Others were genetically modified to make them resistant to existing medication.
We used monkeys, about 200 to 300 each year.
The town had a social club, a stadium, a couple of schools and shops.
It was a beautiful place,'' Lepyoshkin recalled.
Today, the entire complex lies in ruins and stripped to the bone by scavengers.
The island itself doesnt exist anymoreit was absorbed into the surrounding desert as the Aral Sea slowly dried up.
Consequently, Vozrozhdeniya Island began to grow, from 200 square kilometers to nearly ten times its original size.
The exception is anthrax, a spore that can survive in soil for centuries.
The U.S. Defense Department believes that the spores have been destroyed, but nobody can say for sure.
Remember those barrels of anthrax the Soviets hid somewhere on the island?
No, thankfully, that didnt come up, but who knows what they will dig up next?
Vozrozhdeniya Island as in 2017.
