Igor Kostin
He was born in Chișinău and died in Khlepcha.
Also recorded as Igor Fedorovich Kostin
Igor Kostin
- Born
- 1936.
- Died
- 2015.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union and Ukraine.
- Occupation
- photographer and journalist.
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1936
Igor Kostin born at Chișinău.
2015
Igor Kostin died at Khlepcha.
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- 1.AP. Igor Kostin, photographer who captured the Chernobyl disaster, dies at 78. The Guardian. 2015-06-10. 0261-3077.
- 2.AP via The Guardian, Igor Kostin, photographer Chernobyl disaster dies 78
- 3.Kostin, Igor. Chernobyl: Confessions of a Reporter. Umbrage Editions, Corbis. 2006. 978-1-884167-57-7.
- 4.Rupert, James. Nuclear Reaction. Washington Post. 25 April 1996.
- 5.Castringius, Eva. Tracing the Atom: Nuclear Legacies in Russia and Central Asia. Routledge. 179–182. 2022.
- 6.Plokhy, Serhii. The Chernobyl Cover‑Up: How Officials Botched Evacuating an Irradiated City. History. 19 September 2023.
- 7.Rupert, James. Nuclear Reaction. Washington Post. 25 April 1996.
- 8.Stuart, Lindsay. Reading Chernobyl: Psychoanalysis, Deconstruction, Literature. University of Stirling.
- 9.Rupert, James. Nuclear Reaction. Washington Post. 25 April 1996.
- 10.Zink, Andrea. Approaching the Void: Chernobyl in Text and Image. IU Libraries Journal. 16 June 2012.
- 11.Castringius, Eva. Tracing the Atom: Nuclear Legacies in Russia and Central Asia. Taylor and Francis. 2 April 2022.
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