Building on the internationally acclaimed “Chernobyl” HBO series, Ukraine’s Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko seeks UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, reports the New York Post. “This is not only a tourist attraction, but also a place of memory where it is worth coming to understand the truth about the disaster and its ‘final effect,’” Tkachenko told East2West News. In 2019, an average of 2 million Americans watched each of the five episodes of “Chernobyl.” Ukraine currently has seven World Heritage Sites.
Building on the internationally acclaimed “Chernobyl” HBO series, Ukraine’s Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko seeks UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone,
