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Living less than 100 miles from ukraine's chernobyl nuclear power plant when on april 26, 1986, a safety test went horribly wrong, causing an explosion and a deadly cloud of radiation. yuri and his wife initially stayed. but four months after the disaster, she discovered she was pregnant. as radiation particles drifted into their town and those around the sharapovs began to suffer illnesses and birth defects, the couple decided they'd flee to live with family in western siberia, where in april of 1987, maria was born. >> my parents took a lot of chances in their life. growing up, i was always ...
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