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To add to that, Chernobyl disaster and the subsequent coverup attempt clearly showed that Glasnost lacked actual substance. It was the one of the main reasons b
by orbital-decay 3y ago
To add to that, Chernobyl disaster and the subsequent coverup attempt clearly showed that Glasnost lacked actual substance. It was the one of the main reasons behind lifting the censorship regime (since the 1987 the press was essentially free to write about anything, and did so), and a major contributor to allowing competing factions inside the party. Nemtsov in particular became a prominent figure after his Chernobyl-related activism.
However, claiming that environmentalists took down the whole Union is downright silly. Yes, the fears of the crumbling infra and coverups, Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Spitak earthquake, and Ufa train disaster dominated the media of the late USSR (and especially Armenia, due to the Spitak earthquake), but that was only a small factor, the reasons were much more fundamental.
- culebron21 3y ago> showed that Glasnost lacked actual substance. What do you mean? Glasnost (policy of open discussions) started in 1987, a year later than Chernobyl disaster and the coverup attempt.
- orbital-decay 3y agoIt's been discussed since 1985, with implementation attempts in 1986 before the Chernobyl disaster, but only accepted as the official policy (Glasnost-Perestroika-Acceleration) in 1987. I still have a Uborevich-Borovsky's satirical comic book published in 1986 with Glasnost taking probably one third of it.
- natmaka 3y agoSomeone in the know said that "Chernobyl was REAL reason behind Soviet Union's collapse" This may be a tad exaggerated, and the main reasons were indeed much more fundamental, but the impact was massive. It was the coup de grace. https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1137086/chernobyl-hbo-series-sky-atlantic-nuclear-disaster-gorbachev-soviet-union-spt https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1137086/chernobyl-hbo-s...