Once classified files from East Germany reveal the extent of Soviet actions to hide the true extent of catastrophe.

Three books on the tragedy provide a detailed understanding on what transpired, drawing on Soviet archives, KGB documents, ...

The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart.

In the weeks following the explosion and fire at the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station six years ago, the Soviet leadership told lie upon lie to cover up the scope of the disaster and hide the danger it ...

Gas masks littered on a floor. Forests overgrowing empty villages. An abandoned hospital operating room. Those are some of ...

AP photographer Efrem Lukatsky reflects on the lasting impact of the Chernobyl disaster, chronicling personal experiences and ...

Chicago Electronic Artist Turns Historical Obsession Into Music — and a Mission to Aid Displaced Ukrainians Forty ...

As the world prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, fears are growing that Russia's ongoing ...

Thirty-seven years ago, I traveled behind the Iron Curtain to document the deadly pollution in the collapsing Soviet Union ...

Today more than 300 liquidators of the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident came to the town of ...

Chernobyl exploded in 1986, John Wilkes Booth met his end in a burning barn in 1865, and Lucille Ball died in 1989. April 26 ...

When Klavdia Omelchenko left her home in Pripyat, she thought it would be for a few days. But the 19-year-old had no idea ...