bombs detonated within the Polygon
  • 26 above-ground nuclear bombs detonated
  • 124 atmospheric nuclear bombs detonated
  • 457 underground nuclear bombs detonated
  • 1,500,000 People exposed to high radiation doses during the 40 years of testing
  • 1958: Soviet Military authorities admit responsibility for four times more human illness within the Polygon
  • 1992: Top Secret information which could’ve saved innumerable lives is finally made public
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