East Ural Radiation Reserve

East Ural Nature Reserve is a Russian 'zapovednik' that is near the site of the 1957 Kyshtym disaster, the world's second highest radioactivity release after Chernobyl.
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  • Type: Nature reserve
  • Description: this reserve forest located in Russia
  • Also known as: “East Ural Nature Reserve”, “Vostochno-Ural’sky radiatsionny zapovednik”, “ВУГПЗ”, “ВУРЗ”, and “ВУРС”

East Ural Radiation Reserve

Latitude
55.8547° or 55° 51′ 17″ north
Longitude
60.9407° or 60° 56′ 27″ east
Inception
1966
Operator
Производственное объединение «Маяк»
Open location code
9J72VW3R+V7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 256825533
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­nature_reserve
Wiki­data ID
Q4126512
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Russian—“East Ural Radiation Reserve” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Көнсығыш Урал радиация ҡурсаулығы”
  • Chinese: “東烏拉爾山自然保留區”
  • Dutch: “Zapovednik Vostotsjno-Oeralski”
  • French: “réserve naturelle de l’Oural oriental”
  • French: “Réserve naturelle de l’Oural oriental”
  • Hebrew: “שמורת הטבע אורל המזרחית”
  • Persian: “ذخیره‌گاه طبیعی اورال شرقی”
  • Polish: “Rezerwat przyrody „Wostoczno-Uralskij””
  • Russian: “Восточно-Уральский заповедник”

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