Anna Khandros
By Anna Khandros
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Slideshows My Family’s Life After the Evacuation from Chernobyl
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Slideshows A Scrapbook of My Family’s Life in Chernobyl Before 1986
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Culture Why Chernobyl’s Jewish History Still Matters — 31 Years After The Accident
My aunt recently reminded me that everything changed on April 26, 1986. I knew this, of course, but it wasn’t often that my family talked about the accident or the evacuation. When I was growing up in Brooklyn, my grandfather Mikhail spoke proudly of his work at a nuclear power plant, as well as of…
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