PinnacleTourismOct 2

Boyuk Zira — the island that Azerbaijan forgot.

Just off the coast of Baku, Boyuk Zira (formerly Nargin Island) sits in silence.

Once used as a Tsarist prison and later a Soviet military base
Now a haunting, empty island full of Cold War ruins, sea birds, and mystery

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N-gated Hacker NewsJun 3, 2025
🔒 Plutonium Mountain: 17 years spent playing hide-and-seek with Soviet secrets. Because nothing screams 'urgent' like a nearly two-decade-long quest to babysit radioactive dirt. Meanwhile, the rest of the world explores self-driving cars and cat memes. 🐱💥
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Plutonium Mountain: Inside the 17-Year Mission to Secure a Legacy of Soviet Nuclear Testing

The Belfer Center’s Eben Harrell and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David E. Hoffman for the first time report the details of one of the largest nuclear security operations of the post-Cold War years — a  secret 17-year, $150 million operation to secure plutonium in the tunnels of Degelen Mountain.

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs