Как управлять сверхсекретным городом

Описание: The town of Sillamäe in Estonia looks like a perfectly normal seaside town today. But appearances are deceiving: for decades, the town was completely sealed off. More than that – it was so secret that it didn’t even appear on maps. In what is now a quiet little place, the Soviet Union once enriched uranium for the production of atomic bombs. What was life like in Sillamäe back then? And what relics from that era can still be discovered today?

A film by Matthias Schwarzer and Geraldine Oetken.


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Here you’ll find the bonus video from the abandoned ghost town of Viivikonna – exclusively for channel members.
   • Bonus: The Abandoned Ghost Town Viivikonna  


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Sources for the video:

Sillamäe's history on the town's official website:
https://www.sillamae.ee/web/eng/secre...

Facts about Sillamäe's architecture:
https://www.sillamae.ee/web/eng/archi...

Blog post about Sillamäe and its history:
https://tuda.xyz/sillamae/

Another blog post about Sillamäe's history:
https://www.exutopia.com/sillamae-sov...

Report about Sillamäe in Russian:
   • Силламяэ - промзона  

Childen's hair loss (New Scientist):
https://www.newscientist.com/article/...

Remediation of Sillamäe’s radioactive tailings pond completed (Estonian World Review):
https://www.eesti.ca/remediation-of-s...

Vaivara concentration camp:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaivara...


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Intro song:
MÆT - Start Again

Music:
Epidemic Sound

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