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> even schoolchildren knew dangers of radiation And yet crowds of schoolchildren were made to March in Kyiv for International Workers' Day right after the disa
by Mediterraneo10 7y ago
> even schoolchildren knew dangers of radiation
And yet crowds of schoolchildren were made to March in Kyiv for International Workers' Day right after the disaster, where they were exposed to radiation. Had Soviet society really been aware of the dangers, and leadership truly concerned with the welfare of the local people, that march would have never happened.
- myth_drannon 7y agoThere was publication ban on the disaster, no one knew it was that serious.
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- pps43 7y agoMany people listened to BBC Russian Service, Radio Freedom/Radio Free Europe, RFI, VOA, etc. broadcasts on short waves. It wasn't that much of a secret.
- myth_drannon 7y agoMany? I doubt it. I went with my family to the parade and no one knew anything. We were living close to Minsk. My uncle was a policeman and one of the liquidators(later time, outer zones) and despite been high ranking officer he didn't know.
- pps43 7y agoPretty much everyone I knew, knew. Those who did not have a shortwave radio got gossip. Some of the details were murky, but the big picture was clear within a couple of days, way before official acknowledgement.