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Chernobyl: How Politics and Secrecy Left a Permanent Scar on the Earth
May 30, 2026

Figure 1 - The Chernobyl nuclear disaster was riddled with politics and secrecy.   Introduction The date is April 26th, 1986, and while the small city of Pripyat in the…

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The Fall of the Soviet Union
May 25, 2022

Join Amy, Laurel, Melanie and Phil as they discuss the historical context of today’s Russian Federation and specifically, how it formed as a result of the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Predominantly, this article will focus on the social, political and economic consequences this had on today’s Russia.

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