How did the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster lead to the end of the Soviet Union?
The explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant has gone down in history as the largest and most costly nuclear disaster. It's sometimes attributed to negligence, and sometimes to a Soviet design flaw. The Chernobyl disaster, which remains a mystery in some respects, also paved the way for the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Mikhail Gorbachev, then Soviet General Secretary, even stated that the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown contributed to the Soviet collapse. So, what really happened behind the scenes at Chernobyl?
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