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Russia, Dzerjinsk, May 17, 2018 From the series "Contaminations" The city of Dzerzjinsk, named after Felix Dzerzjinsky, the founder of the Soviet secret police that later became the KGB, was a forbidden city. Here was the capital of the chemical industry where the USSR had its secret defense industry production facility; this was where yperite (mustard gas) and sarin gas were manufactured. Nearly 300,000 tons of chemical waste was buried in the surrounding area. In 2003, the local death rate was totally disproportionate to the birth rate, with 2.6 deaths for every new birth, and with men dying at an average age of 42, and women at 47. Headquarters of the chemical plant, Korund, the first plant in Russia to produce cyanide. Russie, Dzerjinsk, 17 mai 2018 Issu de la serie "Contaminations" Dzerjinsk, du nom de Felix Dzerjinski, fondateur de ce qui deviendra le KGB, etait une ville interdite. La capitale de la chimie accueillait le centre de fabrication de l'industrie de la defense de l'Union sovietique. On y produisait de l'yperite et du gaz sarin. Prcs de 300 000 tonnes de dechets chimiques neurotoxiques ont ete enfouies dans la campagne alentour. En 2003, le taux de mortalite depassait de 260 % le taux de natalite, l'?ge moyen des deccs chez les hommes etait de 42 ans, de 47 ans pour les femmes. Sicge de l'usine de chimie, Korund, premicre usine de Russie r produire du cyanure. Samuel Bollendorff / Agence VU