Siberian Gulag Research Paper

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In this article they talk about how a Siberian gulag is one of the most polluted place in the world and how one man found a way to make profit off of it. This man is named Vladimir M. Stratyev; He is a miner of air pollution. In this area, metal particle rain down on the city and builds up in the river and on the streets. This is because of the smelter that produces one-fifth of the world’s nickel. When the metal cloud started to fall on the city Mr. Stratyev was a business opportunity. He would mine the metal falling from the sky and collecting in the river, and then sell it to the smelter for a profit. In 1995 1,280 ton of nickel could be sold, and then it was lowered to only 800 tons. Even with the amount drop, it can be worth 30 million