Radiologist of the Khoiniki Veterinary Station Lyudmila Yevtushenko tests agriculture products grown in the Chernobyl exclusion area in Belarus.15.04.2016#2825731
Laboratory assistant, toxicologist of the Khoiniki station Alla Medvedeva tests agriculture products grown in the Chernobyl exclusion area in Belarus.15.04.2016#2825730
A specialist with the Polesie State Radiological and Environmental Preserve takes readings at a metereological point of the Masana research station, located within the Chernobyl station's exclusion area in Belarus.14.04.2016#2825701
An abandoned farm in the village of Masany located within the Chernobyl exclusion area in Belarus.14.04.2016#2825700
A warning sign at the Polesie State Radiological and Environmental Preserve, located within the Chernobyl station's exclusion area in Belarus.14.04.2016#2825696
The Maidan checkpoint on the road into the 30-kilometre Chernobyl exclusion area in the Gomel Region of Belarus.14.04.2016#2825689
The Maidan checkpoint on the road into the 30-kilometre Chernobyl exclusion area in the Gomel Region of Belarus.14.04.2016#2825688
Denis Shatilo, a researcher at the Wildlife Fauna Department of the Polesie State Radiological and Environmental Preserve, studies samples at a radiological laboratory. The preserve is located within the Chernobyl station's exclusion area in Belarus.14.04.2016#2825687
Specialists of the Polesie State Radiological and Environmental Preserve use a liquid scintillation analyzer to measure radionuclides at the Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Spectrometry. The preserve is located within the Chernobyl station's exclusion area in Belarus.14.04.2016#2825686
Laboratory worker Natalia Tiskhkevich prepares a solution for the atomic absorption spectrometry of strontium samples at the Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Spectrometry at the Polesie State Radiological and Environmental Preserve, located within the Chernobyl station's exclusion area in Belarus.14.04.2016#2825685
Laboratory worker Natalia Tiskhkevich prepares a solution for the atomic absorption spectrometry of strontium samples at the Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Spectrometry at the Polesie State Radiological and Environmental Preserve, located within the Chernobyl station's exclusion area in Belarus.14.04.2016#2825684
The Laboratory of Radiochemistry and Spectrometry at the Polesie State Radiological and Environmental Preserve, located within the Chernobyl station's exclusion area in Belarus.14.04.2016#2825683
Russian State Duma deputies during a plenary session of the lower house of the Russian Parliament.11.04.2012#1090374
Abandoned houses in the evacuation area after the Chernobyl disaster, in the Mogilyov Region, Belarus.01.04.1995#3158901
The Ukrainian SSR. An event honoring residents of Ivano-Frankovsk who perished during clean-up operations following the April 26, 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.26.04.1991#6738095
The Ukrainian SSR. A rally in Ivano-Frankovsk on the day of memory and sorrow for victims of the April 26, 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.26.04.1991#6738094
The Ukrainian SSR. Collecting donations for victims of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in Ivano-Frankovsk.26.04.1991#6738093
A mourning rally in memory of the residents of Ivano-Frankovsk who participated in cleaning up the aftermath of the Chernobyl NPP disaster on April 26, 1986. Ukrainian SSR.17.09.1990#8363408
The Ukrainian SSR. The fourth anniversary of the April 26, 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: Residents of Ivano-Frankovsk in the Ivano-Frankovsk Region that was subjected to large-scale radioactive contamination on the Day of National Sorrow.26.04.1990#8295509
Minsk, the Belarusian SSR. A rally in memory of the Chernobyl disaster and also dealing with the survival of the Belarusian nation. Writer Felix Shkirmankov, a resident of Slavgorod, in the Mogilyov Region, a veteran of the Great Patriotic War and a member of the Belarusian People's Front Party, speaks.26.07.1989#6542991
Minsk, the Belarusian SSR. People attend a rally dealing with Chernobyl and the survival of the Belarusian nation.26.07.1989#6748487
The Chernobyl District of the Kiev Region in the Ukrainian SSR. A mutated heather plant on an experimental land plot of the Soviet Academy of Sciences located six kilometers from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. This photo was taken two years after the disaster.01.07.1989#6739258
Research conference "Medical aspects of Chernobyl disaster". Kiev, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Soviet writer, epidemiologist and doctor of medical sciences Yury Shcherbak speaks to American physician Robert Peter Gale, right to left, during a break between meetings.11.05.1988#6567241
Ukrainian SSR. Chernobyl Atomic Power Station. Insulating building (entombment) over the fourth power unit of CAPS built by November, 1986 after the explosion of the fourth tank on April 26.01.11.1986#2862537
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. Restoration at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant facilities after the disaster. A team of liquidators.25.10.1986#8976914
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. Restoration works at the Chernobyl NPP after the accident. Electric welder Vladimir Stepanov after a work shift in the turbine workshop of the energy unit.25.10.1986#8976904
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. The panorama of the nuclear power plant four months after the incident.03.09.1986#8976539
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. Thousands volunteered to help the disaster relief team. In the photo: Responders on their way to the Chernobyl NPP zone.03.09.1986#8976529
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. First-responders on the Chernobyl-Kiev highway.01.07.1986#8976893
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. Firefighters and first responders worked around the clock, without days-off, from early morning until late at night, in a hazardous radioactive environment.01.07.1986#8976886
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. After a flight over the disaster zone, helicopters landed at the Maleiki airfield at the decontamination station for helicopters with increased radiation levels.01.07.1986#8976881
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. After a flight over the disaster zone, helicopters landed at the Maleiki airfield at the decontamination station for helicopters with increased radiation levels.01.07.1986#8976860
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. As a result of the incident, the area around the Chernobyl NPP within 30 km was contaminated with radiation. Helicopters during radiation deactivation flights in the exclusion zone.01.07.1986#8976840
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. The first and most horrendous effects of the raging reactor were experienced by the firefighters and military helicopter pilots led by Aviation Major General Nikolai Antonshkin, Air Force Headquarters Commander of the Kiev Military District, third left, who personally conducted flyovers. In the photo: the helicopter crew before a flight.01.07.1986#8976835
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. The first and most horrendous effects of the raging reactor were experienced by the firefighters and military helicopter pilots led by Aviation Major General Nikolai Antonshkin, Air Force Headquarters Commander of the Kiev Military District, center, who personally conducted flyovers. The Mi-8T helicopter crew during disaster relief efforts.01.07.1986#8976821
The Ukrainian SSR. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster on April 26, 1986, the largest man-made disaster of the 20th century in terms of scope and damage. The first and most horrendous effects of the raging reactor were experienced by the firefighters and military helicopter pilots led by Aviation Major General Nikolai Antonshkin, Air Force Headquarters Commander of the Kiev Military District, who personally conducted flyovers. From left: Mi-8T helicopter crew captain S.Volodin, Commander Nikolai Antoshkin, navigator Senior Lieutenant V.Bushkov and flight engineer Captain A.Pankov before a flight.01.07.1986#8976820
News conference with heads of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for Soviet and foreign journalists on issues related to the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986. IAEA Director General Hans Blix answers journalists' questions at the press center of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.05.05.1986#6676418
News conference with heads of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for Soviet and foreign journalists on issues related to the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on April 26, 1986. Director of the IAEA Nuclear Safety Department M. Rosen at the press center of the USSR Ministry of Foreign Affairs.30.04.1986#6676420
