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M. Gorbachev: the Chernobyl accident gave rise to environmental nationalism

Mikhail Gorbachev first visited the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on February 23, 1989, almost three years after the disaster. He never explained why

Corruption Zone: who needs Chernobyl forests?

The Chernobyl exclusion zone is 260,000 hectares of land, 70% of which are forests. Clearing and selling them has long been a business,

My signature is on the acts of commissioning the Chernobyl nuclear power plant

From the memoirs of engineer Boris Vasilchenko: “… In 1972-1985, I, as a state labor safety inspector, supervised the construction and operation of

Chernobyl: my address is not a house or a street – my address is Soviet Union

The largest man-made disaster in history occurred on April 26, 1986. Thousands of people have died of the effects of radiation. Hundreds of

The Chernobyl accident: official chronicle by the hour

A hydrothermal explosion occurred at the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on Saturday, April 26, 1986. It happened at

Who glows from radiation: the mysteries of the Chernobyl forest

Almost thirty-four years ago, an accident occurred on the territory of Kiev Polesie that cast doubt on the safety of nuclear reactors throughout

The military commissariat said: “You are heading to Chernobyl”

Spring was blooming, filled with the smells of new life. No one knew that it would forever be inscribed in the history of

The accident on ChNPP: we’re not the first – we’re not the last

It is no secret today that the Soviet government tried in 1986 in every possible way to hide the terrible accident at the

“…I have 43 x-rays: can I be healthy?”

Any event, even the most tragic, that has ever happened in world history, is gradually forgotten. Only the memories of their direct participants

Chernobyl syndrome and Coronavirus COVID-19

Most Ukrainians still associate their serious illnesses and vulnerable immunity with the consequences of the Chernobyl accident, a disaster on a planetary scale.