You’re mistaken. They purposefully didn’t evacuate villages so the doctors could study the health effects on unknowing citizens. The radioactive dust traveled for miles and miles. Semey, a medium sized town near the test site had skyrocketing cancer rates and birth defects. The number of people affected is measured in the hundreds of thousands. Read “The Atomic Steppe” if you want to learn more.

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Iwan-Zotow 7 months ago | parent [-]

> They purposefully didn’t evacuate villages

WHAT villages? Could you name one? Polygon was literally build in the desert, no villages inside or outside.

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pythonguython 7 months ago | parent [-]

One would be Karaul. It was partially evacuated but a group of locals was designated as group of Guinea pigs for testing. And remember, this dust traveled for many miles. This is the Steppe, so dust gets picked up and travels with little vegetation impeding it.

With all due respect, I think you should read more about this instead of acting like I’m spouting nonsense, when you clearly know little about this topic. I have been to Semipalatinsk and seen their exhibit on victims to nuclear testing and I’ve read the literature.

	▲	Iwan-Zotow 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		> One would be Karaul. this one was close to 200km south from test site, like I said, everything inside and out of the polygon was moved. Semipalatinsk was something like 150km east. It was and is zero-populated area. > It was partially evacuated but a group of locals was designated as group of Guinea pigs for testing. At 200km distance test WHAT EXACTLY? You are repeating stories which were and are pure garbage