TIL: Closed Cities are cities requiring special permission to visit, a phenomenon common in the former Soviet Union. Today Russia has the highest number of closed cities.

Troy@lemmy.ca · 23 hours ago

TIL: Closed Cities are cities requiring special permission to visit, a phenomenon common in the former Soviet Union. Today Russia has the highest number of closed cities.

Doom@ttrpg.network · edit-2 20 minutes ago

Ehh not really. One is a cultural thing the other is a state issued piece of legal code.

Sundown towns are real but they’re not really an american specific thing either. Tons of places on the planet will target you based on cultural shit. Closed Cities are some fascist ass shit

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TIL: Closed Cities are cities requiring special permission to visit, a phenomenon common in the former Soviet Union. Today Russia has the highest number of closed cities.

TIL: Closed Cities are cities requiring special permission to visit, a phenomenon common in the former Soviet Union. Today Russia has the highest number of closed cities.

Closed city - Wikipedia