Institute of Sociology NASU

Experience of academic sociologists of Ukraine in the study of the peculiarities of work, lifestyle and psychological state of the liquidators of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant ac-cident (1986–1987)

stmm. 2026 (2): 49-53

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IEVGENII GOLOVAKHA, Doctor of Sciences in Philosophy, Professor, Director of the Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (12, Shovkovychna St., Kyiv, 01021)

golos100@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2961-1262

SCOPUS ID: 7801397436

NATALIA PANINA (1949–2006), Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, Institute of Sociology, NAS of Ukraine

MYKOLA CHURYLOV, Doctor of Sciences in Sociology, General Director of the Center for Social and Marketing Research "SOCIS" (28, Instytutska St., Kyiv, 01021)

churylov.mykola@gmail.com

The article was prepared for the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. It is devoted to the generalization of the experience of sociological research into the peculiarities of work, lifestyle and psychological state of liquidators of the Chernobyl accident, which was carried out by the staff of the Department of Sociology of the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR in 1996-1997. Returning to the results of this research, the authors express confidence that the experience of studying and overcoming the social consequences of the Chernobyl disaster will not lose its universal value as long as humanity masters new technologies that allow solving global energy supply problems, but are inevitably associated with the risk of man-made disasters.

Keywords: Chernobyl disaster, accident liquidators, working conditions, lifestyle, psychological state, survey, psychodiagnostics

Received 28.04.2026

Accepted for publication after review 08.05.2026