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Why I love my toxic town
The Russian city of Dzerzhinsk was a centre of chemical production during Soviet times, and neighbouring towns used to joke about its two-headed purple-skinned residents. A grim place to grow up you might think. But for Tatyana Movshevich it's a magical city of dreams.
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