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The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic.
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Chernobyl disaster
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at the maximum severity on the International Nuclear…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Soviet republic from 1919 to 1991
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991. Under the Soviet one-party model, the Ukrainian SSR was governed by…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)