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The Chornobyl explosion occurred during the rule of Mikhail Gorbachev. Through Perestroika and Glasnost he attempted to keep the crumpling empire intact and ruled from the Kremlin. The Chornobyl explosion could have in a few seconds done what many had tried for centuries. Eliminate Ukraine. Instead the catastrophe was a catalyst for the declaration of independence by Ukraine on August 24, 1991. |
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