26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster | Memory of Nations

In the first class, 1987

Oksana Valenková

* 1980

Ukraine

Ukraine in 1986–1991, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Jiří Vaníček in 2011

Doc. RNDr. Jiří Vaníček , CSc.

* 1944

Victim of persecution due the forced agricultural collectivisation, Politician, Relative of a political prisoner, Students who were for political reasons expelled from school, Witness of local events from the Communist era and 2 more categories

26. 5. 1946 – The last “free” parliamentary election in Czechoslovakia, 1948 - 1955 - Politic lawsuit in the Stalin age, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 9. 5. 1960 - Amnesty of political prisoners, 9. 5. 1962 – An extensive amnesty and 6 more anniversaries

Jaroslav Vinický before starting his military service

Jaroslav Vinický

* 1963

Witness of local events from the Communist era, National minorities, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1976 – The Plastic People of the Universe trial, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 21. 8. 1988 – 17. 11. 1989 – Street demonstrations against the communist regime, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain and 3 more anniversaries

Vjačeslav Viskočil when serving in the Red Army

Lieutenant (ret.) Vjačeslav Viskočil

* 1927 †︎ 2014

Veteran of WW2, eastern front, Volhynian Czechs, Red Army soldier, Czech minority in the former USSR, Re-emigration of Czechs after 1945 and 1 more categories

1932 - 1933 - Holodomor - Great famine in Ukraine, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 1941-1944 - Nazi occupation of Ukraine, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Marian Visternicean during two-year basic military service in Odessa, 1985

Marian Visternicean

* 1966

Soldier of the Soviet Army, Artists, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Moldova

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1979 - 1989 - Sovětská invaze do Afghánistánu, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 2. 3. - 21. 7. 1992 - Konflikt v Podněstří

Blanka Kroneislová (Vítková)

Blanka Vítková

* 1961

Dissident, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster

Radomil Vyoral

Ing. Radomil Vyoral

* 1960

Dissident, Boy Scouts, The underground, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster and 1 more anniversaries

Beata Iwona Wojnarowska

* 1963

Poland, National minorities, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Výjimečný stav v Polsku, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 25.3.1988 Candle demonstration in Bratislava, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 31. 12. 1992 Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

Rostislav Zapletal

Rostislav Zapletal

* 1961

Anti-communist rebel, Witness of local events from the Communist era, The underground, Examinee of the State Secret Police – enemy person

26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 29. 6. 1989 – Zveřejnění manifestu Několik vět

Liana Yelchaninova during the interview, 2024

Ліана Єльчанінова Liana Yelchaninova

* 1969

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine, Ukraine

2014 - first invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 2022 - full scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine, 26 April 1986 - Chernobyl disaster, Perestroika, The Annexation of Crimea (February 2014) and 1 more anniversaries

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