ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 3月24日 12時40分

In a closed city in central Russia that once made atomic bombs, a sports school is churning out Olympic hopefuls. Once you enter Lesnoy, a city of 50,000, it takes 10 minutes to drive from the military checkpoint — where anyone who has a pass to the city must stop — to an ice-filled stadium called Trud (Work). Since the days of the Soviet Union, there have been several dozen closed cities like Lesnoy, where access is tightly controlled and state secrets are protected. For decades, those not in on the secrets didn’t know about these cities at all. Inside, however, citizens were hard at work: developing weapons of mass destruction, processing radioactive materials — and training for the Olympics. According to local officials, the number of Olympians per resident here is a record for the country. The photographer @maksimbabenko went to Lesnoy to document an Olympic sports school that trains kids in sports ranging from speedskating and cross-country skiing to shooting and hockey. “The city is small,” said Sergey Pronin, a coach in town. “What else shall we do?” Swipe left to see more photos.

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