Sarov’s Museum of Nuclear Weapons is a must-see destination for all visitors of the closed city. Lower left is RDS-2 – the fist Soviet nuclear bomb.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey ZolotovSarov’s Museum of Nuclear Weapons is a must-see destination for all visitors of the closed city. Lower left is RDS-2 – the fist Soviet nuclear bomb.
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Sarov’s Museum of Nuclear Weapons is a must-see destination for all visitors of the closed city. Lower left is RDS-2 – the fist Soviet nuclear bomb.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey ZolotovIconographer Pavel Busalayev takes photos of a model of the monastery. The Soviet Union’s first nuclear bomb is in the background.
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Iconographer Pavel Busalayev takes photos of a model of the monastery. The Soviet Union’s first nuclear bomb is in the background.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey ZolotovRDS-3 was one of the first Soviet nuclear bombs.
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RDS-3 was one of the first Soviet nuclear bombs.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey ZolotovRDS-3 and RDS-6 – the world’s first hydrogen bomb – are on display at the Museum of Nuclear Weapons.
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RDS-3 and RDS-6 – the world’s first hydrogen bomb – are on display at the Museum of Nuclear Weapons.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey ZolotovA nuclear artillery shell stands in front of the hydrogen bomb at the Museum of Nuclear Weapons.
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A nuclear artillery shell stands in front of the hydrogen bomb at the Museum of Nuclear Weapons.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey ZolotovThe first nuclear warhead for a tactical missile had an explosive yield up to 10 kilotons and was in service until 1967.
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The first nuclear warhead for a tactical missile had an explosive yield up to 10 kilotons and was in service until 1967.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey ZolotovA nuclear artillery shell stands in front of the first hydrogen bomb with the first nuclear bomb, RDS-2, in the background, on the left.
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A nuclear artillery shell stands in front of the first hydrogen bomb with the first nuclear bomb, RDS-2, in the background, on the left.
© RIA Novosti . Andrey ZolotovViktor Lukyanov, the founder and director of the Museum of Nuclear Weapons in Sarov, in front of the “Tsar-Bomb” – the largest-ever hydrogen bomb, with a yield of 50 megatons.
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Viktor Lukyanov, the founder and director of the Museum of Nuclear Weapons in Sarov, in front of the “Tsar-Bomb” – the largest-ever hydrogen bomb, with a yield of 50 megatons.