"Acceleration" and "Perestroika". 1986-1988. Chernobyl July 20, 2022, Natalia Eliseeva Chernobyl on the night of April 26, 1986 an accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which cut off or mutilated the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. But the main thing is that she demonstrated the depravity of the regime of secrecy when it comes to people's lives. The population learned about the threat to health a few days after the accident.