The Chernobyl Nuclear Accident and Identity Strategies in Belarus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23625009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tatiana Kasperski (0000-0003-3392-3066, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 121-135 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | History, Memory and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/9781137302052_8 |
| OpenAlex | W2468401972 |
| ISBN | 9781137302052 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 7 |
The collapse of the Soviet Union coincided with, and was partly precipitated by, the public revelation of the true scale of the Chernobyl nuclear accident. In the late 1980s, the authorities of the Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic had to manage the impact of the substantial radioactive contamination of the republic’s territory along with the strong popular dissent that resulted from the three-year cover-up of its true consequences by Soviet officials. The Belarusian Popular Front (BPF) that represented a nationalist movement and challenged the Belarusian governing elite became the main political actor speaking on behalf of the Chernobyl victims. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Accident (philosophy) · Dissent · Economic history · Elite · Front (military) · Geography · Nationalism · Nuclear physics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Radioactive contamination · Radionuclide · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · German History and Society · History · Law · Public Administration · Soviet and Russian History
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |