Dzerzhinsk, Russia
Channel: Richard Knight
Date: 13/05/2015

Dzerzhinsk, Russia

A Carbon Qampus Production

Directed and acted by Merishka-Lauren Fester
My digital story on the pollution in the city of Dzerzhinsk

Dzerzhinsk is one of the most polluted cities in Russia. This was due to the manufacturing of chemical weaponry during the Cold War. This has left its mark on the surrounding environment. In the year 2008, the Guinness Book of World Records named Dzerzhinsk the most polluted city due to water samples taken from the White Sea. The closing of chemical facilities and the restoration of contaminated land has been undertaken. 

Filmed at the BCB Department, University of the Western Cape

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Osipov Georgiv Nokka http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Commander-in-chief_of_Russia.svg   
Shadowxfox http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Soviet_Union_-_Russian_SFSR_%281936%29.svg/592px-Soviet_Union_-_Russian_SFSR_%281936%29.svg.png 
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German Federal Archive http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-L04352,_Deutschland,_R%C3%BCstungsproduktion,_Panzer.jpg    
Cyrios http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzerzhinsk,_Russia#/media/File:Dzerjinsk_aerial_view.jpg  
Bestalex http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizhny_Novgorod_Oblast 
Presidential press and information office http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tobolsk-Polimer_chemical_plant.jpeg 
Tankist http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Shukhov_Tower_near_Nizhniy_Novgorod_photo_by_Tankist.jpg/220px-Shukhov_Tower_near_Nizhniy_Novgorod_photo_by_Tankist.jpg 
Walkerma http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arsenic_trioxide.jpg   
Balcer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_mustard#/media/File:Mustard_gas_burns.jpg 
Theanphibian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_cask_storage 
Lexaxis7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_the_Drums#/media/File:Valleyofdrums.jpg  
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Nabakov http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:155mmMustardGasShells.jpg#    
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Retired electrician http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallurgy_of_Russia#/media/File:NLMK_plant_in_Vorsino,_Kaluga_Oblast.jpg 
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Ninarahttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Stalin_White_Sea_%E2%80%93_Baltic_Sea_Canal_(Belomorsk).jpg 
Jmawork https://www.flickr.com/photos/illuminated_photography/3152673866/  
LokiiT http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_male_life_expectancy.PNG  
LokiiT http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russian_female_life_expectancy.PNG 
2014fifth http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksmith_print_cmyk_medium.jpg  
Merkushev Vladimir http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Industry_in_Dolgoprudny,_Russia.jpg 
Loranchet http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antarctica,_pollution,_environment,_Russia,_Bellingshausen_4.JPG    
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Carl Anderson http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mayak-FMSF-Cetac-37.jpg 
Hakiltu http://pixabay.com/en/biohazard-infected-infection-549303/   
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Splintercellguy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_degradation 
Yann http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society    

Music from:
http://freemusicarchive.org 
"Menace" by The Losers
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Losers/Betrayal_Lies_Disaster/Menace 
"Stay" by Igor Khabarov
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Igor_Khabarov/Be_1632/Stay_1877

Information retrieved from: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dzerzhinsk,_Russia  
http://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1661031_1661028_1661021,0.html    
http://www.worstpolluted.org/projects_reports/display/110#