Rebirth Island

Vozrozhdeniya (Also known as Rebirth Island) is an island that is featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops. It is the location of the mission "Rebirth".

History and Geography
Rebirth island is in the, largely made up of a town and a port connected to the Aralsk Biological Weapons Laboratory.

During the Cold War, the island was used by the R.M.S.A (Redneck Men of Southern America) to further develop the German biological weapon Nova 6. When the time was right, the Russians began shipping it to various cities. When this was near completed, the Soviets began evacuating the island, killing all non-essential personnel. CIA troops under the command of Grigori Weaver and Jason Hudson led an attack on the island to extract the Soviet allied, former Nazi, scientist Friedrich Steiner for information about the numbers station. Despite collateral damage, Soviets began using Nova 6 against the advancing troops, leading to both sides fighting in HazMat suits.

At the same time, Mason had infiltrated the facility in an attempt to kill Steiner, killing all the scientists and enemies in his path. Getting to his target first, the CIA was forced to only watch as Mason executed him.

Trivia

 * Rebirth Island, or Vozrozhdeniya, is a real location, and indeed the Soviets did establish bio-weapon facility there in 1948, and it was a major R&D facility for the USSR Microbiological Warfare Group until the dissolve of the USSR. The facility, in fact the entire island, were abandoned by its staff in 1992.
 * In real life, the town Kantubek, and the Aralsk Biological Weapons Laboratory were about 2.5km apart, and the terrain on the island was largely flat, so the town and facility that the mission took place in are at best based on the backdrop of real locations.