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Ufa train disaster
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  • Russia
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Ufa train disaster

1989 railway accident in Iglinksy District, Bashkir SSR, Soviet Union

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The Ufa train disaster was a railway accident that occurred in the Iglinsky District of the Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union on 4 June 1989, killing 575 people and injuring 800 more. It is the second-deadliest rail disaster in Soviet/Russian history after the 1944 Vereshchyovka train disaster, and the deadliest to occur during peacetime.

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Image: ГУ МЧС России по Республике Башкортостан / РИА Новости, CC BY 4.0 · Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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