Explosion of the first Soviet atomic bomb (Kazakhstan, 29 August 1949)
Image On 29 August 1949, the Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, a 22-kilotonne device tested at the Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS) in Kazakhstan.
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Source: Russia's first nuclear test, named Joe-1 by the west. Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan): Visual Concept Entertainment, 29.08.1949. Black and White.
Visual Concept Entertainment. http://www.vce.com/atomcentral.html.
Copyright: (c) Atomcentral (VCE)
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