Voices from Chernobyl (1997) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Lyudmilla Ignatenko: Wife of deceased fireman, Vasily Ignatenko
• Pyotr S.: Psychologist
• Zinaida Yevdokimovna Kovalenko: Re-settler
• Nikolai Fomich Kalugin: Father
• Anna Petrovna Badaeva: Re-settler
• Mariya Volchok: Neighbor
• Larisa Z.: Mother
• Yevgeniy Aleksandrovich Brovkin: Instructor at Gomel State University.
• Arkady Filin: Liquidator.
• Katya P.: Add a description of this character.
• Sergei Gurin: Cameraman
• Arkady Pavlovich Bogdankevich: Rural medical attendant
• Anatoly Shimanskiy: Journalist
• Sergei Vasilyevich Sobolev: Deputy Head of the Executive Committee of the Shield of Chernobyl Association
• Nadezhda Petrovna Vygovskaya: Evacuee from the town of Pripyat
• Ivan Nikolaevich Zhykhov: Chemical engineer
• Marat Filippovich Kokhanov: Former chief engineer of the Institute for the Nuclear Energy of the Belarussian Academy of Sciences.
• Zoya Danilovna Bruk: Environmental inspector.
• Aleksandr Revalskiy: Historian
• Nina Prohorovna Kovaleva: Wife of a liquidator.
• Valentin Alekseevich Borisevich: Former head of the Laboratory of the Institute of Nuclear Energy at the Belarussian Academy of Sciences
• Lyudmila Dmitrievna Polenkaya`: Village teacher, evacuated from the Chernobyl Zone
• Aleksandr Kudryagin: Liquidator
• Viktor Latun: Photographer
• Nadezhda Afanasyevna Burakova: Resident of the village of Khoyniki
• Vladimir Matveevich Ivanov: Former First Secretary of the Stavgorod Regional Party Committee.
• Irina Kiseleva: Journalist
• Vasily Borisovich Nesterenko: Former directory of the Institute for Nuclear Energy at the Belarussian Academy of Sciences.
• Natalya Arsenyevna Roslova: Head of the Mogilev Women's Committee for the Children of Chernobyl.
• Valentina Timofeevna Panasevich: Wife of a liquidator.
• Gorbachev
• Stalin
• Slyunkov

Quotes edit see section history

• “If I didn't laugh and comfort myself, I'd have hanged myself long ago.”

• “The first time we came, the dogs were running around near their houses, guarding them. Waiting for the people to come back. They were happy to see us, they ran toward our voices. We shot them in the houses, and the barns, in the yards <...> They couldn't understand: why are we killing them? They were easy to kill. They were household pets. They didn't fear guns or people. They ran toward our voices.”

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Minsk
• Moscow
• Afghanistan
• Chernobyl
• Kiev
• Belarus
• Gomel
• Soviet Union
• Hiroshima
• Chechnya
• Dushanbe
• Pripyat: Village close to Chernobyl
• Khoyniki: Village

First Sentence edit see section history

Table of Contents edit see section history

Glossary edit see section history

• Liquidators: People who helped clean up afterwards.
• Dosimeter: Used to measure the amount of radiation.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Svetlana Aleksievich (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• National Book Critics Circle Award (2005: General Nonfiction, #1)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 909

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › History › Europe › Ukraine
• Books › History › Asia › Belarus
• Books › History › World
• Books › History › Russia

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