Comments on: Closed cities from the inside http://siberianlight.net/closed-cities-from-the-inside/ The Russia Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:11:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: varske http://siberianlight.net/closed-cities-from-the-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-5885 varske Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:46:44 +0000 http://www.siberianlight.net/?p=690#comment-5885 Visaginas, the city next to Ignalina NNP in Lithuania, used to be a closed city. It's pretty nice compared with most Soviet towns -- brick more than concrete, forests and a lake. Inhabitants have been pretty closed as well but have eventually got used to foreigners advising them and Lithuanians telling them what to do. There are US and UK government projects for the nuclear closed cities in Russia. They are trying to help the scientists diversify away from making bombs so they don't lose interest and defect to Iran or N Korea. It's not wonderfully successful in terms of diversification. More details for the UK project here: http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/environment/soviet-nuclear-legacy/programme-portfolio/cncp/index.html I haven't been myself, but lnow a couple of people who have. Visaginas, the city next to Ignalina NNP in Lithuania, used to be a closed city. It’s pretty nice compared with most Soviet towns — brick more than concrete, forests and a lake. Inhabitants have been pretty closed as well but have eventually got used to foreigners advising them and Lithuanians telling them what to do.

There are US and UK government projects for the nuclear closed cities in Russia. They are trying to help the scientists diversify away from making bombs so they don’t lose interest and defect to Iran or N Korea. It’s not wonderfully successful in terms of diversification. More details for the UK project here: http://www.dti.gov.uk/energy/environment/soviet-nuclear-legacy/programme-portfolio/cncp/index.html
I haven’t been myself, but lnow a couple of people who have.

]]> By: Nathan http://siberianlight.net/closed-cities-from-the-inside/comment-page-1/#comment-5884 Nathan Wed, 12 Oct 2005 01:46:22 +0000 http://www.siberianlight.net/?p=690#comment-5884 My home away from home Navoi was a closed city until 1996, and it's an utterly delightful place. My home away from home Navoi was a closed city until 1996, and it’s an utterly delightful place.

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