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Three cars on a train carrying hexogen to Kazakhstan explode in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR, killing 91 and injuring about 1,500.
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RDX
Explosive chemical compound
RDX (Research Department Explosive or Royal Demolition Explosive) or hexogen, among other names, is an organic compound with the formula (CH2N2O2)3. It is white, odorless, and tasteless, widely used as an explosive. Chemically, it is classified as a nitroamine alongside HMX,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Kazakhstan
Country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe
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Arzamas train disaster
1988 accidental detonation of explosives on a train in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, USSR
The Arzamas explosion, also known as the Arzamas train disaster, was a railway accident that occurred on June 4, 1988, in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, Soviet Union, when an explosion at a railway crossing killed 91 people and injured 1,500. The Arzamas train disaster occurred exactly…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Arzamas
City in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
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Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
First-level administrative division of Russia
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast is a federal subject of Russia. Its administrative center is the city of Nizhny Novgorod. It has a population of 3,119,115 as of the 2021 Census. From 1932 to 1990 it was known as Gorky Oblast.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Soviet Union
Country in Eurasia (1922–1991)
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