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On April 26 1986, Chernobyl nuclear reactor #4 exploded. 40 years later, the event is still one of the most distinctive events of its time. Here is a piece, I wrote on one of the medallions given to the "Liquidators" who helped clean up after the accident: https://coinofnote.com/1986-ukraine-chernobyl-liquidators-medal/
While writing this post I discovered the #ChornobylNotChernobyl hashtag from which I learnt "Chornobyl (Чорнобиль) is the correct Ukrainian spelling and transliteration, which is increasingly adopted to reflect Ukrainian identity and decolonize place names. Chernobyl (Чернобыль) is the Russian spelling, which was standard internationally during the Soviet era and remains common in Western media."
https://www.reddit.com/r/chernobyl/comments/1higops/whats_up_with_the_new_spelling_chornobyl/#:~:text=Chernobyl%20is%20the%20Russian%20(default,Russians%20nor%20Ukrainians%20existed%20then.#Numismatics #Medallion #Chernobyl #chernobyl40thanniversary #Nuclear #NuclearAccident #History #Histodons #OnThisDay #TodayInHistory @numismatics @histodons