Snezhana Girevacurated byEvgeniy Grigorev

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Chernobyl. Human history of an inhuman disaster

Longread translated automatically

чернобыльская аэс

book design

1.4к

249

The winner of the competition

DAFES choice. June 2025

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The story of the disaster at the BSEC is little known in detail, yet it remains one of the most famous examples of human negligence. This book invites the reader to understand the accident in a human way, having heard several points of view at once. The publication is designed for both quick and thoughtful reading. It includes archival documents, simple diagrams, as well as documentary images.

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Swiss brochure

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Part 1

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Part 1 consists of two books arguing with each other — a dialogue between the perpetrators of the Dutlov disaster and the author of the Hud.

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the numbering of the images is primarily intended to maintain the navigator on the X axis; otherwise, it tries to level with respect to it but with respect to the Y axis.

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The publication contains documents from the National Security Archives, which were unclassified only in 2016.

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The first turn of the new part is marked by the beginning of the right-hand lane set. left lane almost empty

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The chord of the «Performing Persons» and «Epilog» chapters is similar to that of the play.

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The publication contains two diagrams that reveal the disaster process. The first pattern is the chronology of those. The fourth block of the BSEC, the second is Dyatlov’s comments on those. of the accident process

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Part 2

Minute of silence in memory of a happy peaceful life in Pripyat before disaster

Photo album by Pripyat. It gathers images of peaceful life that are dazzled to attract new residents. The duration of the viewing shall be from 1 minute of thoughtful consideration

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It is a stylized version of the turns of the original edition of Pripyat.

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Part 3

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Fletplane

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Apprehension

I express my special thanks to the printed house de Drist for the stitching of the book and to the press duo Squashnik and HSE ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL for printing!

Chernobyl. Human history of an inhuman disaster

Snezhana Girevacurated byEvgeniy Grigorev

чернобыльская аэс

book design