Kyshtym disaster

Stalin's original order set the completion date for November 7, 1947, the 30th anniversary of the October Revolution.

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The October Revolution was an armed coup by the Bolsheviks in the Russian Republic in 1917 that led to the overthrow of the government and began a bloody chapter in Russian history.

Stalin's order was not carried out, the complex was put into operation almost a year late. In April 1947, only the excavation for the nuclear reactor was completed.