After perestroika, and collapse of the USSR, one of the strongest economic models of the world, suddenly, was not so impressive anymore...
In 1991, Russian army was withdrawn from the Kazakhstan.
The scientists and workers of the nuclear range, the ones who sacrificed their life for our future, were left behind, on their own. They were left without means of existence, along with their families.
The scientific atomic research center of entire nation, was looted, and taken apart, brick by brick.
For a while, they had no food, clean water, or heat in the middle of winter. Some immigrated to Russia, others stayed behind.
They lost their only direction they were trained for, and worked for, all their life. Most of them lost their health in the process.
Russian and Kazakhstan government had no time or resources to deal with them. A lot of scientists died short time after the collapse of the empire. Who stayed behind, became drunks, living mostly in their ...
