Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev28 April 1986
Receives reports as Soviet authorities extend evacuation measures beyond Pripyat into the surrounding contaminated region.
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Receives reports as Soviet authorities extend evacuation measures beyond Pripyat into the surrounding contaminated region.
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