The crazy story of the Kyshtym Disaster, the secret city of Chelyabinsk-40, and a deadly lake.
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Channel Description:
Animated documentary-style videos on extraordinary Asian events.

Credits:
Kento Bento — Research, script, narration, music, video editing, motion graphics, art director
Charlie Rodriguez — Illustration
Isambard Dexter — Research assistant
Nina Bento — Cheerleader

Video Title: How This Lake in Northwest Asia Got Deadlier Than Chernobyl

"Central Russia, 1957. Villagers near the Southern Ural mountains were scared. They were terrified. Men claiming to be from the government had appeared out of nowhere ordering people to leave their homes. Without warning, they started burying crops, and slaughtering their livestock. The villagers were in shock and they were confused. What was going on?..."

Talking Points:
- Hiroshima & Nagasaki Atomic Bombings
- The Soviet Union's early nuclear history
- Joseph Stalin
- Nuclear Arms Race
- Nuclear weapons development
- Mayak (Russia's first plutonium plant)
- Secret City of Chelyabinsk-40 or City 40
- Lake Kyzyltash
- Russian and US closed cities
- Hanford Nuclear Plant
- Secret City of Richland, Washington
- Soviet spy rings
- Manhattan Project
- Techa River
- Lake Irtyash (Plutonium Lake or The Lake of Death)
- Lake Karachay (Lake Karachai, Карача́й)
- Nuclear accident
- Kyshtym Disaster
- INES
- Chernobyl Disaster
- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
- Acute Radiation Sickness
- Caesium-137 contamination
- Ozersk (Ozyorsk, Озерск)
- Radiation Poisoning