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this significantly lower limit of 7 rem by law. See Astrid Sahm, Transformation im Schatten von Tschernobyl. Umwelt- und Energiepolitik im gesellschaftlichen Wandel von Belarus und
der Ukraine (Münster: Lit Verlag, 1999), 224, 226, 408–413.
47. For the period 1990–1992, 5.8 billion rubles were earmarked for Chernobyl
measures in Belarus, 4.5 billion rubles for Russia, and only 3.6 billion rubles for
Ukraine. This gave rise to the impression of discrimination in Ukraine. See Arndt,
Tschernobylkinder, 187.
48. Law of the Republic Belarus Nr. 634-XII (22.02.1991) “On social protection of
citizens affected by the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl” (“O
sotsial’noi zashchite grazhdan, postradavshikh ot katastrofy na Chernobyl’skoi AES”). This
law until today has been revised more than 16 times. Law of the Ukrainian Republic Nr. 796-XII (28.02.1991) “On the status and social protection of citizens, who
suffered the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe” (“Pro status i sotsial’nii
zakhist hromadian, iaki postrazhdali vnaslidok Chornobil’s’koi katastrofi”).
49. Arndt, Tschernobylkinder, 185.
50. Law of the Republic Belarus Nr. 634-XII (22.02.1991) “On social protection of
citizens affected by the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl”; Law
of the Ukrainian Republic Nr. 796-XII (28.02.1991) “On the status and social protection of citizens, who suffered the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe.”
51. In 2001, this right of information was even extended in the Belarusian law to a
general right of citizens for full and true information about all radioactive contaminations of territories and food products. In Ukraine in 2000 a law was passed
on the “Protection of Population and Territories from Man-Caused and Natural
Emergencies,” which also included a general right of all citizens to receive information about man-caused and natural emergencies, which occurred or could occur
and required safety measures.
52. Law of the Republic Belarus Nr. 634-XII (22.02.1991) “On social protection of
citizens affected by the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl”; Law
of the Ukrainian Republic Nr. 796-XII (28.02.1991) “On the status and social protection of citizens, who suffered the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe.”
53. Sahm, Transformation im Schatten von Tschernobyl, 234–250.
54. Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic Belarus Nr. 1623
(23.12.2004) “About confirmation of the lists of settlement points and objects
located in the zones of radioactive pollution” (“Ob utverzhdenii perechenia naselennykh punktov i obektov, nachodiashchikhsia v zonakh radioaktivnogo zagriazneniia”).
55. Svetlana Belous, L’gotniki. Sotsial’naia zashchita chernobyl’tsev: “Poteriav zdorov’e, mogu ia proiti bez ocheredi?,” 27.04.2015, in: https://news.tut.by/society/
445572.html (accessed September 29, 2017).
56. Sahm, Transformation im Schatten von Tschernobyl, 234–250.
57. Petryna, Life Exposed; Petryna, “Biological Citizenship,” 250–265.
58. Arndt, Tschernobylkinder.
59. Arndt, Tschernobylkinder, 348.
60. See Anne Applebaum, Red Famine. Stalin’s War on Ukraine (New York, NY and
London: Penguin Random House, 2017); “Soviet Famines. Roundtable on Soviet
Famines,” in: Contemporary European History, 27, H. 3 (2018), 432–481; “Vernichtung durch Hunger. Der Holodomor in der Ukraine und der UdSSR,” in:
Osteuropa 54 (2004).
61. See: Kerstin Jobst, Geschichte der Ukraine (Stuttgart: Reclam, 2010), 225; Astrid
Sahm, “Atomenergie nach Tschernobyl und Fukushima. Reaktionen in Ost- und
Westeuropa,” in: Osteuropa 63/7 (2013), 101–121.
62. On the Ukrainian historical policy with regard to the Holodomor, see: Gregorii
Kasianov, “The Holodomor and the Building of a Nation,” in: Russian Social Science Review 52 (2011) 3, 71–93; Heorhiy Kasianov, “Holodomor and the Politics of
Memory in Ukraine after Independence,” in: Christian Noack, Lindsay Janssen,
this significantly lower limit of 7 rem by law. See Astrid Sahm, Transformation im Schatten von Tschernobyl. Umwelt- und Energiepolitik im gesellschaftlichen Wandel von Belarus und
der Ukraine (Münster: Lit Verlag, 1999), 224, 226, 408–413.
47. For the period 1990–1992, 5.8 billion rubles were earmarked for Chernobyl
measures in Belarus, 4.5 billion rubles for Russia, and only 3.6 billion rubles for
Ukraine. This gave rise to the impression of discrimination in Ukraine. See Arndt,
Tschernobylkinder, 187.
48. Law of the Republic Belarus Nr. 634-XII (22.02.1991) “On social protection of
citizens affected by the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl” (“O
sotsial’noi zashchite grazhdan, postradavshikh ot katastrofy na Chernobyl’skoi AES”). This
law until today has been revised more than 16 times. Law of the Ukrainian Republic Nr. 796-XII (28.02.1991) “On the status and social protection of citizens, who
suffered the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe” (“Pro status i sotsial’nii
zakhist hromadian, iaki postrazhdali vnaslidok Chornobil’s’koi katastrofi”).
49. Arndt, Tschernobylkinder, 185.
50. Law of the Republic Belarus Nr. 634-XII (22.02.1991) “On social protection of
citizens affected by the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl”; Law
of the Ukrainian Republic Nr. 796-XII (28.02.1991) “On the status and social protection of citizens, who suffered the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe.”
51. In 2001, this right of information was even extended in the Belarusian law to a
general right of citizens for full and true information about all radioactive contaminations of territories and food products. In Ukraine in 2000 a law was passed
on the “Protection of Population and Territories from Man-Caused and Natural
Emergencies,” which also included a general right of all citizens to receive information about man-caused and natural emergencies, which occurred or could occur
and required safety measures.
52. Law of the Republic Belarus Nr. 634-XII (22.02.1991) “On social protection of
citizens affected by the catastrophe at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl”; Law
of the Ukrainian Republic Nr. 796-XII (28.02.1991) “On the status and social protection of citizens, who suffered the consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe.”
53. Sahm, Transformation im Schatten von Tschernobyl, 234–250.
54. Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the Republic Belarus Nr. 1623
(23.12.2004) “About confirmation of the lists of settlement points and objects
located in the zones of radioactive pollution” (“Ob utverzhdenii perechenia naselennykh punktov i obektov, nachodiashchikhsia v zonakh radioaktivnogo zagriazneniia”).
55. Svetlana Belous, L’gotniki. Sotsial’naia zashchita chernobyl’tsev: “Poteriav zdorov’e, mogu ia proiti bez ocheredi?,” 27.04.2015, in: https://news.tut.by/society/
445572.html (accessed September 29, 2017).
56. Sahm, Transformation im Schatten von Tschernobyl, 234–250.
57. Petryna, Life Exposed; Petryna, “Biological Citizenship,” 250–265.
58. Arndt, Tschernobylkinder.
59. Arndt, Tschernobylkinder, 348.
60. See Anne Applebaum, Red Famine. Stalin’s War on Ukraine (New York, NY and
London: Penguin Random House, 2017); “Soviet Famines. Roundtable on Soviet
Famines,” in: Contemporary European History, 27, H. 3 (2018), 432–481; “Vernichtung durch Hunger. Der Holodomor in der Ukraine und der UdSSR,” in:
Osteuropa 54 (2004).
61. See: Kerstin Jobst, Geschichte der Ukraine (Stuttgart: Reclam, 2010), 225; Astrid
Sahm, “Atomenergie nach Tschernobyl und Fukushima. Reaktionen in Ost- und
Westeuropa,” in: Osteuropa 63/7 (2013), 101–121.
62. On the Ukrainian historical policy with regard to the Holodomor, see: Gregorii
Kasianov, “The Holodomor and the Building of a Nation,” in: Russian Social Science Review 52 (2011) 3, 71–93; Heorhiy Kasianov, “Holodomor and the Politics of
Memory in Ukraine after Independence,” in: Christian Noack, Lindsay Janssen,