A Chernobyl Widow’s Tragedy, Forty Years Later
- Posted on April 25, 2026
- By The New Yorker
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A Chernobyl Widow’s Tragedy, Forty Years Later

Nataliia Khodymchuk lived in memory of her late husband, Valerii, the first worker to die in the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, until she fell victim to Russian aggression 40 years later.