Chernobyl's last wedding: The couple who married as a nuclear disaster unfolded
Summary
Iryna Stetsenko and Serhiy Lobanov got married in Pripyat on April 26, 1986, while the Chernobyl nuclear disaster was happening nearby. They were unaware of the full scale of the accident as information was limited, and their wedding took place amid confusion and tension.Key Facts
- The wedding occurred just after midnight on April 26, 1986, in Pripyat, a Soviet city near the Chernobyl nuclear plant.
- At that time, reactor number four at the Chernobyl plant had exploded and was releasing dangerous radioactive material.
- The couple and their guests initially had little clear information due to strict Soviet censorship.
- Residents were told not to panic, and daily life, like going to school and events, was officially continuing.
- Serhiy noticed soldiers in gas masks and efforts to clean the streets with foam early that morning.
- Firefighters and plant workers risked lethal radiation doses overnight to fight the power plant fire.
- Iryna and Serhiy later moved to Berlin to escape conflict decades after the disaster.
- Their wedding story highlights the uncertainty and danger faced by people living near Chernobyl during the disaster.
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