A group of liquidators

Documentary Heritage Related to accident at Chernobyl.

A group of liquidators of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant named after V.I. Lenin. Pripyat, Kyiv Oblast, 1986.

The Documentary Heritage Related to accident at Chernobyl records the explosion that took place on 26 April 1986 in the 4th unit of Chernobyl NPP in Ukraine and affected surrounding countries. Different times actualizes different aspects of the disaster, which have results in very different spheres – social, political, economic, medical, ecological, psychological and moral. The archives, created in the Soviet Union and declassified by Ukraine, are crucial for understanding its nature and its socio-political impact; such as its building and development, the accident’s initial handling and aftermath.