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Shcherbina Thirty-Kilometre Evacuation Expansion

Russia · Government / Government of Russia. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1986

Boris Shcherbina2 May 1986

Chernobyl · Government / Government of Russia

Leads the commission as evacuation is expanded to settlements within the thirty-kilometre zone and other contaminated communities.

Names involved

Boris Shcherbina

Provenance

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