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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Kadykchan. The City of Broken Dreams
English Russia - Kadykchan. The City of Broken Dreams: "No, this isn’t Chernobyl and there isn’t any dangerous radioactive background or toxic pollution. You can even live in this town… but there is no reason for. This place has become absolutely useless after the collapse of the USSR, like many other Soviet industrial settlements."
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