Chernobyl Episode 5 "Vichnaya Pamyat" REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- "Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask: What is the cost of lies?" Today we are watching Chernobyl episode 5 for the first time! Chernobyl was created by Craig Mazin (The Last of Us) and stars Jared Harris, Jessie Buckley, and Paul Ritter.
In 1986 Ukraine, a nuclear power plant unexpectantly explodes causing panic amongst the plant workers. However, the problems continue to pile up when the head engineer of the plant down plays the intensity of the situation.
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At last we have reached the conclusion to Chernobyl! We just wanted to thank you all for joining us on this horrifying, emotional, and unforgettable journey. Sarah has never cried more during a show lol. Take care and enjoy the video :)
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I remember when all this went down. I was 8 years old, and scared to death the radiation would reach our village in alaska. But, this was Way worse than i ever knew. This was potentially an Ending of the World.
If you havent seen Lost, The Good Place, or Community, maybe you could check those out. And as far as movies, maybe La Bamba, Death Becomes Her, or Remo Williams.
Personally, if you did Reservation Dogs, that'd be cool.
Can I suggest Band of Brothers? Great show about Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division in WW2. If you enjoyed the "going through something together and forming a real bond" aspect to Chernobyl, BoB has that in spades.
Lots of actors who were 'unknown' at the time and have since gone on to be pretty big stars. Tom Hanks and Spielberg produced it after doing "Saving Private Ryan" together. 10 episodes. 1 hour each.
Very cryworthy. Good and bad.
Incredible series....true heroes saved it from being much much worse, as hard as it seems to believe.
So happy y’all touched it out and finished the series. It was dramatic it was chaotic it was traumatic and horrific but the lessons and moras of the story are so important and just as relevant now as they were back then.
The world owes a debt of gratitude to those who helped contain, cleanup, and prevent the next nuclear disaster. We should all be so heroic and selfless in our duty to our follow man.
Awesome show, glad you guys got to see it.
Hooray you finished it! Now go watch something happy and wholesome and pure like Wall-E or something 😜😅
Also Galaxy Quest would be a top tier comedy to react to. All star cast, good writing, hilarious humor, pokes fun at all the sci-fi tropes really fun just an awesome movie
The evolution of Boris Scherbina, from a party stooge to someone truly commendable is an amazing thing. Done only in 5 episodes. This series is something else.
He also did good work with an earthquake recovery effort in 1988.
the propaganda miniseries did wonders for you!
@@uncleho1945 why are you simping for a country that no longer exists? You fool.
You don't really see him in the first episode, so I would say 4 episodes. And you should remember that it is a drama series and that in reality the change might had been less dramatic.
@@Ash16180 Yeah I am praising the writing capability of this series. The person may have been a stand up person from the very beginning but this series made him from someone who was generally unlikeable to someone we were glad to be by Legasov side is astonishing.
Chernobyl took my mother's life. She worked in Chernobyl after the disaster and died at the age of 38 from the radiation illness
I'm sorry for your loss. Thank you for sharing.
So very sorry for your loss, sending big hugs from Connecticuit, USA.
@@lori6115 Nice to see a fellow Nutmeger.
She was a hero, so sorry for your loss 🙏
Heroes never die. They just retire.
Paul Ritter was amazing as Dyatlov. Before Chernobyl, Ritter was known for his comedic roles especially in the British sitcom Friday Night Dinner.
And he died right after making "Chernobyl"! Totally tragic!
Come to think of Iwan Rheon as Ramsay Bolton/Snow in GoT.
He was absolutely amazing, and an unforgettable character. Loved to hate him !
Afterword: Dyatlov gave an interview before his death confirming many of the details in the show. But he maintained until his dying day that he hadn’t been in the room. The series made Lyudmila a celeb. She had to leave Kyiv to keep people from showing up on her doorstep. Coming broke his glasses and cut his wrists awaiting trial. He was let go early for emotional instability. He was let go from Kalinin for the same reason. Bryukhanov found himself virtually unemployable. He ended up a minor paper pusher in the Ukrainian Ministry of Trade. I recently saw an interview with Gorbachev who said he personally ordered the scientists followed, not because he didn’t trust them, but because he no longer trusted official channels and wanted an independent source. We don’t know the number of deaths because the Soviet Union made it illegal to attribute a death to radiation sickness.
Specifically, Boris Scherbina was the one who drafted the law banning Soviet doctors from listing radiation as a cause of death or illness, though I've never found anything explaining why he did it.
A law written by Boris Scherbina
I just learned this fact last night. Duality of Man. @@orinkinser4396
In Dyatlov's defense he believed there was nothing that could happen that couldn't be averted by AZ5. It was his failsafe. He didn't know that the safety rod design made AZ5 the igniter.
Which is excellently demonstrated by the shocked and dumbfounded expression on his face after hearing the explanation of exactly why the reactor exploded.
@@MsCartoon23 Exactly. You can see the thought going through his head: "If I'd known THAT..."
@@Wanda711 Well, he still created a MASSIVE danger, even if he did not press the igniter. The core would have been exploded pretty much later if not AZ5 that was pressed did it.
Bori Scherbina helped coordinating rescue operations when earthquake hit Armenia in 1988. They placed his bust in his honour in Nikolai Nemtsov Square in Tyumen in 2004. Boris was a good man.
He had his flaws but he could get things done
He was, and this is the most important thing, willing and able to learn.
That's not many people.
Vichnaya Pamyat, "Memory Eternal" is a Russian funerary hymm. It is played as the end music.
Ukrainian*
@@PUARockstar You will be surprised, but both in Russian and in Ukrainian it sounds and is written the same way.
It is a haunting song, even if you don't understand any lyrics. The equivalent for Catholics is "Lux æterna" in the Requiem Mass.
@@QWERRR7771 no it's not, it is both written and pronounced differently, can tell as a Ukrainian
@@QWERRR7771 not exactly.....
I live 485 km from Chernobyl and as kids of the 80's we were strongly advised by our parents to stay away from the rain and run home immediately.
Great reactions, thank you!
Since this came out before the war in Ukraine, I didn't remember that Lyudmilla and her son lived in Kiev. It's sad to think that after everything she went through, now she has to worry about losing her son who might be on the front line these days.
The actor who played the balding plant manager with the glasses, Nikolai Fomin, also played James Potter, Harry's father, in the movie series.
And the army general who arranged the final graphite clean-up was one of the Carrows.
@Gerald H Basically, the Harry Potter series used **all** the British actors, in one role or another.
The actors for Scherbina, Toptunov, Fomin, and the leader of the miners, also play in Andor (which would be an excellent choice for a next show to watch :))
@peterretep4009 the actor for Khodemchuk was also Pegla in "Andor"
*You're Physicist, Harry!*
"WHAT IS THE COST OF LIES"
According to their record is STILL 31...
Two great actors Harris and Skarsgard!
I visited Chernobyl and Pripyat in 2010.
We went to the power plant (outside), and some kind of observation post where they showed us the model of the power plant they wheeled in at the hearing in this episode.
In Pripyat we got to visit the amusement park, an elementary school, a sport center, some apartment building and the hotel. We actually went as far as the roof and there was a small birch growing. You could see the power plant in the distance.
Perhaps the eeriest moment was driving to the area, the Geiger counter slowly picked up pace as we got closer.
I think it’s important to mention that Dyatlov wasn’t like how they portrayed him in the show. Yes, he was harsh and strict but he wasn’t a reckless asshole. While we’ll never know what actually happened in the room that night, his co-workers said that he was reliable and professional. While yes, he played a part in the disaster - he never blamed his fellow workers (Akimov, Toptunov etc.) and he never denied the fact that the reactor exploded.
This is faaar from the truth. Many people described him exactly like in the show. In fact, a majority did. Some liked him. But fact is, many just did not like him because he was arrogant and unlikeable.
@@WexexxThat's incorrect
@@skinny_fingers4511 Except, it really isnt?
@@WexexxIt really is. Most people described Dyatlov as a "good friend, but a demanding boss". Very far from what is portrayed in HBO adaptation. Don't spread misinformation.
Remember, the test was performed with the thought that a kill-switch existed to stop the test if anything went critical mass. The government hid the fact that the Killswitch had one fatal flaw. In this case, the Killswitch detonated everything.
21.02 when Legasov enters the room he looks behind the door. It was common to be assassinated by a shot to the back of the head when entering a room like this.
4:27 knocking like the kgb
2:16 "oh, he just looks like a bastard." 😆
The New Safe Confinement building finished in 2017 shown at the end seems to be misunderstood often (I did too at first). It looks like the idea is to build a coffin and burry the problem in it. But it is in fact a highly specialized facility. That arched roof protects the damaged power plant from the outside elemements and prevents radioactive contamination from escaping. It is also equipped to allow specialized workers and scientists to slowly disassemble the radioactive debris for safe disposal. Some of the stuff will be dangerously radioactive for thousands of years and the new building is designed for 100 years. However at the end of those 100 years all the really dangerous stuff should be in hermetically sealed disposal caskets and not lying with other stuff in a slowly deteriorating pile. I have no idea how they are doing it and there might be problems for which technology does not have a solution yet (like what they faced on that roof with graphite blocks where robots could not work). But having a facility like this can attract talents who want to solve such difficult problems. Imagine being a work safety officer and having working there on your resume. Or radiology expert or nuclear physicist. So I believe that as long as Russians can be kept away from there and all of Europe continues to agree to fund it and keep it going one day the problem will be solved.
I know for the longest time it was referred to as the new sarcophagus but like you explained, it's much more than just another layer covering the power plant. And it's quite impressive to think it was assembled next to where it actually rests today, being slid over rails into position! One day we'll hopefully say we got rid the all the dangerous material and meanwhile nature continues to slowly recover from the effects of the fallout.
When Russians took the Chernobyl NPP during their invasio, they dug trenches around revealing radioactive soil once again 🙃
I was talking to my son about this recently. I basically told him the new building was the end of the Initial response and now they moving into a clean up phase
Russian forces were trying to attack Kiev last year from Belarus and they were stationing near the Chernobyl plant. There is no official confirmation, but unofficially Belarusian doctors were talking about treating radiation sickness for Russian soldiers who were stationing near Chernobyl. It's rather safe to stay there for a day or two, but they were there for few weeks, and probably moved surface building shelters and using heavy military equipment.
They were digging up the grownd in rufous forest.It's pretty safe there to be for tourist's but soldier's buried out the radioactive dust resulting in some of them getting sick and they mistook those symptom's for food poisoning.That's most hillariou's is that one of Russian officer's said that it's safe to dig there becuase his grandfather in WW2 was also digging there and he was fine.🤣🤣🤣🤣
Radiation is quite low in Chernobyl today so people can visit but only a specific territory and under the official guidance. But I know a lot of people, who go there illegally and visit the places that are still not safe and it is creepy af.
I met a man in 96 who had participated in the cleaning process right after the catasrophy. Oh boy he was suffering.... He had cancer... was dying. People were dying as a result of it even after so many years.
I mean RIGHT NOW you can't go there since our country is at state of war,and it made into some sort of buffer zone where no one can go.
It's honestly stupidly crazy anyone would want to visit there
While my school taught very little of it way back in highschool, my mom was pregnant with me in '86. My parents taught me a lot about it, originally they had feared that my birth would be affected by the disaster, despite us being in North America.
I was in fact born a little pre-mature, but had no effects. My parents still taught me alot about what at least they knew at the time about the event.
You aren't alone on not knowing much about it, if it wasnt for my parents I wouldn't know, and most of my friends didn't until this series.
Chernobyl is still the center of a large exclusion zone. There are technicians on site insuring the containment dome is maintained. In 2086, the worst of the radiation should have half-lifed enough to be a more endurable level, and repopulation might be possible, but radiation levels will be substantially higher there for thousands of years. When the Russuans invaded in February of last year they overran Chernobyl. They decided to garrison the place. Russian troops dug trenches in the contaminated soil. After the Russians retreated there were reports the troops that had been there were exhibiting symptoms of low level radiation sickness.
31:40 The thing with radiation is that doesnt disappear in a linear fashion. Its difficult to explain, but in simple terms, most of the deadly radiation disappears really fast, and then it slows down and down and down. So as of now, the situation is practically the same as few years ago. But for humans in safety gear, most of the accident site was navigable just a few years after the explosion.
Right now, humans in safety gear can even access the exploded reactor for a short time.
Very varying effects based on contamination and time.
Legasov was actually never at the trial, he was show there for theatrical means to answer the question of what happened. The Joker robot failed due to the fact that the controls “electronics” were placed in the bottom belly of the robot in comparison to the original Joker. So it wasn’t propaganda, Legasov states it in his tapes which can be found in translation. Legasov did have a wife and children.
I just binged this miniseries two days ago, and it brings back memories of when this occurred (I was in college when Chernobyl exploded). What I remembered most was the BBC and CNN reporting the increase of radiation throughout Eastern Europe and the various scientific communities offering assistance, but the Soviet Union steadfastly refused to acknowledge the occurrence of the disaster, then trying to downplay it. But back then there was NO info on the internal info on its cause and its aftermath. Seeing this was eye-opening, but truly heartbreaking. A fantastic miniseries.
Anatoly Dyatlov had already seen a similar nuclear disaster at a Submarine plant years earlier, it cost him his son's life, who later died of leukaemia. It's incredible to think that the Soviets put faith in the wrong people so many times. Just like putting Fomine back in charge of a nuclear plant after his incarceration.
I rate this episode as light at the end of the tunnel. It's still dark, but compared to what we've seen. Much better.
The episode name translates as Eternal Memory (to the Heroes).
One of things I remember from this episode is how mundane the leadup to the catastrophe was. It wasn't caused because someone went insane, or had a nefarious plot: it was guys doing humdrum jobs who were focussed on getting a promotion. A better office, more money, nicer apartment, new car. And probably 90% of people working in the Soviet Union had the same preoccupation. You couldn't easily quit your job and move to a better one; there were very few methods of improving your position, so it was worth cutting corners to get ahead. Plus they all thought there wasn't really any danger, certainly not the sort of thing that actually happened.
It's interesting that Dyatlov survived almost 10 years, though he did have radiation injuries that shortened his life. But he left the plant to go report to the Party guys in the city, so although he was right there when the explosion occurred, the amount of radiation he was exposed to was reduced. All I can think is, if they'd all immediately evacuated the plant, probably all those guys in the control room could have survived. The guys right by the core were probably done for, but the control room must have been some distance away and they could have had a chance. And also, Scherbina died within 5 years, just as Legasov had predicted, even though he and Legasov never went right into the plant. But the length of time they spent in the vicinity added up, so he ended up dying before Dyatlov.
I remember the officers in the Navy when I was on active duty, when we would brief an evolution that was potentially hazardous they would go over it with everyone and ask for questions. I had a company commander in the army that would tell us all ask me one question. They all wanted us to think about what they hadn't thought about or what they missed. This was toxic leadership
Thanks so much for reacting to this series. It's definitely an emotional journey and even the final talk during recess is quite sad. I'm glad we got those images from the real life persons of some of the characters.
This was so well done. Making such technical stuff but still grips you.
The built a new shelter over the old one because the old one is crumbling. Inside the new shelter there are cranes snd other stuff they are using to pick apart the old shelter in a safe way. I remember the disaster was allot on the News when i was a kid, remember i actually was scared even when i had no idea what radiation was. the radiation reached all the way to Norway. There has been a big spike in cancer here after that.
"The good news is, hell is just the product of a morbid human imagination. The bad news is, whatever humans can imagine, they can usually create."
This was such a wonderful episode. Who knew blue and red tiles could be so riveting? I’ve really enjoyed your reactions to this series. Thanks as always for all the content!!
Valery Khodemchuk rest in peace first victim of Chernobyl
The little grating in the floor is a drain. For the blood. That is a KGB torture room with awful wallpaper. Grim and chilling
There is also some documentaries about the re-settler grandmas (babushkas) who moved back to their homes against advice. “The Babushkas of Chernobyl” is their story. It so very touching how they live. They’ll meet with strangers who come along and interview them sometimes. They tell their stories. It’s also interesting to know the Russian army who took over the area last year briefly got sick themselves from digging in the Red Forest. I do not understand WHY anyone would do that THERE!
The confinement dome was developed to try to contain the radiation as well as they could AND all of the high tech gadgets inside will be used to decommission and dismantle the power plant in the safest way possible because it us still highly dangerous inside. It is supposed to do it’s job for 100 yrs so they have a lot to do.
"I have so much rage right now"
Youre not kidding.
"Vichnaya pamyat" ("Вічна пам'ять") means "forever in our memories.
this show keeps me up at night
Great series and i'm glad you two were able to experience it! Great reactions.
I wonder if it was improvising from the actor of Legasov to drop that one sign. It surely does seem so and it makes perfect "nervous" feeling to this situation.
I just realized....."She lives with her son...in KIEV."
So, that means, her son is likely either dead, or on the front lines in the current war, and she is either dodging bombs or has fled to a european country right now.
Lots of people still work around the Chernobyl power plant. As Legasov mentions in the court scene, there were 3 other reactors at the power plant still operating during the trial. Reactor 2 was shut down in 1991, Reactor 1 in 1996, and Reactor 3 in 2000. "Decommissioning" of the plant has been on going ever since. Basically dismantling and decontaminating all the equipment and demolishing buildings, as well as maintaining the containment facility for the remains of Reactor 4.
Great reaction video! The thing that still blows my mind is that of the 3 other reactors at Chernobyl, the last wasn't shutdown until the year 2000. 14 years after the accident.
You asked how it looks today, well, I can only say how it looked like a year ago or so (before the war): there is still an exclusion zone, although, there were few people who refused to relocate, mostly old, going on with their lives like not much has changed (interesting topic BTW, there are some guys who were helping them while making some yt videos). It was also quite a tourist attraction and many trips were organised. When it comes to radiation: after "liquidation" it's not an immediate threat, there are places where it is dangerous (reactor and hospital are obvious ones among others), but sightseeing Pripyat is relatively safe as there are places on Earth where natural background radiation is much higher than there, not to mention other exposures we have in life like medical tests or plane flights - it's quite broad topic, that's also the cause why death toll estimations vary: we had cancer before nuclear power was invented, you can't decide in 100% cases if death was caused by this disaster or not, it's impossible - you can only estimate basing on your previous statistics and I believe they are also not so reliable as this was USSR, before computers in every hospital, so no one bothered with keeping stats like this.
When you think that Zaporija nuclear power plant is on the same river (Dniepr) than Chernobyl... Only hundreds kilimeters between them.
The 'bridge of death' is actually an urban legend. No one ever gathered there that night.
Another tale of lies coming back on you, the excellent "Margin Call."
You guys have got to watch The Terror with Jared Harris it’s absolutely incredible
even tho this is entertainment, i commend the makers for tackling this. regardless of the politics and the reasons why, highlighting the sacrifice of thousands of normal citizens sticks with me the most. i wish this show would be made mandatory in every education system
Band of Brothers is one I'd recommend watching, it's superbly good. But it's also a very heavy&rough experience, so maybe take a break and watch other stuff before going for it.
i have watched this episode so many times that i can in act entire scene and explain how RBMK reactor works
also people need to understand that every cause, catastrophe and failure leads us as humans to push for new direction.
Hence, HWR and LWR reactors were built and preferred after the incident even when these were were actually in motion during 60s. Chernobyl happened in '86.
"When the truth is buried, it grows. It chokes. It gathers such an explosive force that on the day it burst out, it blows up everything with it." -Emile Zola
I think the one thing to take away from this is to contantly guard ourselves & secure ourselves in the truth. for safety sake.
I was 13 when this happened. Remember it well
I don't know if the quote was directly something he heard, but the choice of wording was incredible. "When the bullet hits your head, what would it matter why?"
And then his suicide along with final memoirs made his dedication to the truth to loud to drown out with the sound of gunfire.
Also something about people wondering why someone speaking a truth dying. I couldnt fit it in there.
In The Terror, there is a very similar scene between Jared Harris' character and another great british actor, just them walking and talking on an empty landscape, it's one of the greatest scenes in tv much like this one, a scene carried on the shoulders of two great actors.
Wish there was reactions for The Terror, one of the best shows (season 1 only)
Hey! A suggestion. Red Dragon (2002)
Extremely good and intense. First time I watched it, I couldnt blink!
Welcome to the final episode...well done getting through this show...it is a tough one. I really like the way the makers of the show added the notes at the end to cover some of the things they got wrong, simplified, or made more dramatic...I just wish they had done more of that, or been more honest. For example, they say that "it has been reported" that everyone on the "Bridge of Death" died...but those reports are very much NOT true....so technically, they are being truthful, bur not quite. Other things they do not admit to, I can understand...such as the fact that Legasov was not even at the trial of Dyatlov and company...but it is kind of necessary to turn him into a kind of hero figure and have him do much more than he really did so that the story can be simplified enough for most folks to keep track of. I assume by now you have read the History vs Hollywood article, so you know most of the truth...at least I hope that is the case.
Its really important to realize that SO MUCH of this show just isnt true. Its a beautiful show and i love it but the one disappointing thing about it is that a lot of people who didnt know about Chernobyl beforehand really take a lot of the story for granted that the show got it right factually.
15:11 damn. 😢
First of all, I will make the suggestion for the future TV show - watch "Broadchurch". Now I'll go and watch this ep.
I’d love to see you guys react to the tv show The Americans. It’s about a Russian couple who are spies in the U.S. in the 1980s. It’s one of the best tv shows I’ve ever seen.
That grate in the floor is a larger version of the same, that you see in rooms, especially kitchens and bathrooms, around the world. It leads to the drain, and it's where you push the water to, with a squeegee, when you wash the floors. I've never understood why you hardly see them in USA.
It’s also very common in interrogation rooms to remove bodily fluids.
Well, that grate is huge, so I guess that's what it's for, in this case. Plus, the room is completely tiled. And that tile pattern is enough to drive anyone over the edge.@@benlee7947
25:38 "[Lyudmilla Ignatenko] lives with her son in Kiev."
I wonder where they are now.
A catastrophe of unimaginable proportions, whose safe confinement dome has been paid for by over 40 seperate countries.
I gotta wonder if somebody out there is working on a limited series, "Fukushima."
"Ash vs. the Evil Dead." You will never see another series remotely like it. You may want to react to "Evil Dead 2" and "Army of Darkness" beforehand to get caught up on the evil dead mythos so you can fully appreciate the series.
Another series is the "The Expanse," by far the best science fictions series ever made. Sophisticated, committed to providing a realistic depiction of space travel, and unpredictable plot twists, one after another, that will blow your mind.
These two series are must-see unique experiences.
amazing show
This series is a good lesson in why you shouldn't lie, period. Whatever gain one has in the short term, they'll eventually lose in the mid/long term. Whether its losing credibility, or worse consequences. Liars are always terrified of the possibility others may or will find out, and no one has the perfect memory to keep a story from changing in a way that someone with a superior memory will catch. Never worth it.
It's also a lesson in why we should not have one party Socialist governments that tell people how they should live and think.
Mad F to Boris Scherbina
"How is Chernobyl today?"
True, as stated in many comments, radiation today near Chernobyl is not much of a problem: people have moved to the zone (most of the times illegaly) and wildlife roams the forests and the city of Pripyat and they seem to be doing far better than it was originally anticipated; although it's still debated (unwillingly, Chernobyl became a large real life experiment of the long terms of radiation on the environment).
But the ghost of radiation isn't exactly "dead" for good. In 2020, a series of uncontrolled wildfires in the exclusion zone caused alarm due to the problem that presents radioactive vegetation. When the accident happened, it released radiation into the atmosphere and trees instantly died (the scene where the trees turn red almost at once). But the radiation had a secondary unexpected effect: it killed the bacteria and organisms resposible for vegetation decay too; many of the trees and plants that have died from the accident to this haven't rotten at all and they are still there, and vegetation (as any living being) tends to absorb radiation (one of the reasons that led to the slaughter of animal, later to be buried in concrete: they had no fault but they would store radiation in their bodies, spreading contamination depending on the levels of radiation).
That vegetation doesn't decompose at normal rates is not a problem in itself... unless there is a fire because, then, the dead vegetation makes a good fuel for fire and, after burning, the smoke and the ashes will be radioactive (the more the fires burn contaminated vegetation, the more radiation will be thrown back into the atmosphere). Many media focused on the apparent danger that the fires reached the plant, but the real problem were the forests that were killed by radiation and still store some. The fires finally didn't burn a lot into the exclusion zone, but the real levels of radiation it would be released if all the contaminated vegetation at the exclusion zone burned today can only be estimated/guessed. In the end, the radiation released by the fires increased the average levels detected in the region, but official international reports insist it never went above the current safety norms.
Sources:
www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/how-chernobyl-has-become-unexpected-haven-wildlife
www.mentalfloss.com/article/586059/chernobyl-animal-facts
www.euronews.com/green/2022/03/28/chernobyl-radioactive-air-pollution-released-by-massive-forest-fires-officials-warn
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Chernobyl_Exclusion_Zone_wildfires
Allegedly, you can also see the Exclusion Zone, the sarcophagus and the city live thanks to some webcams:
www.geocam.ru/en/in/pripyat/
"Vichnaya Pamyat" roughly means Eternal Remembrance. It is a chant for the dead, common to all Orthodox Christian churches. Of course, it's called different in each language, but the meaning is the same.
I would love to see you react to the Queens Gambit. It's an excellent series!
I just hope Lyudmilla's son is not mobilised in war today... He as the correct age...
After HBO's show, Lyudmilla was harceled by people in internet who accused her to had kill his baby... Degusting...
This poor woman has suffered enough
There are a lot of informative and interesting comments here. I've seen this show. That's the extent of my expertise on the subject, so it's been fascinating to scroll through. With nothing worthwhile to add to the discussion, I thought I'd just leave a few suggestions for series reactions that might be good for the channel (if you haven't already seen them, of course):
"Firefly" and the follow-up movie "Serenity"
"The Haunting of Hill House"
"The Haunting of Bly Manor"
"True Detective" Season One
"Arcane"
Really enjoyed your reaction to this great series!! You asked for a recommendation on your next series. Possibly the best season of a series ever is season one of True Detective with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson!! If Chernobyl shook you up, wait till you see HBO's True Detective. I see other people in the comments also recommending it! Season one.
Hi Guys pretty good reactions for the series. I wish you had showed some longer clips of the key scenes in this episode. One of the most important things, was Secretary Gorbachev wrote that the true cause of the breakup of the Soviet Union was this incident, which makes sense it bankrupted the country. As of 6 years they did just build a new plant conver, good for 100 years. Well as of today SOB PUTIN had sent Russian Soldiers thru the zone and many have died radiation sickness, how ironic. I just read that there was fighting near the new worlds largest nuclear power plant complex at Zaporozhe and The World Atomic Energy Commission warned over another Chernobyl, incident there. Hows that?
The real tragic is Humans never learn. As Russia invaded Ukraine they used the Chernobyl exclusion zone as a staging area and depot since they gambled that noone would be so stupid to bombard the area around the new sarcophagous, but just in case they forced their soldiers to dig trenches and foxholes "for their protection". Little did they know that they doug up the highly contaminated soil that the liquidators put under with so much effort and lived in this trenches for weeks. Suddenly they retreated from the exclusion zone in a hurry and left lots of their personal equipment behind, rumor has it that allot of the stationed soldiers who where forced to dig and life in the field developed strong symphtoms of radiation poisoning and their gear got contaminated.
Small point, but Boris and Legasov were predicted to live 5 years not 1.
apparently Dyatlov wasnt as guilty as this series made him out to be. there is a vid on yt of an interview with him. i havent seen it all but i think he said he didnt send anyone to the core.
May I recommend THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE? And maybe GENTLEMAN JACK as well as WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS.
When y’all do The Wire and The Sopranos I’m subscribing to the patreon
Show suggestions:
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
The Sopranos.
The Wire.
Breaking Bad.
Game of Thrones.
I recommend the show Dark (German). Just have a notepad ready to take notes on. It’s fantastic and relatively short.
The radiation cloud blasted
If you guys want to learn details about this, I recommend the book The Truth About Chernobyl by Gregori Medvedev. He was one of the head investigators in Chernobyl and does an absolutely amazing job in his book, including witness testimonies and a small chapter on 3 Mile Island to compare the west's response to a nuclear emergency with the Soviets.
We had radioactive sheep here where I live in North wales, I was born the year after so I know scie tests said they can tell who was born before and after chernobyl based on their biological make up
the sandman and the watchmen show are both must see tv shows. for the watchmen you may want to watch the older movie first unless you have some knowledge of the comics. the show basically starts a bit after the movie and lots of things make much more sense if you have recently seen the movie.
the sandman doesnt require any knowledge of the comics.
both are series that have the potential of an emotional roller coaster.
Attention, Attention!
Due to the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the city of Pripyat, adverse radioactive conditions are forming.
To ensure the radiation safety of the people, and children in particular, there appears a necessity to conduct a temporary evacuation of the residents of the city to the nearby towns of the Kiev region.
For this reason, today, on April 27, starting from 2 PM, buses will arrive to each house.
They will be accompanied by police and representatives of city administration.
It is recommended to take documents, items of absolute necessity, and also food for an initial time.
Comrades! When temporarily leaving your apartments, please do not forget to close windows, shut off electric and gas appliances, and to turn off water taps.
Please stay calm and organized during the temporary evacuation.
🤠 This is the second best series I ever watched on television. The best was True Detective (season 1) which I HIGHLY recommend.
Ooooo, you two should watch Lost! Such a great show. 🥳 I loved watching your reactions to Chernobyl though! Thank you both for everything you do! 😁
How about the tv show Firefly? You could go from 5 episodes to 14 and you will most likely not regret a single one of them. :)
Or you could give the show Reacher a shot. It's 8 episodes.
Two of the guys who went under the reactor are still alive and the third only died in 2007.
Fantastic reactions to a deeply disturbing horror show!
Great watching with you, thanks! My TV recommendation is definitely "True Detective" Season 1. It's 8 episodes and, I think, the best fictional TV show I've ever seen. I do hope you'll check it out.