Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev14 May 1986
Addresses the Soviet public about Chernobyl after international detection of radioactive fallout makes continued silence untenable.
Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Addresses the Soviet public about Chernobyl after international detection of radioactive fallout makes continued silence untenable.
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