Anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster

COMM UNIAN ARCHIVE The first Secretary of Ukrainian Communist Party Volodymyr Shcherbitsky, right, and Head of Ukrainian Ministry Oleksander Lyashko, centre, with Chornobyl disaster liquidators in a village for migrants from Chornobyl area, not far from Chornobyl atomic power-station, summer 1986. On Tuesday, April 26, 2005, Ukraine will commemorae the 19th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. 167 653 people, including 2929 liquidators, died of radiation sickness. 83% of people suffered from this disaster ( 92% of those involved in liquidation) are in poor health. Photo by UNIAN