Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Soviet Union's first atomic bomb test in 1949 changed history—but at what cost? Today, we unravel the devastating human and environmental toll of Semipalatinsk's "Polygon" nuclear tests.

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