evidence: During the Cold War, Vozrozhdeniya Island was a top-secret testing ground for deadly Soviet super-pathogens. Despite over two decades of abandonment, their legacy lives on. [...] Vozrozhdeniya was once home to a vibrant fishing village fringed by turquoise lagoons, back when the Aral Sea was the fourth-largest in the world and abundant with fish. [...] Translated into English, Vozrozhdeniya means "rebirth". Let’s hope the island’s pathogens don’t experience one any time soon.