Russian village within Chernobyl evacuation zone, 1991

Bryansk Region, Soviet Union. Vera Usova, one of the last residents of the village of Svyatsk, has to leave due to radioactive contamination of the area after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Few of her fellow villagers only stayed having no prospects or will for resettlement. Leonid Sverdlov/ITAR-TASS

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Bryansk Chernobyl Contamination Fellow Leonid Prospects Radioactive Resettlement Residents Stayed Sverdlov Svyatsk Usova Villagers

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