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According to Wikipedia, the other 3 reactors at the Chernobyl power plant continued operating and producing electricity for many years after the accident, with the last reactor closing only in 2000 (!). Who worked there? Where did they live? How did they get to work every day?

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Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov made some controversial claims about Hitler's ancestry and antisemitism among Jews; what is the basis of those remarks?

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Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed yesterday that "Hitler himself had Jewish roots" and that "Jews were the biggest antisemites". What do historians think of those claims?

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According to Wikipedia, the other 3 reactors at the Chernobyl power plant continued operating and producing electricity for many years after the accident, with the last reactor closing only in 2000 (!). Who worked there? Where did they live? How did they get to work every day?	1555
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov made some controversial claims about Hitler's ancestry and antisemitism among Jews; what is the basis of those remarks?	5
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed yesterday that "Hitler himself had Jewish roots" and that "Jews were the biggest antisemites". What do historians think of those claims?	0