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Chernobyl 1986

Reactor No. 4 explodes, one of the worst nuclear accidents in history.

Map showing the location of ChernobylChernobyl
Border map for 1960. See Europe in 1960.

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Key facts

Date1986
TypeHistoric site or event
Location51.39° N, 30.10° E
Nearest city on the mapKyiv (about 109 km)
Territory of (map of 1960)USSR

Rulers in 1986

RealmRulerReign
Franks / HRE / GermanyKohl (chancellor)1982–1998
FranceMitterrand1981–1995
England / UKElizabeth II1952–2022
SpainJuan Carlos I1975–2014
Rus' / RussiaGorbachev1985–1991

Europe around 1986

YearEventWhere
1989Fall of the Berlin WallBerlin
1990Baltic states declare restored independenceVilnius
1991Dissolution of the Soviet UnionMoscow