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«We’ll disgrace ourselves before the whole world.» How Soviet authorities tried to hide the Chernobyl disaster

The 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident is a reason to talk about many things. About the fatal flaws in the design of Soviet high-power reactors and the mistakes made by Anatoly Dyatlov’s ill-fated shift at Reactor No. 4. About the heroism of firefighters like Vladimir Pravik, who battled the flames at the plant, and the courage of hundreds of others involved in the cleanup. About the debates among Soviet bureaucrats and scientists regarding what really happened in Pripyat. Finally, about the construction of the one-of-a-kind sarcophagus over the explosion-ravaged Chernobyl reactor. But most importantly, it’s worth recalling how the Kremlin first denied the disaster on April 26, 1986, then concealed its true scale—and ultimately lost the battle against reality in less than three weeks.

#nuclearenergy #Belarus #state #Twoleggedbelt #historicalmemory #catastrophe #MikhailGorbachev #society #Restructuring #PolitburooftheCentralCommitteeoftheCPSU #theUSSR #Ukraine #censorship #Chernobyl #nuclearexplosion

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World War by the Laws of Postmodernism: Putin and Trump Against Global Progress

The general public often treats postmodernist practices with a certain lack of seriousness—since historical religious dogmas can be ironically and bizarrely combined with thoroughly cynical modern «business pragmatism.» However, the growing number of victims of these postmodernist wars is all too real.    

#war #EuropeanUnion #Iran #China #conservativesvsliberals #world #Restructuring #aftertheUSSR #satisfactionoftheclaimant #rightandleft #Putin #Russia #USA #Trump #Ukraine #philosophy #essay

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Perestroika Spotlight. On the Death of Vitaly Korotich

In the early 1990s, Dmitry Gubin worked at the magazine «Ogonyok,» which was then headed by Korotich — and he has memories to share about the legendary editor who passed away this week.

#VitalyKorotich #journalism #historicalmemory #personalexperience #media #MikhailGorbachev #Restructuring #aftertheUSSR #Russia #USA #Ukraine #Emigration

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