Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster took place in the former Soviet Union (now Ukraine), CNN is revisiting the tragedy in an all-new docuseries that premieres on Sunday, March 1, 2026. In ...
The Soviet Union didn’t collapse because of one single disaster—it unraveled under the weight of economic stagnation, political reform, military strain, and public distrust. Chernobyl exposed the ...
In 1979, a deadly anthrax outbreak in Sverdlovsk exposed one of the Soviet Union’s most closely guarded Cold War secrets.
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A reactor failure on a K-19 nuclear sub in 1961 ended up killing several crew members due to radiation poisoning. It was a horrifying episode that ...
Much like HBO's Chernobyl, Netflix's Lead Children brings the immediate devastation and haunting damage from disasters into ...
Part One. Incarcerated space and Western nuclear frontiers -- Mr. Matthias goes to Washington -- Labor on the lam -- "Labor shortage" -- Defending the nation -- The city plutonium built -- Work and ...