MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS IN THE INITIAL PERIOD OF LIQUIDATION THE ACCIDENT AT THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Abstract

The article analyzes deployment process, dynamics of changes and features of the use of the military communications system in the 30-kilometer zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the period from 04/26/86 to 12/05/86. The material is based on documents and orders of the USSR Ministry of Defenses operational group, statistical data that were submitted daily from communication elements, and the analysis by the authors of the records in communication department of the management instructions and results of their implementation on operational changes in the communication structure within a 30-kilometer zone, a special zone and regarding interaction with external structures outside the 30-kilometer zone during the specified period of liquidation of the Chernobyl accident. In the lines and figures of this article, the work of tens of thousands of our citizens, civilians and soldiers, soldiers, sergeants, ensigns, officers and women is enormous in scope and unlimited in responsibility. They posed a medium threat to their health and life, created a system of military communication, brought civil communication to new conditions, and found non-standard and effective solutions to the problems that were to blame. and were unexpected, complex and unpredictable in consequences.