Poliske Nets

Aug 22, 2021

1h 2m

★ 0.0

Overview

Poliske was contaminated with radioactive material after the 1986 Chornobyl disaster. Soviet authorities did everything they could to erase the ancient history of this town, and after Chornobyl, they destroyed its future.

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Drama

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