Nigel Raab's book is dedicated to natural and man-made disasters in the USSR. His focus is on earthquakes in Crimea, Ashgabat, Tashkent and Armenia, as well as the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. By studying the largest disasters that occurred in different periods of Soviet history, the researcher thereby sheds light on important changes in the social, cultural and political spheres. The publication is intended for specialists in the history of the USSR, for students of higher educational institutions, as well as for everyone interested in the history of disasters, Soviet state and society. The publishing layout of the book is saved in PDF A4 format.