Go upstream along the Ertzis River and arrive at the Russian-Kazakh border from Omsk for only one hundred and seventy kilometers.

During this voyage, the railway from Omsk to Barnaul to the east travels parallel to the west bank of the river until it approaches the border between the two countries. It will meet with another railway in a small town on the west bank of the river, and then cross the Ertzis River through a high railway bridge, and finally arrive at Barnaul, the capital of the Altai Krai region of Russia.

After the Siberian Endeavour passed the high railway bridge, it arrived at the border between the two countries. What surprised Yang Jing was that due to the relationship between the two countries, there was no special customs on the border. The Siberian Endeavour passed the border line in a swagger, but no one checked it...

To be honest, this is the first time that Yang Jing has encountered such a smooth pass.

However, after entering Kazakhstan, the river channel is much narrower than that of Omsk and the water flow is much faster. However, in terms of the performance of Siberia Endeavor, this level of water flow rate can be directly ignored.

In fact, the situation in Kazakhstan and in Russia has almost no change. Basically, you can see a town every seven or eight kilometers. Some towns have wharfs by the river, while others do not. But there is no doubt that these towns rely on this long-standing Ertzis River.

Because it was sailing in the inland river, the speed of Siberia's Endeavour was always maintained at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. In this way, from the morning of the morning in Omsk, after a day and a night of sailing, the yacht arrived at Bapurodar, the capital of Bapurodar Prefecture, a province in the northeast of Kazakhstan.

The city of Bapurodar now has more than 400,000 people, making it an important industrial city in northern Kazakhstan. Before coming, Yang Jing’s understanding of the city was just what the middle school geography textbook said many years ago: one of the four major industrial areas of the former Soviet Union, “Kalaganda-Central Industrial Zone of Bapurodar”.

However, after the yacht arrived here and admired the city up close, Yang Jing deeply realized why the whole world called the former Soviet Union's industrial products "silly, big, stupid and rough".

You can clearly feel the "silly, big, stupid and rough" atmosphere from this important industrial city of the former Soviet Union. Even though the former Soviet Union has been disintegrated for almost 30 years, the city still maintains the industrial style of the former Soviet era.

Some of the factories left over from the Cold War in the last century were only ruins, but some were still operating. The tall chimneys were constantly spraying out with thick smoke, even if they were several kilometers away, they could be seen clearly.

Yang Jing thought that if this were in China, which was increasingly paying attention to environmental protection, such a large chimney would have been sealed long ago. It was just that in this vast and sparsely populated Siberian wasteland, such a large chimney without environmental protection measures could survive.

The big chimneys that live here are really happy...

This city did not give Yang Jing a good feeling, so he was too lazy to get ashore. However, the river near Bapurodal has become much wider, and the widest place can even be close to one kilometer. In addition, it is an industrial city itself, so there are a lot more transport ships on the river surface.

The luxurious Siberian Endeavor was exquisitely like a porcelain doll in front of these stupid and silly transport ships, so Yang Jing didn't want to stay here, so he notified Captain Ivan to continue moving forward.

After nearly twenty hours of sailing, the yacht came to a city in the middle of the night. At this time, Yang Jing and the others were sleeping. Captain Ivan directly leaned the yacht to a pier and then turned off the fire to sleep.

Maybe the boat stopped and became much more stable. Yang Jing slept particularly well this time. When he woke up, it was already noon.

While washing up, Yang Jing discovered that the yacht was docked at a city pier.

When he arrived at the cab, Yang Jing asked Captain Ivan who had just woken up: "What city is this? Why did he dock here?"

"Mr. Yang, this is Semiy, formerly called Semiypalatinsk, which is the capital of Semiypalatinsk. However, later Semiypalatinsk and East Kazakhstan Oblast merged, so this is not the capital."

"Semiy? That city that once conducted nuclear tests?" Yang Jing asked.

"Yes, it was the place where the first mushroom bullet in the Soviet Union tried to explode. However, the mushroom bullet was not tested here, but at the Mishkwa test site about 150 kilometers away from here."

"Oh? It's only one hundred and fifty kilometers? That's not too far. You can go and take a look."

Captain Ivan laughed and said, "That's why I docked the ship here. Every time Mr. Alecperov came to Semiy, he would go to the nuclear test site specifically to see it. He said that it was the starting point of the glorious Soviet Union and Russia, and it was a place that every Russian should visit."

Yang Jing agrees with this. Just like China, if China had not successfully developed two bombs and one satellite, then the world pattern would definitely not be like this. Look at India, you can know the outcome of the lack of such deterrent weapons.

The former Soviet Union was called "Red Giant" by Western countries. The root cause of the "Red Horror" is that they have a large number of nuclear weapons in their hands. Even if the red giant, which made Western countries collectively terrified, eventually fell down, Russia, which took over most of the red giant's legacy, is still afraid to underestimate it in Western countries.

Although Western countries led by the United States impose such sanctions on Russia, they only stop at economic sanctions. The United States is so awesome, but never dares to use force against Russia. In fact, it is because Russia has enough nuclear weapons.

And all of this starts from this nuclear test site.

"Okay, let's just stay here for a day and visit that nuclear test site."

Yang Jing's breakfast was eaten in Saimi City. Since it was parked in this city, Yang Jing, as a foodie, naturally would not miss the food here.

Captain Ivan was very familiar with the local situation, so he volunteered to serve as Yang Jing's tour guide. Sure enough, under his leadership, Yang Jing tasted the most delicious food in the city.

Compared with Bapurodar, Semiy, although the city has a population of more than 300,000, it is much more refined than Bapurodar. The city is full of Russian-style buildings, and it is rarely seen. In the new district on the west bank of the river, there are many high-rise residential buildings, but the height is only more than ten floors.

"This city was a military fortress three hundred years ago, but in 1778, the Ertse River flooded and destroyed the old city. In that year, the entire city moved upstream for 18 kilometers, and finally formed this city here. If we arrived here during the day, we could also see the ruins of the former military fortress downstream."

Yang Jing smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, it's time to see it when we return."

Captain Ivan continued: "Mr. Yang, don't you know if you like boxing?"

Yang Jing nodded and said, "It's okay, but I like to watch boxing games. As for boxing, I haven't practiced it."

"Then you must have heard of the Klitchenko brothers, have you?"

"That's of course, when I was in school, it was the time when the two brothers ruled the heavyweight boxing world. I liked the style of their boxing. Oh, by the way, the brother of the Klitchenko brothers seems to be the mayor of Kiev now, right? Victor, why did you suddenly mention the two brothers?"

"That's right, my brother Victor Krichenko ran for the president of Ukraine a few years ago, but he failed, but became the mayor of Kiev. My younger brother Vladimir Krichenko retired the year before. Mr. Yang, maybe you would think they were Ukrainians, which is actually true, because they are indeed Ukrainians, but do you know that the birthplace of the two brothers was in this city."

"Yo? Are the Klitchenko brothers born in this city?"

Captain Ivan nodded seriously, "They are now the most famous people in the city. Now there are many children in this city who aim and idolize the Klitchenko brothers."

After walking around the city for about three hours, the group once again spent lunch in a restaurant with local characteristics in the city, and then returned to the ship. Chris drove the R66 helicopter, Yang Jing, Captain Ivan, Bruce and Morris onto the helicopter, and then the helicopter flew steadily towards the Mishkwanuclear test site about 150 kilometers west.

The R66 was very fast and it took only more than half an hour to fly to the former Soviet Union's first nuclear test site.

If Captain Ivan didn't say that the desolate grassland below was the nuclear test site where the Soviets tried to explode mushroom bombs for the first time, Yang Jing really couldn't believe that the first mushroom bomb in the Soviet Union had exploded in the area below.

A round puddle appeared in the sight ahead. Judging from the shape, this puddle could never be formed naturally.

Sure enough, Captain Ivan pointed to the puddle and said, "That puddle was the one that exploded when the 'pumpkin' was tried to explode. It was about 500 meters in diameter and 80 meters in depth! However, this puddle is no longer as big as it used to be."

"Boss, are we landing there?"

Captain Ivan said: "You can land there, but we should not stay there for too long. Although seventy years have passed since the nuclear test, the nuclear pollution here is still relatively serious. We do not wear anti-nuclear suits, so try not to stay here for too long."

Yang Jing asked with some concern: "Will we continue to be radiation if we don't wear nuclear-proof suits?"

"Don't worry, as long as we are not exposed to the radiation environment for a long time, it's still fine. Mr. Alecperov and I have been here many times and have never worn anti-nuclear suits every time I come. Am I not good now?"
Chapter completed!