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Touring Purgino in Russia
Purgino in the region of Chelyabinsk Oblast is a city located in Russia - some 890 mi or ( 1432 km ) East of Moscow , the country's capital city .
Time in Purgino is now 12:22 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Yekaterinburg " with a UTC offset of 6 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Kungur, Vishnëvogorsk, Techa, Beregovoy, and Kasli. Being here already, consider visiting Kungur . Check out our recommendations for Purgino ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Kasli
Kasli is a town and the administrative center of Kaslinsky District of Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, located 87 kilometers northwest of Chelyabinsk, on the eastern slope of the Middle Urals, among Lakes Bolshiye and Malye Kasli, Irtyash, Sungul, and Kirety. Population: 16,969; 19,091; 21,530.
Located at 55.88 60.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Techa River
The Techa River is a river on the eastern flank of the southern Ural Mountains noted for its nuclear contamination. It is about 240 km long and its basin is 7,500 square kilometers. It begins at the formerly secret nuclear-processing town of Ozyorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast about 80 km northwest of Chelyabinsk and flows northeast to Dalmatovo on the Iset River, a tributary of the Tobol River.
Located at 55.77 60.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Kyshtym disaster
The Kyshtym disaster was a radiation contamination incident that occurred on 29 September 1957 at Mayak, a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in the Soviet Union. It measured as a Level 6 disaster on the International Nuclear Event Scale, making it the third most serious nuclear accident ever recorded behind the Chernobyl disaster, and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, both Level 7 on the INES. The event occurred in the town of Ozyorsk, a closed city built around the Mayak plant.
Located at 55.72 60.82 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
Sugomak Cave
Sugomak Cave is located in Ural, on the east slope of the Sugomak Mountain near the town of Kyshtym. The Sugomak Cave is the only cavity in Ural developed in marble by water. It is the main local sight and represents a cavity consisting of three grottos which are connected by narrow passages. The third grotto is partially filled by water. The members of "Kosmopoisk", by means of echo-sounding, have found under the thick silt at least three strange objects.
Located at 55.72 60.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
Mayak
The Mayak Production Association is an industrial complex which is one of the biggest nuclear facilities in the Russian Federation. It housed plutonium production reactors and a reprocessing plant. Located 150 km south-east of Ekaterinburg between the towns of Kasli and Tatysh 72 km northwest of Chelyabinsk, the closest city to the nuclear complex is Ozyorsk, the central administrative territorial district.
Located at 55.71 60.85 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
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