Mikhail Sergeyevich GorbachevMay 1986
Oversees a national response that mobilizes military personnel, engineers, scientists and civilian workers for cleanup and containment.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Oversees a national response that mobilizes military personnel, engineers, scientists and civilian workers for cleanup and containment.
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