1986 ⟶ Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

April 26: The Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine kills about 100 ...
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💥 Pogroms Erupt in the Russian Empire

Wave of pogroms begins in the Russian Empire.⟶
Pogroms Erupt in the Russian Empire (1881)
AntisemitismPersecutionRussian EmpireViolenceDiscriminationJewish HistoryPolitical InstabilitySocial Unrest
RussiaRussiaUkraineUkraineBelarusBelarusPolandPolandMoldovaMoldova

☢️ Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster

April 26: The Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine kills about 100 people.⟶
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (1986)
Nuclear DisasterEnvironmental DisasterCold WarSoviet UnionRadiationAccidentEnergyPublic HealthTechnological Failure
UkraineUkraineBelarusBelarusRussiaRussia

💣 Russian Apartment Bombings

September 3 – 16: Russian apartment bombings kill more than 350 people.⟶
Russian Apartment Bombings (1999)
TerrorismPolitical ViolenceCivil ConflictInsurgencyVladimir Putin
RussiaRussia

🏫 Beslan School Siege

September 1 – 3: On the first school day in Russia, a group of Chechen terrorists held students, parents and teachers hostage in Beslan school, in North Ossetia–Alania. During three days under attack, 334 people died.⟶
Beslan School Siege (2004)
TerrorismHostage CrisisViolenceInsurgencyCivilian Casualties
RussiaRussia

💣 Moscow Metro Bombings

March 29: 2010 Moscow Metro bombings.⟶
Moscow Metro Bombings (2010)
TerrorismBombingInsurgencyCivilian CasualtiesMoscow
RussiaRussia

☠️ Oder River Environmental Disaster

July: Oder environmental disaster.⟶
Oder River Environmental Disaster (2022)
Environmental DisasterPollutionEcology
GermanyGermanyPolandPoland