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Russia’s Monotown of Asbest: The Town Asbestos Built

Eurasia

On the edge of the world’s largest asbestos pit, the city of Asbest was a flourishing mining monotown—until it became an early victim of Russia’s industrial decline.

Anna Nemtsova

Published Dec. 1 2013 6:45AM EST

articles/2013/12/01/russia-s-monotown-of-asbest-the-town-asbestos-built/131127-asbest-russia-nemtsova-tease_fadoiq — (Olga Kravets/The New York Times, via Redux

Anna Nemtsova

Anna Nemtsova

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