Marking the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster. Analytical material by H. I. Chepurko, Doctor of Sociological Sciences: “The experience of overcoming the social and psychological consequences of the Chornobyl disaster”

Marking the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster

The website of the Institute of Sociology of the NAS of Ukraine has published an analytical material by H. I. Chepurko, Doctor of Sociological Sciences, "The experience of overcoming the social and psychological consequences of the Chornobyl disaster"

The Chornobyl disaster of 1986 is one of the largest technological accidents of the 20th century, and its consequences are complex, reaching into the demographic, economic, institutional and social-psychological spheres. It was not only an ecological and medical tragedy but also a powerful driver of long-term social transformations. Its consequences appeared in a changed demographic structure, considerable economic losses, the transformation of institutional policy and the formation of specific social and psychological reactions among the population, characterised by a heightened level of anxiety, by adaptive strategies and by changes in the patterns of social interaction and everyday life in Ukrainian society.

For more detail see the full material.