Russian village within Chernobyl evacuation zone, 1997

Bryansk Region, Russia. Anna Petrovna, aged 73 and blind, one of the last residents of the village of Svyatsk. Her fellow villagers had to leave due to radioactive contamination after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, whereas she and few of other pensioners stayed having no prospects or will for resettlement. Leonid Sverdlov/ITAR-TASS

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Bryansk Chernobyl Contamination Fellow Leonid Pensioners Petrovna Prospects Radioactive Resettlement Residents Stayed Sverdlov Svyatsk Villagers Whereas

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