How Russians learned about Chernobyl 2019

About 60 percent of the polled Russian population in 2019 claimed that they learned about the Chernobyl disaster from the news. Roughly a quarter revealed that they were at school at the moment of its occurrence and 14 percent learned about the catastophe from documentaries.
The share of residents believing that the negligence of operators and maintenance personnel was one of the principal problems uncovered by the disaster increased over the last years.

Poll: how did the Russian population learn about the Chernobyl catastrophe at its moment of occurrence?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
From the news (newspaper, radio, the press)	58%
In school	24%
From the accounts of family, friends, and acquaintances	23%
From documentary films	14%
From social media and the Internet	8%
From fictional films / TV shows	7%
From books	4%
Lived nearby / in the immediate vicinity	1%
From parents**	1%
Other	1%
I don’t know anything about this accident	1%
It is difficult to say / don’t remember	1%

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Release date

August 2019

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

June 27 to July 4, 2019

Number of respondents

1,608 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Respondents from 137 localities in 50 regions of Russia

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

The participants had to answer the following question:"On April 26, 1986, there was an explosion at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl. How did you learn about this accident?"
Respondents could choose several options from the list of presented answers.
** The share of respondents was less than one percent.

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