11 December 2000 Chernobyl was always much more than a power station. The name entered the lexicon and consciousness of Westerners as a stark symbol of the utter decay and incompetence of the rotting Soviet system. For Soviet citizens it was that and more. It also showed that their government was no longer prepared–after the initial fiasco of blunders and […]
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