The Worst Nuclear Testing You've Never Heard Of
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From 1949 to 1989, the USSR secretly conducted over 400 nuclear tests in Kazakhstan, exposing hundreds of thousands of people to dangerous levels of radiation.
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I was born in Semipalatinsk in 1993. On that time polygone was closed. But the effect of radiation was still going on. I was born with Hernia. My all digest system was outside. I was sent to Germany where I had several operation. However, doctors gave me a slight chance to survive. My mom told me that that plane to Germany was full with many kids with different health problems. Also my mom told me that almost every week they had earthquake becoz of nuclear explosion. Everything was shaking in our house. On that time in pharmacy it was usual to see the device to measure ur radiation level
("from the words of my mom).
My aunt used to work on Polygon and when the tradegy happened in Chernobyl they were sent to clean up the mess. Unfortunately, all her team around 12 people couldn't make it until 50 years. They all passed away becoz of cancer.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that it's really awful and I hope it won't happen again ever.
But why didn't the Kazaki government not evacuate the population and move them away? I can understand they might not have known the effects of radiation back when the testing happened but what about later on?
@@abraxadabra4224 nobody new they're doing it in our country
@@abraxadabra4224 ussr didnt tell whats their doing in our country's land .
Seeing that child broke my heart. We are capable of such amazing things yet we always chose the destructive path
all in the name of overpopulation.
No not always. Even the worst of situations can have unexpected positives results.
Like the Corona virus right now. Yes this is a very low point in recent history with not only death but worse for those in abusivesituations, however the world is healing due to the decline of cars on the road.
People indoors are now starting to work out meaning we are getting healthier, families are becoming closer again.
It may not be much but it's better then nothing.
Lol, random images and dramatic music can do whatever they want to your brain
Cold War Era fucking badass
And yes, but i mean c'mon ive experience a lot to say with certianly that "the things that happen are made to happen"
So if the Cold War doesnt happen probably we won't even exist
Hello! I actually live in Semey. It is no longer called Semipalantisk (names changed in Kazakhstan when the USSR fell). You forgot to mention the most important fact here. Kazakhstan remains the only country in the world to relinquish its nuclear arms. President Nazarbayev gave all nukes back to Russia in 1991 and vowed to never have nuclear weapons in the country again.
+Jim Sartor Thanks for bringing that up...and glad you found the video! Kazakhstan has been a very, very important voice in the nuclear disarmament movement.
+Jim Sartor Belarus, Ukraine, and South Africa all had nuclear weapons at one time, and all gave them up. I'm not taking away from Kazakhstan's achievement, but they were certainly not the only ones.
+Jim Sartor Not true. You forgot South Africa and Ukraine.
And I have learned something new!
+Jim Sartor High respect to Kazakhstan for doing something like that.
The Soviet Union did not collapse in 1989, but in 1991. The communist regimes of the former Warsaw Pact nations collapsed in 1989.
That is such a tragedy. I am from Kazakhstan, Almaty; but my parents are from Semey (semipalatinsk) and i just cant even describe how awful this is, there is still radiation and even my relatives from there suffer with the headaches and etc.
Even now* (typo)
Do they suffer frm anything serious? What are their symptoms (just curious.)
Emir Tulumcu Well, firstly that's what you can see on the cover of this video; mutations. Moreover, my mom and my sister who were both born there suffer from awful headache..
Emir Tulumcu everyone's born there during those times and even(!) after the whole thing happened suffer from real bad headaches. and some other chronic diseases. its a fact
Mira Batyrkhanova Oh, ok thanks.
No Mention of the UK Nuclear Bomb testing in the Australian desert
that affected the local Indigenous inhabitants?
Cyber Lord
Of course it happened
No one gives a fuck about Australia.
+Cyber Lord Dishonest liar .. shame on you !!!
+I Have Candies In My Van that's true
Terry Rack I Have Candies In My Van
no one gives a fuck about Kazakhstan but they made a video featuring it.
It's scary to see what human can do to fellow human beings
I know it's amazing Soon will have galactic war
Not just humans but animals too. Its so messed up.
We kill each other, thats simple and primal, but now we can also ruin the land forever for all generations to come.
@@MrLoobu yea we are pretty bad in one way or another
@@sniff.6186 man fuck the animals , look at the suffering humans . If i have to single handedly murder 100.000 animals to save one human life i would gladly do it. I love animals , i had a cat and dog my entire life but it doesn't come close to another human life . Value your brethrens lifes before everything else
Now I see why Hideo Kojima made a big deal of the Soviets and nuclear weapons as being one of the main issue of Metal Gear Solid 5.
As for the American point of view, Big Boss was given a choice on whether to develop or dismantle any further nuclear developments.
Un-fun fact: The creator of spongebob got their inspiration from the bomb exploding near bikini atoll and means spongbob is a mutated being.
wow, how could they be do cruel to their own people? that's ridiculous on so many levels.
+Khakonov UA slavic people was only 20%% of soviet population
The commie is famous for doing that. They still do that now
Tong Gorokh lol what, i'm Slavic from Ukraine and i know demography of Soviet Union pretty well, Slavic people made 70%-80% of the population
russian not slavic ;-)
Tong Gorokh Ukrainians are Belarus people are Slavic, Russians are aswell, if you've been to Moscow then you've probably seen Turkmen, Kazakh,Armenians and other minorities which dominate the city now, they are the once who Slavs dubbed "hachi" "churki" and so on
Bikini Atoll = Bikini Bottom. That's where Spongebob mutated.
It's a kids show, I don't think it would be that dark, despite all the evidence.
Adventure Time is a kids show and it is set in a post nuclear apocalypse.
+Hal Gake
Yes, of COURSE SpongeBob could be "that dark!" That show was RIDDLED with adult references, and I think it really was an adult show, masquerading as a kid's show.
Heck, the name of the place--"Bikini Bottom"--is a sneaky reference to a woman's crotch, so YES they could have easily been referencing the Bikini Atoll testing.
Illuminati: Stay right where you are
SpongeBob's creator already confirmed that while the name Bikini Bottom was taken from Bikini Atoll, the lore had nothing to do with the United States' nuclear testing. Fun's over kids.
nuclear energy, a gift, and we turn it into a weapon..makes me sad
If that makes you sad you will be sad the rest of your life. What do you think internet is for? Or 90% of the worldwide space programs? Whatever new invention is first tested for the military
Actually it was the other way around: bombs came first, THEN people turned this destructive power into a source of relatively clean energy.
@@perfectlypurepinkpompompan3467 It's not "clean energy" until we figure out what to do with the waste.
I'm not sure it's a gift. I don't think current technology is safe enough at all. Risk of failure that can endanger a large region.
The Soviet Union didn't collaspe in 1989. It collasped in Late 1991.
+Caleb Fultz Yes. They lowered the Soviet flag for the last time on Christmas Eve.
puncheex2 Thanks I didn't know that.
@@calebfultz6797 Kazakhstan was the only country in the soviet union for the last 4 days of its existence
I love how you end this clip. "......and the United States"
lets add that 1 in 2 children's in Iraq is born with a Cyclops face ...thanks to the United States...
+su ch I don't see the problem. Now they have a harder time blowing people up!
Browns X
Browns Fan Is that what your propagandic sources tell you? The Iraq war was never justified and never will be.
The U.S can't go one decade without starting a war, ever since WWII where they had substantial help from other nations without which would have rendered the U.S war efforts almost useless they have started war after war in the name of "freedom". And the least justified of all the wars is the Iraq War or in other words *we're the United States of America and we want your oil war*
Thanks for this video. I from KZ and when I tell ppl about the nuc tests in Semey, they do not realize the seriousness of it.
+Kuanysh Dosmuratov I'm so glad you appreciated the video! It's a story that the whole world needs to be reminded of.
This kind of stuff disgusts me entirely.
Same, nuclear weapons shouldn't exist in this world.
+Rachel Santana agreed. I am from Kazakhstan and there are no words how terrifying this whole thing was, older people tell us all these awful stories and i just cant believe it was actually happening
I am from pakistan we have neuclear weapons it is our defence against india and america
Chipotle Mayo lol, we need them you idiot.
Bikini Atoll was a part of the Marshall Islands, my people who were on that island, DIED. Us, Marshallese people, moved to the U.S because of the testing, this is why in school, I stay sitting down while the Americans do the pledge. I agree, nuclear weapons should NOT exist.
I love the style and music of this video! This channel is awesome.
Aren't government's wonderful...........Not!
@Ezkill2324 Six9oneaeracode America is the best, what are you talking about?
Don’t forget unaccountable private power, which is the real problem here in America. Private / wealthy interests control and shape government policy and decision making. Governments are potentially Democratic and the public can possibly influence them. Private power has no defect, and we have no influence on it. That’s the real problem if you study it.
Wa wa wee wa
@@coryfoster9373 okay, so America ain’t the best, but I doubt that it’s the worst. I mean...North Korea kinda got it bad, just saying
@cooked oven eggs yeah but every country has their dark side, every country has their flaws whether that would be light offenses or just causes for full out wars. If we only focus on every single country’s flaws, then we might as well leave the planet
Let's be real, the U.S. really didn't give a shit if the locals got fallout from the testing.
Its about the ussr and kazakhstan you moron.
I love your videos, it is amazing what sort of stories you are capable to find... Keep going!
That picture @ 2:05 really breaks my heart, like wtf humanity... That poor person could have been my babushka and sickens me how we as humans can cause such harm and grief among each other. terrible world we live in for sure
French test their bombs on Algerian villagers in the sahara
They also tested at Muraroa atol in the Pacific and then sank a Protest vessel the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland harbour in possibly the only act of terrorism in this countries history. And comitted by a supposed ally . All this taking place less than 40 years after NZ soldiers fort and died liberation France from the Nazis. Just another example of the kind of scum we accept in the political keadership of the planet.
War...War never Changes
***** Da fucks getting to you ? Did I at any poit made a joke about the situation?
***** well those are duchebags
+COURTZ Shaw salty af
Perhaps the anger, greed, and carelessness of some involved in war hasn't changed, but the violence has gotten worse (whether defending oneself from such attacks or initiating war): from hitting each other with blunt objects, to fast moving sharp objects, guns, and now bombs-which do not merely explode, but have lingering effects on other living beings for decades. :| Oh, it has definitely changed: it has gotten worse.
Mini fallout
Well, I am from Kazakhstan, and i've heard about it. Actually thats what we are taught in schools. But thanks for spreading that information.
Well, i am from Kazakhstan too and trust me not every child/teenager knows about it much nowadays. Its all blurry and surreal for many of Kazakhstanis which is just sad.
Same but our school never teaches it many kazakhstanis don't know about what happend in semey
Greetings from Turkey
@@mroofersandthesquad2600 cause ur country is corrupt stand up as a people an demend it to stop really only way it will change it will be a long fight tho
@@lilwoodiewood3457 agreed
Great quality mini documentaries guys, breath of fresh air. Wished this went into it a little further like talking about Lake Karachay. A person standing next to that lake will perish within one hour. It's classified as the most polluted spot on earth. Again, Great video.
I live in kazakhstan and I'm still horrified about what happened in semipalatinsk I can't imagine the people that suffered😥😞
Humans are so kind and respectful
This is heartbreaking!
It is indeed
This film gives the impression: "Forget Marshall Islands, the Russians did worse...". Tragedy is never well reported when there is a scale of which is the most, or worse...
Now i kinda go back to the medieval ages where every man fights for himself with courage not people with nukes.
The Next Vice, Great Info 👍🏼
You can't win a war with nukes, only pointless battles.
Laventriy Beria--his photo, shown with a caption, suggests that someone said or wrote that he was a "principal architect" of these tests--was head of the NKVD (predecessor to the KGB) and a thoroughly evil man. If he was an "architect," that must mean in the sense of a major (nontechnical) planner, and if so there is no doubt in my mind that he knew about the people soon to be put at grave risk or, more plainly, sacrificed. He wouldn't have given a damn.
But why didn't the Kazaki government not evacuate the population and move them away? I can understand they might not have known the effects of radiation back when the testing started but what about later on?
RSFSR(russia) controlled everything. It is dictatorship regime. No human rights even for your own people.
My country was Colony tests for russian imperialist. if ussr(russia) didn't want tests on taiga or sibera lands. then why they're tests on habitated humans?
i love this channel
It makes me sick what the USA is doing now.
Still watching this in 2021, As a descendant of the Bikini Bombing Survivors, it breaks my heart to watch this. Thank You US reps for fighting for the rights of the Marshallese people
:( This makes me sad.
Hellow ! That's a great video I liked it 👍
Do you think you could put your sources in the description for next videos ? I think that is pretty useful when we want to know more , thank you :)
In my country (finland) wi used to say russian is russian even if you fry it in butter
+jholotan best an @ss hole is always @ss hole.
Another is: "Doesn't work? Must be Russian."
It loses meaning in translation jholotan. kind of a stupid comment for a finnish person, I thought finnish people were smarter than that.
jholotan best you guys really have life figured out
Edmund Dragojlović it means that Russians Will always stay the same, whatever happens.
Rich have always screwed less fortunate. Can we change this?
atmospheric testing was banned in the sixties bro
but that's Russia so they do whatever they want. Selling nuclear warheads is also banned, but you can still buy some from Bulgaria. The ex-communist countries are a whole different world. A lawless and disgusting world.
I liked the music and presentation, I have one question though. Does @Seeker Stories have their own composer or do they use music from different artists?
This is why I have no faith in humanity.
I think moral of the story is: we are, more ofter than not, very bad people.
I am starting to think it is at our core... to put our desires above the well-being of "the other".
we usually just dress it up in a different way.
30 year from now we'll be hearing about all the shit that is being done right now, that we collectively, actively choose not to see.
and when that happens, we will, once again say, But at least we don't do it anymore, we are better as people now. Or, (as in this video's case) at least we're not as bad as those guys.
so true
+mery silva Not all humans are like this, though the ones who don't behave or are in essence the same way get bullied or killed by the rest.
+Bryan Jared My argument is, all humans are initially like this. we have a primal instinct to put our desires over others' well-being. Only some (very few), can repress or extinguish this that I now call the essence of evil.
But mostly, what changes is our sense of the "self" and the "other". At any given time the "other" might be: anyone outside your family; people of a different race; or people from other countries (patriotism).
our economic systems openly subdue 3rd world countries and we are all Ok with it. or we pretend not to see it.
100 years from now you'll see documentaries like this one, talking about our economic system and all these wars it causes.
Altair Ibn-La Ahad I know, you grow up hearing theses things. but I have gotten to the point where I actually see it. Not in a Conspiracy theorist sense, But in a very tangible (real) sense. after studying business and the world enconomy and how the different countries interact.
+mery silva I don't think that's necessarily true. I think that often people who perhaps lack empathy and thus don't have the nuisance of moral scruples getting in their way rise to power more easily than others. There are many remarkably good things that people do each day. To say that all humans are inherently good or inherently bad is oversimplifying.
France tested series of nuclear bombs in Sahara one live Human beings
Wicked and utterly tragic thanks for showing us
Fallout 4 hype!
How did I know I would see Fallout 4 comments?😂😂😂
+COURTZ Shaw not really
+COURTZ Shaw You don't understand Nuclear weapons that much. And Fallout is driven by developers that are highly educated in science. something most games don't have. Fun fact.
At least Kazakhstan was U.S.S.R. soil at the time. Bikini Atoll and the Marshall Islands are not, and were not, U.S. soil.
+AholeAtheist
So what? What difference does it make? The U.S. carried out hundreds of nuclear tests on U.S. soil in Nevada. Idiot
John Publik The difference is the Soviets weren't entitled arseholes who thought it was cool to turn someone's whole home and backyard radioactive and then split. LOL. The cognitive dissonance hurting your brain, bitch? Don't want to own up to the fact your country is responsible for fucking up half the world in way or another? Too fucking bad. People like me won't let you forget it, whether you're going to recognize or continue to wallow in your cognitive dissonance.
Pretty sure those islands were uninhabited American territory. The US owns a bunch islands they do nothing with.
Lightscribe225 No. The Marshall Islands were inhabited. Pretty sure it was never officially U.S. soil either.
AholeAtheist
My phone's autocorrect fucked it up. I mean unincorporated American Territory. And I checked. Bikini Atoll was considered American territory during the time of the testing. The islands didn't become their own nation until the 80s. So the USSR and US are on equal footing of shitty-ness.
Thought back then the U.S had no clue how bad radiation could be. Scientists and officers would walk out with plastic bags on their feet confident that would be enough to protect them. Don't know about Soviets though, but I'm assuming they were equally ignorant of the side effects of the radiation.
Russia has repeatedly said via many a diplomat over the last 50 years that it is more than willing to get rid of its nuclear weapons entirely. Gorbachev offered this to Reagan. The US declined. Putin pleaded directly with the US from 2008 onwards for a decade not to start a new arms race by putting anti-nuclear missiles in Europe, the US declined.
I am not saying Putin or the Russian government are angels, far from it, but they are far more sensible, logical, rational actors than any US administration has been post Carter.
Fantastic summary of this history. If more people learn about the testing that took place there, there will be greatly increased support for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
One of the best channel in youtube
it's amazing how these countries claim to be civilzed. (use or have nuks)
I bless the creators of this weapon for creating such peace.
They detonated 456 nukes in that one area? Holy fuck, you're shitting me right?
Good video
Russia ratified the treaty but they violated it last year. There was a big flash of light above Iekaterinburg on November 14, 2014 (google the video). There was no sound on the ground. This was a nuclear test in space. No electromagnetic impulse because at night the ionosphere is not very active at low altitudes. The Russians organised a conference on missile defence with their allies 3 days later in the same city of Iekaterinburg. This test was a way to demonstrate to their allies their ability to intercept missiles with nuclear missiles (like the Balosh missiles around Moscow since the 1960's). assopyrophor.org/2015/08/16/the-flash-light-in-siberia-nov-14-2014-a-nuclear-test-in-space-le-flash-en-siberie-du-14112014-un-test-nucleaire-dans-lespace/
...fallout 4 hype increases
I can't believe you could count nuke tested by Soviet/Russia but forget to count what happen in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
A big thank you to the sponsors for making this possible - USA, USSR, France... Without you the planet wouldnt have got how desteuctive the human race is
The British made Australian and English servicemen drive fly and walk in the epicenter of a nuclear test with no gear to purposefully test radiation effects on soldiers.
2:01 that picture looks altered.
This channel is awesome. Can they make all their video just under 4 minutes. it will be great.
This video is wrong to assert only the Soviet Union tested the effects of nuclear weapons its citizens. What about the US soldiers marched into Nevada desert to observe the detonation? Even civilians in the close towns were able to see the blast. Or the Pacific island Rongelap's inhabitants exposed to the US bomb' fallout? Yes, they were evacuated, but few years later returned to the island. US scientists noted that time : ''the returned people will give valuable information about radiation on human beings''. Or when Australia tested the atomic bomb's effects on its indigenous population? Not only the former Soviet Union's leaders were indifferent about the plight of people.
Russian crime against humanity is just limitless!!!!
USA have done many stupid things too. (Choking) Vietnam (choking) not signed no nucks
what about US/china/india/...
what about Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
Every superpower has done disgusting and horrible things. That's why they're superpowers.
bhootpurv manusya What has India and China done?
Wow..... you seem to know so much about this but i see no information links..... thats called propaganda sir.
So, "The Polygon" basically became the real life Mojave in 2281?
*Holy shit..*
Music Used?
Wasnt Nagasaki and Hiroshima a shame aswell? .....shhhh....lets sweep it under the rug and pretend it never happened.....
A shame yet it potentially saved millions of lives.
Russia clearly broke the treaty this year 2021 after testing Poseidon in the Artic.
What's the name of the music playing throughout the video?
Is Vegas radioactive or prone to wind and dust with radioactive particles?
Aww hell nah they nuked bikini bottom
You do realise nuclear missile testing is a war crime
@@jerrybumblebottom yeah is also a war crime to Nuke bikini bottom
i love how the environment situations we face today is because of nuclear testing
Nukes actually makes the earth colder
nuclear winter hear we come
The first soviet thermonuclear test, known as "Joe 4" in the west, was supposed to be a tower shot. Because tower shots are closer to the ground they mix radioactive particles with dust more easily than bomb dropped air bursts. The soviet scientists worried about fallout from this much larger yield of a weapon so they made it air droppable for the first test, basically making a deliverable weapon. The U.S. had yet to make a deliverable thermonuclear bomb even though there was a large difference in yield between the two countries design philosophies. Little history lesson.
Just a really touching thumbnail pic lots of humanity and tenderness given the context
Whoa!!!
2:04 She's still beautiful.
Hell noo
No she isn't, i know you're trying to be nice and tell a white lie, but be honest.
The US as one of the hold outs....never a surprise...never
"Usa bad boo hoo" Well so did china, north korea, iran, isriael, and whatever else. But nope, you stupid foreigners apparently can only read "america". If you live in europe remember who contributes to 70% of nato, without the us russia could invade you any second. Be grateful.
Whats the name of the music used at 0:25?
Este video dentro de a poco se va llenar de vengo por Dross :v
Que asco que uses el pacman.
X2
Jaja lo sabia XD
This is soo US propaganda
I hope this is sarcasam
+Matt smith Ummm the government does not own this channel. If you watch a few videos you will see 90% of them are bashing america.
+Wu Gang There's also the fact that it's talking about the USSR, not the current Russian Government. So, add another point to the possibility that the original poster is making a bad attempt at trolling.
I have heard of it,test tube, and I'll thank you not to underestimate my knowledge of Kazackstan
I remember learning about the nuclear explosion in semipalatinsk in 4th grade i haven't understood a thing, until now...
USSR collapsed in 1991 not 1989
This is pure insanity.
whats the sound track ?
i was not surprised by any of the 8 hold outs
"(...) with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989"
The USSR`s existence ended in December 1991.
It is good to make a documentory like this one for UK's atomic tests in Australia and their savage and careless tests which were more than 700 trials...without any cautious and cleaning fallouts
So sad. Also search John Pilger's - "The Coming War On China" Documentary. The first part he visits the Marshall islands and interviews the people.
They gave up Nukes, but got Borat. I think that’s an even trade
josh edmonson Let the racists be damned and go to hell who laughs at the tragedy of an entire nation(folk)!
Hello, I suppose this will be number 86 on the comments list, so I would understand if you never get to replying, but what was the music you used in the video?
Love the work,
Max Butler
+max butler +Siddharth Kumar +funnyquacker the music is from a licensed music service called APM. Glad you enjoyed it!
Now please do an episode on the 900 US tests on the Shoshone reservation
When I heard the U.S. at the end, I nearly spit out what I was drinking.
+Colin Childress Sure. We haven't signed the Land Mine Treaty either, EVEN THOUGH we adhere to the stipulations of BOTH treaties.
Why? Flexibility.
And here i thought we were bad for using live pigs for nuclear tests
"A great place for our nuclear test...!"
What about the US government testing nukes on their own troops after WW2 and covering it up
Shut up
THOSE POOR PEOPLE!!!!😭😭😭😭
Are we humans just rotten at the core?