This year’s winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize is Serhii Plokhy, whose book, “Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy” (Allen Lane) was announced at a ceremony in London on June 12. This was the second time Plokhy has won the award.
The Moscow Times: Book about Chornobyl wins Pushkin House Prize
A policeman checks the level of radioactivity on vehicles leaving the 30 km forbidden area around Chornobyl after the nuclear plant No. 4 reactor's blast, 26 April 1986, the world's worst nuclear accident of the 20th century.
