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Map of concentrations of cesium-137 in the areas surrounding Chernobyl. This information wasn't released until three years after the event, meaning that there were whole swaths of people in Russia un aware they were in danger at all, as well as…

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On 23 September 1933 the construction of the Reichsautobahn started south of Frankfurt. Hitler himself took a shovel to make the first dig. The planned pace was to construct around 800 miles of highways every year, for the overall projected length…

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This 4-volume work by Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin is a rich account of the nature throughout Russia's southern regions.

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This pamphlet, published by the National Planning Association and written by Spencer Coxe, is a quick introductory guide for anyone interested in relief work. The Introduction outlines some of the arguments surrounding relief work from the American…

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infographic showing the remaining statues of Lenin in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus as of October 2014 Data source: http://leninstatues.ru/leninopad, October 2014

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After my father lost his battle with cancer in 2008 and my mother defeated cancer in 2006 (both of whom, like many Poles, attributed their cancers to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, not genetics), I decided to undergo genetic testing to check for…
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