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The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant: the Ministry of Health of the Ukrainian SSR reports on the problems

Medical textbooks say: timely medical assistance is a fundamental requirement during liquidation of the consequences of a radiation accident. To do this, it’s

Chernobyl: I became a firefighter by choice

It’s terrible to think what the disaster at the ChNPP could result in, if it weren’t for the fire departments of the VHF-2,

The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant divided my life into two parts

34 years have passed since the accident at the ChNPP. It has become the largest man-made disaster of the twentieth century. A lot’s

A brief history of the Chernobyl NPP: from an industrial giant to a sarcophagus

Rigorous protection, a long corridor, a gloomy concrete building where the dramatic events of a failed experiment unfolded. The Chernobyl disaster happened here.

Underwater intelligence officers in Chernobyl: we were on a government task

After the Chernobyl accident, the Kiev expeditionary detachment of underwater technical works received another government task. Before the commissioning of the first and

The Chernobyl Zone: an apocalypse or a rebirth?

One of the largest man-made disasters in human history took place on April 26, 1986. Since then, the time in the Zone, called

Friday night, Chernobyl: the last hours before the disaster

What was Chernobyl for Ukraine? A national tragedy, a huge psychological trauma, a heavy burden for the economy. Chernobyl exploded not only due

Chernobyl: the first shot of the last war

The Chernobyl tragedy of 1986 is one of the most significant events in the world. She radically influenced the course of the further