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    Chelyabinsk is a province and city in Russia located on the Miass River near the Ural Mountains, with a population of around 3.6 million people in the province and 1.2 million in the city. Chelyabinsk is home to the Mayak nuclear complex, which built nuclear weapons for the Soviet Union but caused extensive pollution through intentional releases and accidents, earning it a reputation as the most polluted spot on Earth. The extent of radiation sickness among local residents was hidden until 1991, when a Soviet report revealed over 900 official cases.

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    Chelyabinsk is a province and city in Russia located on the Miass River near the Ural Mountains, with a population of around 3.6 million people in the province and 1.2 million in the city. Chelyabinsk is home to the Mayak nuclear complex, which built nuclear weapons for the Soviet Union but caused extensive pollution through intentional releases and accidents, earning it a reputation as the most polluted spot on Earth. The extent of radiation sickness among local residents was hidden until 1991, when a Soviet report revealed over 900 official cases.

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    Chelyabinsk is a province and city in Russia located on the Miass River near the Ural Mountains, with a population of around 3.6 million people in the province and 1.2 million in the city. Chelyabinsk is home to the Mayak nuclear complex, which built nuclear weapons for the Soviet Union but caused extensive pollution through intentional releases and accidents, earning it a reputation as the most polluted spot on Earth. The extent of radiation sickness among local residents was hidden until 1991, when a Soviet report revealed over 900 official cases.

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    Chelyabinsk, Russia

    Chelyabinsk is the name of a province and its capital city in west-central Russia. It covers an area of about 34,000 mi2 (88,060 km2) and has a population of about 3.6 million. Chelyabinsk city lies on the Miass River on the eastern side of the Ural Mountains. Its population in 1990 was about 1.2 million. Chelyabinsk is best known today as the home of Mayak, a 77-mi2 (200-km2) complex where nuclear weapons were built for the former Soviet Union. Because of intentional policy decisions and accidental releases of radioactive materials, Mayak has been called the most polluted spot on Earth. Virtually nothing was known about Mayak by the outside world, the Russian people, or even the residents of Chelyabinsk themselves until 1991. Then, under the new philosophy of glasnost, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev released a report on the complex. It listed 937 official cases of chronic radiation sickness among Chelyabinsk residents. Medical authorities believe that the actual number is many times larger.

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