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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Lake Karachay (Classic)

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Lake Karachay in Ozersk, Russia is the site of a former secret Soviet Union nuclear facility - that’s inspired art despite the little that’s publicly known of the site. READ MORE IN THE ATLAS: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lake-karachay GREAT NEWS: We’re up for an award - and you can help us win! Our podcast has been named a finalist for the Signal Awards! Go to vote.signalaward.com and vote for us in the best commute podcast category through Oct 5!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, I have a quick favorite ask.

0:06.8

We are up for a signal award.

0:09.2

This is like a podcast awards thing.

0:12.6

And we're in the category of best commute podcast.

0:16.6

It would be really lovely if people wanted to go and vote for us in that category.

0:22.2

It is the signal awards and the category is best commute podcast.

0:26.2

If you went over there and voted for out with Subscara, I would be very grateful.

0:31.2

OK, onto the show.

0:33.2

What can I tell you about a place that you were never supposed to know existed?

0:43.2

I can tell you there was a lake high in the southern neural mountains of Russia.

0:49.2

I can tell you what it looks like on Google Maps, a small blue spot in the shape of a cursive V.

0:55.2

I can tell you that if you weren't looking for it, you'd skip right over it.

1:01.2

I can tell you you do not want to have a picnic on the shores of this lake.

1:08.2

I can tell you it's called Lake Carache.

1:14.2

I'm Dylan Therese and this is out of Subscara, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible, and wondrous places.

1:22.2

Today, I'm going to try and tell you about Lake Carache, a place where fact and fiction blur.

1:30.2

More after this.

1:33.2

The list of things I can't tell you about Lake Carache is much longer.

1:56.2

I don't know how to get there.

1:58.2

I don't know if any animals live nearby.

2:00.2

I don't know if there's a smell to the lake.

2:03.2

I don't know if the sun shines directly on it or it dapples through tree cover.

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