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Latvian Train Crew's Secret Mission to Evacuate Children from Chornobyl 40 Years Ago

Forty years ago, on April 27, 1986, a 10-car train from Riga embarked on a secret mission to Chornobyl, where its crew spent 105 days evacuating children affected by radiation, a journey for which no official documents can be found.

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