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Sarov (Russian: Саро́в) is a closed town in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It was known as Gorkiy-130 (Горький-130) and Arzamas-16 ( Арзама́с-16 ), after a (somewhat) nearby town of Arzamas , [7] from 1946 to 1991.
Sarov, known during the Cold War as Arzamas-16, is one of Russia's secret cities. Closed to foreigners and accessible only by special permit, Sarov is the rough equivalent to Los Alamos, New Mexico, one of the birthplaces of US nuclear weapons design.
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Aug 12, 2019 · Five Russian nuclear engineers who died in a rocket engine explosion have been buried in Sarov, a closed town 373km (232 miles) east of Moscow, where nuclear warheads are made. The Russian...
Aug 18, 2019 · Sarov's City Courier newspaper from 1995 chronicled the visit I and others from Los Alamos, New Mexico, paid to the Russian nuclear weapons design city.
Feb 10, 2013 · The city of Sarov, surrounded by a thick forest, is one of the most secretive places in the former Soviet Union – the birthplace of its atomic bomb and still a center of the Russian nuclear...
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Sarov is located in Nizhny Novgorod Region, 370 km east of Moscow. Just under 100,000 people live in it and its population is strictly limited. It has been a closed town for many years and even...
