Serhii Plokhy

You move into the 20th century, and there is mass destruction of the population in the name of ideologies, which basically are, by definition, destroy human lives. And that's what's really so shocking and striking because that's the break with, not just with issues of morale, not just with issues of humanity, with any common sense, what is happening.

You move into the 20th century, and there is mass destruction of the population in the name of ideologies, which basically are, by definition, destroy human lives. And that's what's really so shocking and striking because that's the break with, not just with issues of morale, not just with issues of humanity, with any common sense, what is happening.

And I am absolutely convinced that we didn't learn the lesson. I am absolutely convinced that we didn't learn the lesson. With turning our page on fascism and communism, we somehow decided that we are free of that. That at least in those terms, history came to an end. That what is ahead is the future and nothing of that sort would

And I am absolutely convinced that we didn't learn the lesson. I am absolutely convinced that we didn't learn the lesson. With turning our page on fascism and communism, we somehow decided that we are free of that. That at least in those terms, history came to an end. That what is ahead is the future and nothing of that sort would

And I am absolutely convinced that we didn't learn the lesson. I am absolutely convinced that we didn't learn the lesson. With turning our page on fascism and communism, we somehow decided that we are free of that. That at least in those terms, history came to an end. That what is ahead is the future and nothing of that sort would

would take place to a degree that people would get in trouble for comparing any statements or events that are happening today with either communism or fascism. And so I feel responsibility of myself and as a historian in particular for not doing a better job about about telling people that, well, we are who we are, and we have as humans our dark side, and we have to be very careful.

would take place to a degree that people would get in trouble for comparing any statements or events that are happening today with either communism or fascism. And so I feel responsibility of myself and as a historian in particular for not doing a better job about about telling people that, well, we are who we are, and we have as humans our dark side, and we have to be very careful.

would take place to a degree that people would get in trouble for comparing any statements or events that are happening today with either communism or fascism. And so I feel responsibility of myself and as a historian in particular for not doing a better job about about telling people that, well, we are who we are, and we have as humans our dark side, and we have to be very careful.

Yes, and in the name of a particular nation or race, like it was the Third Reich, or in the name of the humanity of the future. So not just devalue human life, destroy human life.

Yes, and in the name of a particular nation or race, like it was the Third Reich, or in the name of the humanity of the future. So not just devalue human life, destroy human life.

Yes, and in the name of a particular nation or race, like it was the Third Reich, or in the name of the humanity of the future. So not just devalue human life, destroy human life.

There is. And there is a number of factors of political and social character that produce Chernobyl. And one of them is generally the atmosphere of secrecy in the Soviet Union. in the conditions of the Cold War. Chernobyl reactor was a dual-purpose reactor. It could boil water today and produce enriched uranium tomorrow. It was top secret.

There is. And there is a number of factors of political and social character that produce Chernobyl. And one of them is generally the atmosphere of secrecy in the Soviet Union. in the conditions of the Cold War. Chernobyl reactor was a dual-purpose reactor. It could boil water today and produce enriched uranium tomorrow. It was top secret.

There is. And there is a number of factors of political and social character that produce Chernobyl. And one of them is generally the atmosphere of secrecy in the Soviet Union. in the conditions of the Cold War. Chernobyl reactor was a dual-purpose reactor. It could boil water today and produce enriched uranium tomorrow. It was top secret.

If there were problems with that reactor, those problems were kept secret even at people who operated the reactor. That's what happened in Chernobyl. Another big, big part of the story, which is specifically Soviet, that's the nature of the managerial culture and administrative culture in which people had no right to make their own decisions in their place, in their position.

If there were problems with that reactor, those problems were kept secret even at people who operated the reactor. That's what happened in Chernobyl. Another big, big part of the story, which is specifically Soviet, that's the nature of the managerial culture and administrative culture in which people had no right to make their own decisions in their place, in their position.

If there were problems with that reactor, those problems were kept secret even at people who operated the reactor. That's what happened in Chernobyl. Another big, big part of the story, which is specifically Soviet, that's the nature of the managerial culture and administrative culture in which people had no right to make their own decisions in their place, in their position.

A few years before that, Three Mile Island happened, which was a big, big nuclear disaster, but in terms of consequences, nothing like Chernobyl. And there, in the context of the American legal culture and managerial culture, people who were operators, who were in managerial positions, that was their responsibility to take decisions.

A few years before that, Three Mile Island happened, which was a big, big nuclear disaster, but in terms of consequences, nothing like Chernobyl. And there, in the context of the American legal culture and managerial culture, people who were operators, who were in managerial positions, that was their responsibility to take decisions.

A few years before that, Three Mile Island happened, which was a big, big nuclear disaster, but in terms of consequences, nothing like Chernobyl. And there, in the context of the American legal culture and managerial culture, people who were operators, who were in managerial positions, that was their responsibility to take decisions.