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Sarov
Sarov () is a closed town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It was known as Gorkiy-130 (Горький-130) and Arzamas-16 (), after a (somewhat) nearby town of Arzamas, from 1946 to 1991. Until 1995, it was known as Kremlyov/Kremlev/Kremljov (). The town is closed because it is the Russian center for nuclear research. Population: 92,047 (2010 Census); 87,652 (2002 Census)
Zheleznogorsk
town in Russia
Snezhinsk
Snezhinsk () is a closed town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Population:
Snezhnogorsk
human settlement in Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Tryokhgorny
Tryokhgorny (, lit. (a town of) three mountains) is a closed town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located in the western part of the oblast from Chelyabinsk. Population:
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union
Uchkuduk
Uchquduq (sometimes spelled as Uchkuduk, ; ) is a city in the north of Navoiy Region, Uzbekistan. It is the seat of Uchquduq District. The city's name means "three draw-wells" in Uzbek.
National Research Centre Kurchatov Institute
Russian research institute dedicated to the development of nuclear energy
nuclear arms race
competition between multiple parties to have superior nuclear weaponry
Soviet atomic bomb project
Soviet program to develop nuclear weapons during World War II
Ukraine and weapons of mass destruction
former possessed weapons
Operation Osoaviakhim
soviet secret operation
Russia and weapons of mass destruction
nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons of Russia
First Chief Directorate
foreign surveillance organisation of the Soviet Union, within the KGB
Wismut
mining company in East Germany
Ministry of Medium Machine Building
USSR government ministry supervising nuclear industry
Mining and Chemical Combine
Russian Nuclear Facility (estab. 1950)
12th Chief Directorate
Department within the Russian Ministry of Defense
Sukhoy Nos
Cape on Severny, Novaya Zemlya, Russia
Strategic missile forces museum in Ukraine
museum in Ukraine
Russian Alsos