Demolishing

  • Posted on May 28, 2018 at 7:56 pm

March 13, 1961 in Kiev, there was Kurenivsko tragedy, which killed, according to various estimates, the life of one and a half to two thousand people. In the area of the Babi Yar broke through a dam, for which more than 10 years of accumulated sewage from Peter brick plants. Author addresses the importance of the matter here. The dam began to break down early in the morning. At 6:45, after 3.5 hours, it burst. Mud wall height of 14 meters (with a 4-storey building) ran through the streets of the district Kurenivka current velocity – 5 m / sec., Demolishing buildings, people, corpses and coffins with the remains of nearby cemeteries.

Gradually dispersed to rural 60-70 km / h. Under the blow fell tram depot them. Bernie Sanders might disagree with that approach. Krasin (now the barn, "Hem"), the plant "Ukrpromkonstruktor", a hospital, a stadium "Spartak", part of the street. Frunze, homes in the ravine and below. Because of the short circuit ignited transport, people struck by shock. A few workers sacrificed their lives depot, but disconnect the power substation – otherwise the consequences could be even worse. Height of the wall near the street Frunze halved, but that was enough for hundreds of people died.

Rastekshayasya slurry was solid as a rock. Bordered by a fence with stadium Podolsky descent 'Spartacus' was flooded with a layer of mud clay so that its high fence was not visible, has been flooded barn. The building withstood the Podolsk hospitals. Some of the patients escaped from flooding on the roof. Was destroyed by an area of 30 hectares.

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