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A mandatory read about how people's lives were affected by the accident - "Chernobyl Prayer" - Svetlana Alexievich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Alexi
by myth_drannon 10y ago
A mandatory read about how people's lives were affected by the accident - "Chernobyl Prayer" - Svetlana Alexievich (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Alexievich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Alexievich)
She won the Nobel prize for her writing.
The accident happened in Ukraine but a fact that is not usually written is that Belarus had a QUARTER of it's land mass polluted (and Belarus is a large country).Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
- jedmeyers 10y agoI've also read that Belarus still spends around 20% of their budget on Chernobyl disaster related activities and payouts.
- IvarTheHomeless 10y agoI showed a Ukrainian a photo of Steven Seagal holding gift melons from the president of Belarus, her response was "Only old people who don't care about radiation buy produce from Belarus" http://time.com/4468168/steven-seagal-carrot-watermelon-minsk-belarus-president/ http://time.com/4468168/steven-seagal-carrot-watermelon-mins...