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Victims Of Nuclear Tests And Disasters Commemorated In Russia

Radio Free Europe August 28, 2009

VORONEZH — Victims of nuclear tests and accidents were commemorated in Russia’s Voronezh on the eve of the 60th anniversary of the first Soviet nuclear test, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports.

Veterans of the Soviet nuclear tests program gathered near the Memorial to the Victims of Radiation in Voronezh on August 28 to remind local authorities about the problems they are facing.

According to the regional organization of veterans and invalids, about 1,500 nuclear test veterans and members of their families who suffered from radiation are living in the Voronezh Oblast currently.

Victims Of Nuclear Tests And Disasters Commemorated In Russia – Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2009

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