Talk:Chelyabinsk

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For forty-five years, Chelyabinsk province of Russia was closed to all foreigners.Only in January of 1992 did President Boris Yeltsin sign a decree changing that.Shortly afterwards, I made my first trip to this region, which later Western scientists declared to be the most polluted spot on earth.

It's complete nonsense. I say it as I've been living here all my life. --Anthony Ivanoff 03:07, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I was born there and I heard very much the same thing that it is in fact the most polluted place on Earth, more so than Chernobyl. However, the polluted area is not the city itself but rather a part of the Chelyabinsk Oblast north of the city. It's not like the accident happened in the city itself. alex 02:22, 23 July 2006 (UTC)