🔁Mario Nawfal:
🇷🇺THE USSR TRIED TO MOVE SIBERIAN RIVERS... WITH NUKES
In 1971, the Soviet Union detonated 3 nuclear bombs underground to blast a canal through Siberia.
The goal? Reroute northern rivers south to dry regions like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Each blast was 15 kilotons—Hiroshima-sized.
The result: a radioactive crater now called Nuclear Lake.
This wasn’t a one-off.
The USSR planned to reverse the flow of the Ob, Irtysh, and even Volga Rivers using hundreds of nuclear explosions, 1,500 km of canals, and 68,000 workers.
They claimed it would save the Aral Sea, irrigate farmland, and show off Soviet engineering.
It would have flooded towns, ruined ecosystems, and possibly altered global climate patterns.
By the 1980s, scientists, poets, and even party members revolted.
The project was scrapped after Chernobyl.
But in 2025, some Russian scientists argued it should come back...with China as the new customer.
Radiation at Nuclear Lake is still elevated.
One recent visitor brought a dosimeter—and didn’t go for a swim.
Source: BBC
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🇷🇺THE USSR TRIED TO MOVE SIBERIAN RIVERS... WITH NUKES
In 1971, the Soviet Union detonated 3 nuclear bombs underground to blast a canal through Siberia.
The goal? Reroute northern rivers south to dry regions like Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Each blast was 15 kilotons—Hiroshima-sized.
The result: a radioactive crater now called Nuclear Lake.
This wasn’t a one-off.
The USSR planned to reverse the flow of the Ob, Irtysh, and even Volga Rivers using hundreds of nuclear explosions, 1,500 km of canals, and 68,000 workers.
They claimed it would save the Aral Sea, irrigate farmland, and show off Soviet engineering.
It would have flooded towns, ruined ecosystems, and possibly altered global climate patterns.
By the 1980s, scientists, poets, and even party members revolted.
The project was scrapped after Chernobyl.
But in 2025, some Russian scientists argued it should come back...with China as the new customer.
Radiation at Nuclear Lake is still elevated.
One recent visitor brought a dosimeter—and didn’t go for a swim.
Source: BBC
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