On April 26, 1986, the explosion at Reactor No. 4 of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant forever changed the lives of millions ...
Svetlana Alexievich is Belarus’ only Nobel Laureate – but the exiled journalist’s work is suppressed within her own country.
Three books on the tragedy provide a detailed understanding on what transpired, drawing on Soviet archives, KGB documents, ...
The unlearned lessons of the greatest man-made catastrophe of the XX century and the long-term consequences of the Chernobyl ...
Some historical events are so catastrophic they resist comprehension. And yet they compel us to try to understand them, again ...
Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and ...
It’s hard for those of us in the modern era to grasp the true horror of the Chernobyl disaster. Even a deep dive into the ...
Firefighters trying to prevent the Chernobyl nuclear disaster received more than a lethal dose of radiation in less than five ...