My good friend Ilya calls it “A piece of the Soviet Union on the territory of Modern Russia”: its what people say about the town of Seversk, Russia. Once home to 3 nuclear reactors and kept secret during the days of the USSR, the people of this community have voted to stay closed and stay behind walls for the foreseeable future.
What is life like within the walls? Who lives in Seversk? Ilya and I take the short ride from Tomsk to Seversk while discussing how this town works. We also walk up to the gates, describing the landscape. Which apparently is not allowed but ignorance is bliss in this case.
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Mark, hi, I think you would be curious about the text. Writes – my friend – a resident of our closed city to which you are interested.
))) leak something there we all of course leaked out. Distributed along the coast and engaged in contemplation. Someone just long meditated on the ice, someone was roasting shish kebabs. But forever did not stand there. Rejoiced that life goes on and – home.
By link – Russian post.
“Today, our Tom still went! Everything is waiting for.
And in the evening residents of our closed city went to enjoy at this event on the shore. The word “closed” – the key here. This must be present: two or three КПП* to the river to the city with a population of 150.000
Return the same way together all lined up in a many-turn and infiltrated back. It started to rain, wind, but all could not move faster and people rejoiced the first spring cold rain directly into the queue. Pictures of each other on a background of very long tail, disappearing into the open door of the КПП*.
So we met the ice.”
*ККП – may be, checkpoint
hmm I must learn Russian because I think it loses something in Translation. Hi Litsa! Thanks for the text!
Yes! The next time you will speak in Russian, and I in English:)) I was hoping you would be interested)
and sorry for my English:)) with the dictionary:)
Im already working on Russian! Hopefully you will be proud of me.