Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Chernobyl disaster (1986)
On the Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia map as “Chernobyl”
26 Apr 1986 — Reactor No. 4 explodes during a safety test. Thirty-one workers and firefighters die within months, more than 100,000 people are evacuated that year, and estimates of eventual cancer deaths range from about 4,000 to tens of thousands. Moscow stayed silent for two days.
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- Perestroika and glasnost (chapter 8 of Meiji Japan and post-Soviet Russia)
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- Remaking the State: Meiji Japan 1600–1912 and Post-Soviet Russia 1964–2000
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