|SUBSCRIBE | UNSUBSCRIBE | April 26, 2020 As we all struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, we recall the Chornobyl nuclear disaster that shocked the world 34 years ago. Sunday, April 26, 2020
If the video link doesn't appear in your email, view this eblast in your browser. On April 26, 1986, an explosion in Reactor Number 4 of the Chornobyl (Chernobyl) Nuclear Power Station in Ukraine released massive amounts of radioactive material into the environment, leading to the evacuation of the local population from what became known as the Exclusion Zone. The Reactor Number 4 meltdown is considered to be the worst nuclear disaster of record. Thirty-four years later, this abandoned territory, still too dangerous to support human life has, surprisingly, become a burgeoning refuge for wildlife. However, wildfires in the region that started just a few weeks ago in early April have put Chornobyl in the news once again. Fears of circulating radiation abound and now there are concerns about the recovery of the wildlife. To remember this day in Ukraine's history The Ukrainian Museum has been screening the documentary short Chronicle of Severe Days (1986) annually since 2010, when filmmaker Damian Kolodiy shared it as part of the KinofestNYC film festival. Our thanks to Elena Filatova for making this footage public. Please take a few minutes to watch the heartwrenching footage shot by Volodymyr (Vladimir) Shevchenko just days after the Chornobyl disaster, his last film. Shevchenko witnessed the evacuation of Pripyat, the brave attempts of the "liquidators," the cleanup crews sent in to try and limit the effects of the fallout. Shevchenko suffered from the severe radiation and died just days after his trip. Chronicle of Severe Days (1986) What you will see:
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