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Coat of Arms of Zelenogorsk.
Zelenogorsk (Russian: Зеленого́рск) is a closed town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It was formerly known as Krasnoyarsk-45 and was involved in the Soviet Nuclear Program, enriching uranium.
The city is located on the left bank of the Kan River 180 km above its confluence with the Yenisei River in Siberian Russia. It has a population of 69,355 (2002 Census). It is located at around 56°6′53″N, 94°35′10″E.
As a closed town, it went under the codename Krasnoyarsk-45 until Russian President Boris Yeltsin decreed in 1992 that such cities could use their historical names. The town appeared on no official maps until then. As is the tradition with Soviet towns containing secret facilities (e.g., Ozersk aka Chelyabinsk-40, Tomsk-7, Sarov aka Arzamas-16), Sverdlovsk-45 is actually a P.O. Box number and implies that the place is located some distance from the city of Krasnoyarsk.
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