• The Kurenivka mudslide occurred on 13 March 1961 in Kyiv, then a city in the Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. It took place near the historic Babi Yar ravine...
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    Kyiv with various grocery products. In 1961, the mudslide from upper-located neighborhood hit Kurenivka, resulting in 145 fatalities according to official...
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    operating. Palace of Sports opens. Population: 846,293. 1961 13 March: Kurenivka mudslide. Kyiv River Port passenger terminal and Hotel Moscow built. 1965 Kyiv...
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    initial geo-study was not thorough. Two villages were destroyed. Kurenivka mudslide 1961-03-13 Kiev Soviet Union 145 Impoundment of the clay slurry reservoir...
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  • battalion commanded by Kharchenko led a rescue operation after the Kurenivka mudslide in Kyiv. Ivan Kharchenko was born on 23 September 1918 in Komarovka...
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  • Black and white £5 notes cease to be legal tender in the UK. 1961 Kurenivka mudslide: A dam bursts in Kiev, USSR, killing 145. United States delegate to...
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    under one of the industrial buildings. Kurenivka also became famous for a massive tragedy of the Kurenivka mudslide in 1961. Priorka (1629–1880), it is believed...
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    been known since the 19th century, was destroyed by pulp during the Kurenivka mudslide in 1961 and was finally liquidated in the following years. Mykilska...
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  • Streets, close to the 1976 monument Monument to victims of the 1961 Kurenivka mudslide in Kyiv; installed in 2006, 45 years after the disaster killed hundreds...
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    45 years. One hundred forty-five people in Kiev were killed in the Kurenivka mudslide, after a dam burst on the Dnieper River at the capital of the Ukrainian...
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