For residents of Chernobyl, a three-day evacuation turned into a thirty-year exile. Returning to their hometown of Pripyat on the eve of the anniversary, they recall their confusion and sacrifice in the wake of the world's worst nuclear accident.
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An undated photograph shows Oleksiy Yermakov (L) before the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the town of Pripyat, Ukraine. [Photo/Agencies] |