A unique book from National Geographic photographer Gerd Ludwig documents the worst nuclear catastrophe in history with sobering but stunning images. Ludwig visited Chernobyl nine times in 20 years to show the stories of the lives of the victims,the exclusion zone and the abandoned city of Pripyat. The book also contains an essay from former president Mikhail Gorbachev on how the accident changed the course of the world's history by accelerating the collapse of the Soviet Union[br]Victor Gaydack is now in his 70s and lives in a Kiev suburb. In April 1986 he was a major in the Russian army, on duty when reactor four at Chernobyl exploded. He was one of tens of thousands of fit, and young “liquidators” sent in from all over the Soviet Union to try to make safe the stricken reactor. Since the accident,Gaydack has suffered two heart attacks, and developed severe stomach cancer. Continue reading...
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