Half Lives: Viktor Bryukhanov, The Man Who Built Chernobyl.
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2023
- Half Lives is a series dedicated to telling the stories of the people who were involved in history's nuclear accidents, from their birth, to the mishap, and their life following. These lives are often mixed up with lies, rumors and controversies. This is their true story.
Viktor Bryukhanov was the director of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant from the first concrete panel until the month after the explosion, responsible for the construction and operation of the facility as well as the satellite city of Pripyat.
Bryukhanov's life started as the son of a glazier and cleaner, and he rose from such humble beginnings to become one of the most influential men in nuclear history; this is the story of how he rose and how he fell much further than he could have imagined.
I hope you enjoy the video.
These individual stories are heartbreaking. (At least Bryukhankov soldiered on to a long life.) I'm waiting for a detailed account of Fomin, who I've heard didn't handle the situation well emotionally.
yeah i also wanna hear about fomin
RIP Bryukhanov. Such a sad story, ‘Midnight in Chernobyl’ has a number of fantastic interviews with him. Definitely not the monster HBO made him out to be and god I can’t imagine the stress he was under.
Thanks for another amazing video love your channel keep it up!
If you pay attention closely in Chernobyl HBO, they don’t make him out to be a monster. He’s soft spoken, never berates anybody and shows respect for those around him, like he’s portrayed in the two books I’ve read, midnight in Chernobyl, and Chernobyl by Serhii Plohky. Obviously he looks somewhat bad from lying about the radiation levels, but in reality, he did sign the document that understated radioactive levels, despite not intentionally doing so as he didn’t fully the read the report he signed.
@@johnsmeith3913 I got the same impression from HBO series. The monster in that series are primarily the Soviet System.
Chernobyl HBO is not really matching up with the facts, in quiet number of cases.
It's crazy how HBO made him into some kind of Soviet Michael Scott.
They were going to do rality but weren't given the materials.
@@diegomontoya796 They didn't even tried to dig deep enough. This video proves the point.
Don't you find it funny how bryukhanov witnessed an earthquake in his homehown and after exactly 20 years, on the same date, he witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history?
It is certainly ironic.
I remember reading about him in Midnight in Chernobyl. I know he wasn't perfect, but he really was treated horribly. I hope his family are OK.
Oh, that book is a fantastic read! Very informative and thorough.
A massive improvement over earlier recordings, the audio is much better. And that kind of saves the day here. The information is good as always, if you'd redo the Dyatlov episode in a similar fashion you'd make me a very happy camper indeed!
Regards
My new favorite channel! Glad to see more content.
Thanks, man. It means a lot.
Excellent reporting. The several Russian workers I've known were strong, loyal, and honest, as this man appears to be. A sincere thank you, for the video. A personal note about the power business, it gets in your blood, you can't get away. You can resign but they always call you back. When Viktor submitted his resignation, it was refused. This rings true to life. Once you're in, you are stuck. I think it's because your skills are useless in any other business. As a young man, I once had dinner with one of the chief engineers of a NPP in Florida, USA, and we discussed emergency backup systems. I said, people tell me the power plant business is boring. He exclaimed, it is SO BORING! Naturally, I didn't listen. My current boss, a career atomic scientist, is fond of saying, "It's only boring until it's not" (meaning, when an accident happens). Can we agree, boring is the way to go? Keep your eyes on Zaporizhzhia.
Let's agree that boring is good, eveything works as it should.
1:30 it is so strange and almost ironic that the earthquake he would witness also happened on April 26
Dude these videos are amazing, please don't stop making them, been here since the iceberg vid
Thanks for sticking around, it means a lot. More videos coming soon. :)
Just stubled upon your channel. Very interesting and well done videos. Thanks for your work!
Excellent videos! giving a shaft of light on the main characters of this tragic event. I read some things about Victor's and what a life! to much responsibility and willpower on one man, sad what happened to him, he didn't deserve that fate.
So many people in leadership were denying the reactor was destroyed for so long.
But none of them were brave enough to go check themselves, they had to know deep down it was gone.
Absolutely amazing information. Thanks
Love it, keep it up!
earthquake april:26
chernobyl april:26
Leonid Tuptonov's dather died on April 26th too.
keep up the good work
Great content, you've really put some effort into researching these things. I'm working on a Chernobyl archive at Arweave - would you be okay with me preserving the videos on your channel there (if that is done, it's effectively impossible to delete them later on if one's mind was to change) ?
I love these stories and facts about the people at chernobyl. Could you do a half live of Fomin?
These are eye opening untold stories .
Wooo! These videos are so good to listen to while drawing. Thank you for making more content. It's very interesting to listen to. If you run out of Chernobyl topics, I hope you cover other radiation accidents.
You forgot to mention he didn't want to admit there was an explosion, and he didn't care for the people receiving radiation, until it was known by everyone.
I thought it would be a biography of Brykhanov. instead it's just another recap of the Chernobyl nuclear station building process.
So you read the book. Good for you.
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So Dyatlov was not guilty, Bryukhanov was not guilty. It was the system. So convenient, the system = nobody.
Ppl who designed the reactor
This channel does seem to be very vested in not holding the control room operators accountable. However, it was my impression that Bryukhanov wasn’t too involved in the day to day operations. I think he’s best described as the CEO of power plant and the city of Pripyat.
@@Veritas419you think they did do something wrong?
It was both the designers, the operators and the people who hid previous accidents fault not just one group of people caused it
not only was dyatlov innocent, he’s the most scapegoated dude of all time
Honestly I’m shocked none of the “guilty” leaders just straight up fled to the U.S as soon as they got that first call waking them up 😂
So even the HBO series was a hatchet job. Wow.
HBO's miniseries was probably among the biggest character assassinations in TV of the 21st century, in terms of how many people were badly portrayed and how wrongly they were.
Explain to me what exactly was "tragic" about his life?
He was not only dodged imprisonment for life but rose higher and higher in the ranks after the accident and even lived to an age of 85, dying of natural causes.
I'd call that unbelievable lucky.
From Rags to Rads
USSR government is to blame, only in Russia
Saying he's the man that built Chernobyl really down plays all the other people who put in the effort to get it done
Once peace has come to Ukraine then I wonder what new chernobyl videos you have planned?
diction, diction, diction...