Monument to Those Who Saved the World
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Close-up on right side of the monument
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Monument to Those Who Saved the World is a monument in Chernobyl, Ukraine, to the firefighters who died putting out the fire at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 after the catastrophic nuclear accident there. The monument is also dedicated to the Chernobyl liquidators who cleaned up after the accident.[1][2][3]
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- ^ "They saved Europe by giving up their lives; The suicide squad of Chernobyl - Sri Lanka Latest News". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ "Monument to the Chernobyl Liquidators, Chernobyl". oddviser.com. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
- ^ "The Chernobyl Project". chernobylproject.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
Coordinates: 51°16′50″N 30°12′30″E / 51.28045°N 30.20828°E
Categories:
- Monuments and memorials
- Chernobyl disaster
- Monuments and memorials in Ukraine
- Ukraine stubs