Chernobyl kids - from our story 'The First Photos of Chernobyl After The Nuclear Disaster – April 26 1986'

1988: Kostin discovered this deformed child in a special school for abandoned children in Belarus. The photo was published in the local Belarus press and the boy nicknamed 'the Chernobyl Child'. It was then subsequently printed in German magazine Stern and became a world-famous image. The child was adopted by a British family, underwent several operations and is now living a relatively normal life

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