Krasnapolle: Living In The Fallout Of Chernobyl

Wednesday, April 20 , 2016 - 18:10 (EET) Section: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (USA)

Thirty years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, not many people still live in the areas of Belarus most affected by the fallout. Numerous villages were evacuated following the catastrophe and remain largely empty today. But a hardy few remain in the Krasnapolle district in the country’s east, and some have even moved there. RFE/RL’s Belarussian Service producer Alexei Znatkevich and cameraman Alaksandar Matafonau visited the district and recorded the stories of its residents. …read more

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