Talk:Nevyansk

Closed town?

Why was Nevyansk a closed city during soviet times? There is no mention of this in the article (got something to hide? just kidding ;) No, but really, does anyone know?) Brentt 18:02, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Are you sure you are not confusing it with nearby Novouralsk (which still is a closed town)? I could find no mention that Nevyansk was closed during the Soviet times (not that I looked hard, admittedly :)). Could you point me to where you found that fact? I might be able to research it from there. Thanks!—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 12:31, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

I got it from an totally infallible source: wikipedia. ;) It says it in the Leaning Tower of Nevyansk article. It gives it as the reason archaeologists and historians wern't able to study it until recently. But you know...its wikipedia, so what moron would trust that site. Brentt 19:28, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Oh, don't be so hard on us, we are just people, after all, and people are known for making mistakes every now and then :) Anyway, my personal opinion is that Nevyansk might have been affected by Novouralsk's closed status when it came to archaeological research, but I don't know that for sure and have no reference to back it up. So I did the next most sensible thing and asked the author of the article. He's not editing often these days, but I hope he'll let us know where the statement came from when he shows up. Best,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); 17:38, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

I was just joking about that last part ;) Brentt 18:31, 13 August 2007 (UTC)