Belarus: From Soviet Rule to Nuclear Catastrophe examines the principal effects of Soviet rule on Belarus as the prelude to a detailed analysis of the medical and social consequences of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl. It places these problems into the contemporary political context and assesses the ability of the newly-independent state to deal with a disaster of such dimensions.
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Author Marples has taken an exceptionally difficult topic, the emergence of the Republic of Belarus, and developed a highly informative report on the emergence of a very tortured nation. His assessment of Chernobyl-related problems, the country's and the world's response and the implications for future generations of Belarusians was especially well documented and portrayed an assessment of the country that could only have been developed by an author who was especially familiar with the day-to-day grass-roots response to the Chernobyl disaster. His book showed an especially strong understanding of relief work in the Gomel oblast. Perhaps the only weakness of this book was that it was written as Alexander Lukashenko was coming to power and, as such, provided a backdrop but not a full assessment of subsequent events. It would be very informative to view this author's assessment of the implications of Lukashenko's regieme on Belarus.
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The objective of this chapter is to examine the evolution of Belarus toward independence, and outline its distinctive characteristics as a republic of the former Soviet Union. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thyroid gland cancer, national nihilism, radiation medicine, contaminated regions, contaminated zone, radiation fallout, radiation factor, gland cancers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, Kommunist Belorussii, Mahileu Oblast, Supreme Soviet, Communist Party, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, Belarusian Popular Front, Children of Chernobyl, Institute of Radiation Medicine, State Chernobyl Committee, Minsk City Council, Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian, Institute of History, Belarusian Charitable Fund, Ministry of Health, United States, World War, Minsk Economic News, Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Brest Oblast, Central Statistical Administration, Council of Ministers, Minsk Oblast, Red Army, Stanislau Shushkevich New!
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The objective of this chapter is to examine the evolution of Belarus toward independence, and outline its distinctive characteristics as a republic of the former Soviet Union. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
thyroid gland cancer, national nihilism, radiation medicine, contaminated regions, contaminated zone, radiation fallout, radiation factor, gland cancers Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Soviet Union, Kommunist Belorussii, Mahileu Oblast, Supreme Soviet, Communist Party, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, Belarusian Popular Front, Children of Chernobyl, Institute of Radiation Medicine, State Chernobyl Committee, Minsk City Council, Academy of Sciences of the Belorussian, Institute of History, Belarusian Charitable Fund, Ministry of Health, United States, World War, Minsk Economic News, Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Brest Oblast, Central Statistical Administration, Council of Ministers, Minsk Oblast, Red Army, Stanislau Shushkevich New!
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- International Chernobyl Project by International Atomic Energy Agency on page 78, and page 162
- The Soviet Union 1917-1991 (2nd Edition) (Longman History of Russia) by Martin McCauley on page 142, and page 165
- The Social Impact of the Chernobyl Disaster by David R. Marples in Front Matter, and page 164
- Public Opinion by Carroll J. Glynn on page 159
- Social Dimensions of Soviet Industrialization (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies) by William G. Rosenberg on page 166
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- Of Mermaids and Rock Singers: Placing the Self and Constructing the Nation Through Belarusan Contemporary Music by Maria Paula Survilla on page 12, and Back Matter
- Global Pop, Local Language by Harris M. Berger on page 206
- Developments in Central and East European Politics 2 (Developments in Central & East European Politics) by Stephen White in Back Matter
- Russia in the Modern World: A New Geography (The Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Studies in Geography) by Denis J B Shaw in Back Matter
- Communism and its Collapse (The Making of the Contemporary World) by Stephen White in Back Matter
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