Forty years since the disaster, Chernobyl is a story that keeps finding new retellings
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- Category: Asia
- Language: EN
- Published: 2026-04-26 06:46 UTC
- Sources: The Hindu
The Chernobyl disaster occurred forty years ago and continues to be retold in various forms of media. Three books on the tragedy provide detailed accounts based on Soviet archives, KGB documents, interviews, and testimonies by survivors.
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