Thirty years ago today, on Tuesday, April 26, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant melted down outside Pripyat, Ukraine. The resulting explosion killed 31 people almost immediately, and the spray of ...
April 26, 1986. At 1:28 a.m., a call sends firefighters to Chernobyl's Unit Four. One man pulls on his uniform in the dark, tells his wife, “Be back soon,” and heads for the plant. Black graphite ...
The hit TV show is bolstering demand for related Soviet memorabilia The popularity of the HBO miniseries Chernobyl has bolstered a niche market within an online cottage industry -- the sale of ...