The islands of Novaya Zemlya are best known for this.
Salmon fishing
The Russian Riviera
Nuclear testing
Georgi Zhukov’s birthplace
Last Russian area to come under communist rule
For nearly 40 years, beginning in 1954, the Soviet Union used Novaya Zemlya as a nuclear testing area, its version of the Bikini Atoll that was used by the United States. Novaya Zemlya consists of two islands located near the Arctic Circle.