In the Soviet Union, the Chernobyl disaster came quietly — we didn’t understand anything at first, just saw strange signs and heard the word “radiation” everywhere. We tried to protect our family the only way we knew how, while sending our children away without knowing when we would see them again. And even when life seemed normal again, that fear — and the bitter taste of iodine on bread — stayed with us forever. #USSR #sovietunion #history #story #чернобыль #тихонеспеша #черемша