"Mostly, people do not get sick because of radiation. They get sick because they believe they are victims."
-- Sergii Mirnyi, author

Sergii Mirnyi rolls in the snow after a sauna in Chernigiv, Ukraine. An eternal optimist, Mirnyi served in 1986 as commander of a radiation reconnaissance platoon adjacent to the Chernobyl plant.
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This photograph is part of Michael Forster Rothbart's After Chernobyl documentary photography...
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"Mostly, people do not get sick because of radiation. They get sick because they believe they are victims."
-- Sergii Mirnyi, author

Sergii Mirnyi rolls in the snow after a sauna in Chernigiv, Ukraine. An eternal optimist, Mirnyi served in 1986 as commander of a radiation reconnaissance platoon adjacent to the Chernobyl plant.
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This photograph is part of Michael Forster Rothbart's After Chernobyl documentary photography project.
© Michael Forster Rothbart 2007-2010.
www.afterchernobyl.com
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Photo by: Michael Forster Rothbart
Date: 2/2009 File#: Canon 5D digital camera frame 56305.
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Original caption:
Chernobyl liquidator Sergii Mirnyi enjoys the banya in Chernigiv, Ukraine.
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