Subjects:

Subjects: “…Soviet Union…”

“…About censorship in the coverage of Chernobyl events in the Soviet media; evacuation from the 30-km zone and unwillingness of people to leave their residences; about local and regional officials who evacuated their own families and took individual protective measures against radiation while the general public remained uninformed and unprotected.…”

“…Duration: 00:52:00 Bielorussia, a former Soviet republic, was the most affected in the region by the explosion of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. …”

“…They give voice to the outsiders of Belarusian society: the gay, the disabled, the mentally ill, and they provide a vehicle for political resistance in Europe’s last dictatorship. …”