Summary of Serhii Plokhy's Chernobyl

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 On February 25, 1986, 5,000 delegates attended the Communist Party Congress in Moscow. They were to chart a new course for the country for the next five years. The economy had slowed, and the possibility of a complete breakdown was becoming more and more likely. #2 In the late 1980s, the Soviet Union was in crisis, and their party leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, needed to find a solution. He summoned his two closes