Nuclear fallout, anthrax, and secrecy: The cities in Russia that are none of your business

It's thought there are about 40 closed cities in Russia, though it's suspected there are others whose very existence is highly classified.

First established in the 1940s, closed cities — officially known by the acronym ZATO in Russian — are most often associated with either military installations or major research centres and are used to house employees and their families. It's been a closed city since 1946, when it was renamed Arzamas-16 and its location was removed from all unclassified maps.

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