Nikolai Ryzhkov 1988 Spitak Earthquake Armenia ENG SUB

This video shows Nikolai Ryzhkov’s legendary handling of the 1988 Spitak Earthquake disaster in Armenia. There are scenes featuring Boris Shcherbina looking very exhausted, but what you want to see here is Ryzhkov’s epic Jedi Master performance showing what true statesmanship is like. He received the Hero of Armenia title by citizens’ initiative. People of Armenia collected signatures and made a request to their government to give the title to Ryzhkov. This content is translated to English for the first t