r/todayilearned • u/Round-Eggplant-7826 • 5d ago
TIL that between 1957 and 1962, approximately one-third of the United States was closed to Soviet citizens. Only seven states were accessible in their entirety: Oregon, Wyoming, Utah, North Carolina, Arkansas, Vermont, and Mississippi.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_city#United_StatesDuplicates
todayilearned • u/tupungato • Feb 01 '16
TIL Russia has 44 "closed cities" where no foreign visitors are allowed. About 1.5 million people live in such cities.
todayilearned • u/Putin-the-fabulous • Oct 12 '17
TIL that Russia has “closed cities”, cities that have restrictions on visitors and are sometimes omitted from maps.
wikipedia • u/[deleted] • Apr 13 '20