Chernobyl Episode 3 Scene | HBO | Coal Miners

Features combined footage from the HBO miniseries Chernobyl Episode 3, scene of the coal miners going to Chernobyl to dig a tunnel underneath the concrete pad of the nuclear reactor core (which is melting down) to install a liquid nitrogen heat exchanger lowering the core temperature to prevent it from breaching the concrete pad and meltdown into the groundwater which goes to the Pripyat River.
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[@poopahskoopahh8563]

“Now you look like the minister of coal” love that line

[@toddkes5890]

Also, he is one of them now?

[@hagamapama]

@@toddkes5890 You can see the half smile on the man in the extended scene. He's enough to a true Soviet to be actually honored

[@Gamer_228]

Maybe, but in real history the Minister of the USSR coal industry himself began his career as an ordinary miner and grew to the Minister. He personally supervised the miners in the aftermath of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and the miners themselves went there completely voluntarily.

[@xxSgt_Aryes]

POOPAHSKOOPAH H and probably the only time they had someone with a Ukrainian accent lol :/

[@helgacrispy8372]

We have the same picture. I thought that I posted that.

[@yigiterhos4943]

That miner dude is hands down the biggest badass in this whole series.

[@Janon48]

Yiğiter Hoş the guys that volunteered to go into the plant to empty the water tanks had the biggest balls

[@yigiterhos4943]

You talk about courage. I was rather talking the "I don't give a fuck" attitude. Both are related of course but they're not the same. The dude is so fucking comfortable while talking to someone from the central committee or makes fun of the coal minister without having a second thought. Those guys can get them shot in one finger move.

[@eddgrs9193]

@@yigiterhos4943 from what I understand, there were tensions between the miners and the communist party. We had the same thing in Romania at one point. The miners were on the verge of revolt, if one mine had started open revolt, the others would have joined too, followed by the rest of the population.

[@Paulipogbi]

This commenter is delusional... Send him to the infirmary

[@dickfitswell3437]

I cant believe he showed his whole penis.

[@ryanhartigan8758]

“If these worked, you’d be wearing them.” Can’t fool the coal miners

[@MrAmerilias]

"They work in darkness.They see everything"

[@furrball]

whoa... I don't fasten my belt and I'm Italian. I use to think it's because I was born in the 70's and raised in the 80's, when we didn't really mind about seat belts and other "excessive" security precautions.

[@CODA96]

@Alkhazred1 Legassov knew what it wouldnt make much difference. Maybe a few weeks, if anything even. He knew he would be dead within 3-5 years.

[@budspencer1776]

@@furrball Nah, it's because you're Italian. I am German, I do use the seat belt! But I don't wear socks in my sandals and I do not drink Soy Milk.

[@user-cx5ni7me6l]

@@furrball you never wear a seat belt? besides being unsafe, is it not illegal? have a wonderful day, greetings sam

[@f1nger605]

According to the companion podcast to the series, the miners union was actually a pretty powerful faction within the Soviet Union. They were there since the early days of the revolution and even Stalin didn't risk pissing them off. So while everyone else is living in constant fear, you have this one class of people who just refuse to be pushed around and get away with it. That concept is communicated so beautifully in this series.

[@karmallamah1699]

Why was the miners union so powerful?

[@f1nger605]

@@karmallamah1699 - I don't know specifically why, but I do know that the entire nation underwent rapid industrialization after the Revolution, which would require massive growth in their coal mining industry. On top of that, Russia had some of the largest iron deposits in the world, making mining all the more essential to the future of Russia. Therefore, whoever could control the mines would necessarily hold an enormous amount of power in the developing Soviet Union. Just think of how politically powerful the fossil fuel industry is in the United States. It's not just because they have money, it's that the entire economy runs on oil and other fossil fuels. If those industries fail, then the country fails, so our government bends over backwards to appease them and keep them going, even as resources dwindle. The difference is that, instead of being owned by corporations and wealthy families, the Soviet mines were owned by the workers. Workers organized in a union. Ergo, the government had to bend over backwards to appease them or they would risk a massive strike that would grind the whole country to a halt.

[@karmallamah1699]

@@f1nger605 That...is an awful lot of power

[@f1nger605]

@@karmallamah1699 - Which is why the American power structure spent the better part of the past fifty years gutting labor in this country, which in turn allowed them to stagnate wages even as their profits went up. Imagine if, say, service workers had only half the solidarity depicted in this clip. They wouldn't need a government to step in and give them a living wage, they could just demand it directly from employers.

[@martinsweda]

@@karmallamah1699 its simple. they are pretty much the lowest of the lowest. they have pretty much the worst work, the lowest pay, the worst life. they have nothing to loose. a man, who has nothing, who has nothing to loose, is a free man.

[@balconi89]

"These men work in the dark, they see everything." Best line that was edited out of the clip.

[@strongQazaqstan]

*Can someone explain to me why they made this scene? The original minister of coal was an experienced veteran, working in coal mine since he was 15. But here he was portrayed as a dandy inexperienced guy who knows nothing about coal mining...*

[@jrus690]

@@strongQazaqstan The writer had to portray the USSR political system as mildly incompetent in key ways, so they make the leadership look like mild morons. The USSR did have ministries for this stuff, after all. In the USA, there is no minister of Coal and the Department of Energy has very little to do with the Coal industry other than they know each other exists.

[@swimfan752]

@@strongQazaqstan it’s a fucking tv show dude

[@georgemavrides3434]

Hollywood interpretation of things. While close, there’s a lot of inaccuracies to make the film more sellable (and of course keep the propaganda going against Russia)

[@Pgoodso]

​@@strongQazaqstan He was portrayed as someone who knew that the two men with guns behind him weren't just there for his protection or his orders, but also to keep HIM in line. But he eventually broke down the wall of bullshit when the miners asked him to. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely" is true even of the talented and the good. Boris says as much to Valera near the end of the series ("you know how I knew they were right? Because they put me in charge"). So dude was a big shot acting like a big shot because his society made him one, regardless of who and what he used to be. But he had either the decency or awareness to see that bullshit wasn't going to work on a person who was like he used to be. So he cut through it, and far more quickly than it took Boris. That is "a" way to interpret the scene. It's not the only one, but hopefully that helps a bit.

[@cm5913]

"We can start in the morning." "No. We start now....I don't want my men here one more second than they need to be."

[@RyanJ504]

That's a man.

[@PlanetShlorpian]

And regardless, with the amount of radiation they were exposed to, they're gonna die anyway.

[@soulsemblance3163]

@@PlanetShlorpian the world below the Ground whyvwould they be exposed to that much radiation

[@shitlordflytrap1078]

@@soulsemblance3163 do you know what Chernobyl is.

[@soulsemblance3163]

@@shitlordflytrap1078 of course I know of it but my question is if they are working ten meters below the ground The should be receiving significantly less Radiation

[@littlestarlily4890]

That miner is a very impressive character, very intelligent and quick in realization as well as determined and worried for the safety of his men. Those must be true comrades

[@AppleHazeVoiceActing]

In Germany we call him a EHRENMANN

[@wiseauserious8750]

He reminds me of a lot of people I met in the military

[@swimfan752]

*comrades*

[@SUMITKUMAR-qd5vt]

Better leader than dyatlov

[@patrick4662]

The way his role was acted is a reason why so many hold this show in high regard. There isn't a wasted role. He is essentially a bit player in the cast but his performance is incredible. Just like the fat bureaucrat who turns away Ulyana Khomyuk - the guy who used to work in a shoe factory. It was one freaking scene but the acting was so high quality it just keeps you strapped into the story.

[@Boxghost102]

In actuality, the coal minister was a long-term miner who'd personally made mining inventions to make coal mining easier. Hardcore. However, we wouldn't have gotten this funny scene.

[@buxadonoff]

Bullshit, at this time soviet union as corrupt as fuck..

[@Bgh583]

@@buxadonoff what has changed since then?

[@MenRot]

@@buxadonoff you know, you can just fact check it...

[@amalkallarackal9293]

@@buxadonoff anything based on communism is designed to be corrupt as fuck..... Apart from being fascist

[@iosefka7774]

@@buxadonoff You're rewriting history so that it perfectly fits your image of the Soviet Union.

[@lakobause]

"What's as big as a house, burns twenty liters of fuel every hour, puts out a shitload of smoke and noise, and cuts an apple into 3 pieces? A SOVIET MACHINE MADE TO CUT APPLES INTO FOUR PIECES!"

[@MexicanBandit]

Solid joke. I laughed pretty hard.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

I don't get why the number went from 3 to 4.

[@nothingtodo225]

@@frenchsoldier8485 because even though it's an oversized, inefficient, loud, polluting machine it still doesnt do its original job properly.

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@nothingtodo225 ah

[@frenchsoldier8485]

@@nothingtodo225 didn't he say the machine was made to cut them into fours though?

[@bobbyricigliano2799]

The miners represented a very interesting dichotomy in the framework of the film. They were somewhat dismissive and antagonistic toward the government, going so far as to openly mock it's incompetence. At the same time, they went into harm's way immediately, unflinching and dedicated to their work. They were able to get away with their irreverence because they worked tirelessly and never demurred from their duty.

[@danlorett2184]

The Miner's Union was a BIG deal in the Soviet Union. Also in the show they fib a bit: the minister for coal was actually a former miner himself. Even Stalin made sure to stay on the good side of the Miner's union - in reality the government is funded mostly by extractive industries (gas, oil, coal, ore) so pretty much nobody was dumb enough to piss the miners off.

[@auggieniopetch3045]

@@danlorett2184 Unlike Margaret Thatcher.

[@borneoorangutan]

Well, no, what Thatcher did isn't the same, the exact reason she could piss off the coal miners was because she was very friendly to the oil industry.

[@dancinginfernal]

@@borneoorangutan She also didn't care if it destroyed the country she presided over.

[@borneoorangutan]

@@dancinginfernal totally irrelevant to what I wrote but sure, what she did certainly didn't help some people Britain, yeah.

[@markm734]

3:04 they kinda chopped this scene up but his look right here before he gives the line "no, we start now." is one of the best parts of the series. When he realizes that he and his men were brought to a deadly place, it's a combination of anger, confusion, and acceptance all at the same time.

[@swimfan752]

Chopped it up to prevent copyright claims

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

What really sucks is when he gets the answer of whether his men will be looked after once the job is done. Boris was honest, and you could see he accepted that. He also understood it wouldn't be up to Boris if they were being screwed over or not. Spoiler alert... Last I heard the Russian government cut Liquidators off their pensions. I can't imagine the miners got off any better.

[@onemanwithin]

That's a Soviet......

[@markogvozdenovic4396]

​@@Kamina.D.Fiercewhere did you heard that, Washington Post? 😊

[@Kamina.D.Fierce]

@markogvozdenovic4396 Funny enough, no. I don't bother with crap like that. It came from an interview pertaining the recent Russian movie released about Chernobyl. They actually interviewed the Soviet general who was overseeing the cleanup. Apparently he's the one who said the liquidators were losing their pensions. Much to his anger and frustration.

[@horseradish4046]

KGB: "questioning the flawlessness of Soviet engineering will earn you the bullet" Dusty-bois: "YALL EVER HEAR THE ONE ABOUT APPLES?"

[@alexanderward5286]

They would say that cause they just don’t give a fuck. You cannot threaten people who really do not care if they live or die.

[@murilokleine]

@@alexanderward5286 More like you can't threaten people that know they are necessary to the system. Coal was their main fuel, disrupting relations with your country's fuel providers would be very very stupid, even communists knew that.

[@alexanderward5286]

Murilo Kleine More like they could always be replaced.

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

@@murilokleine actually, its the other way around, the whole "KGB threat" is a complete fabrication, Legasov's real reason for not reporting any flaws was because he didn't even look, and he didn't look because of his own ego and incompitance (he was a chemist, not a nuclear physicist).

[@adid.8526]

@@themanformerlyknownascomme777 found the soviet drone. Good work comrade, you are smashing capitalism one comment at a time!

[@vaxan5126]

So these 100 men, saved countless lives, the Goosebumps I have, and the respect for these people, is eternal

[@kevinfanning8027]

I think at the end it said not many of them lived past 40

[@swimfan752]

Their death was actually futile in the end

[@James-th2oo]

@@kevinfanning8027 Coal mining has always been a dangerous and short-lived life.

[@kevinfanning8027]

@@James-th2oo I doubt the radiation did them any favors

[@Arcaryon]

@@swimfan752 It was but as an article said, a 50/50 chance of poisoning the Black Sea was unacceptable. In the end, their bravery and commitment to all of humanity will be remembered for eternity.

[@MehrunesKar]

In reality the “Minister of coal” was a hardworking coal miner himself who made it to high position. And of course they didn’t force the miners to do the dirty job with guns pointed at them.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

And in reality Dyatlov was very aware of dangers posed by RMBK-reactors and worked very efficiently during night of the incident. He blamed those flaws as cause of the accident - not just denying his own esponsibility as man who ran that fatal test. Old-fashioned just-following-orders-defense instead of not-me-but-them-defense shown in the series. And he was a prick not liked by anybody and had gall to survive it. Series does take certain liberties with reality to emphasize its point - Chernobyl was result of thousands of careless and/or overoptimistic decisions.

[@strongQazaqstan]

Can someone explain to me why they made this scene? The original minister of coal was an experienced veteran, working in coal mine since he was 15. But here he was portrayed as a dandy inexperienced guy who knows nothing about coal mining...

[@MehrunesKar]

@@strongQazaqstan Because it's not a documentary film but a Historical Drama, a story about lies and it's consequences, about the people who suffer from them, based on a real life event. And some facts and people are changed for the sake of the message the film tries to deliver. Also having too much details can be overwhelming for usual viewer, so making one fictional person represent a whole group of significant people can be useful (for example the main character Ulyana Khomyuk).

[@k1ryn]

@@strongQazaqstan STFU !!!

[@Alcosmos_]

@@strongQazaqstan Propaganda. Small historical revisions here and there. Liked the series, but it was so obvious that they were trying to show an specific view of it

[@torferguson3866]

I like how the Miner boss is introduced as very blue collar even covered in grim and dust, but when he hears of the job and it's dangers he shows a sharp wit and intelligence not naive to what's at stake.

[@TheWolvesCurse]

funny how that's seen as something special 🤷🏼‍♂️ as if it was common for "blue collar" to be naive and dumb. you don't last long on a job, where stupidity and naivety could cost you limbs or even your life. if anything, i think situational awareness is a trait that's found more prominent in blue collar than in white collar workers.

[@alexwest2514]

@@TheWolvesCurse White collar liberals have their heads up their asses, always been that way

[@Jules-pr9kn]

Coal mining is dangerous, you gotta have good horse sense to survive long enough to be the boss. Makes sense that he knows something's not right

[@edhay4594]

@@TheWolvesCurse Which is, of course, the point. Your life depends on it, you’d better find it. I am the son of white collar workers, and I’m a product of 7 years of union carpentry and 4 more years in Uncle Sam’s employ. You can find it anywhere, even in the white-collar world. I’ve seen blue-collar types that are soft and weak, and I’ve seen white-collar types that are some of the toughest guys that I know. A collar doesn’t define you, it only helps mold you.

[@Plymouth_Belvedere]

​@@edhay4594fantastically worded

[@fitrianhidayat]

Can someone explain to me why they made this scene? The original minister of coal was an experienced veteran, working in coal mine since he was 15. But here he was portrayed as a dandy inexperienced guy who knows nothing about coal mining...

[@scorpiom8053]

It's simply exaggerated to make it more interesting.

[@ProjectGibix]

Anything that was ever based on an actual event will never be 100% spot on. Although this show definitely showcased an almost flawless match of Chernobyl like none other.

[@toddkes5890]

He had been out of the mines too long?

[@OksanaLitvin]

Потому-что этот сериал - ложь построенный на лжи

[@adrianmaciej2186]

I would say it was done to better portrait division between workers and guys in charge. The second looked at workers not as the most important thing to care about (as the communist propaganda stated) but as most valuable resource to dispose, as someone who doesn't need to know, only to obey. They needed to show it. And in this they didn't forget about the good ones (as the real-life minister of coal), they were shown in role of Boris Szczerbina (he said he knew miners, in the end at least he actually cared), the general who ride near the fire to measure the radiance level, or the military guy (I didn't catch his position) who sent people to the roof (90 seconds), he seemed like he knew how it is to be a soldier.

[@Ammeeeeeeer]

The minister of coal looks so much like Director Krennic from "Rogue One" I almost expect him to shout "ARE WE BLIND??? DEPLOY THE MINERS!!!"

[@bigcazza5260]

same dude

[@MikeJones-qn1gz]

Mining? A man of your talent? A reactor has blown I need you to go to Chernobyl

[@graythurman4506]

It was comrade Dyatlov who suggested the test You’re we’re not summoned here to grovel director

[@amedeocialogero971]

looks to me like David Schwimmer from afar

[@devintariel3769]

@@MikeJones-qn1gz I gave you a small fortune? WHERES BANE WHERES BANE WHERES BANE WHERES BANE

[@cbstevp]

Soviet story after Chernobyl accident: An old babuska was selling apples on a street in Moscow. One crate said "Regular Apples". Another crate said "Chernobyl Apples". A man stopped and asked, "Do you sell many Chernobyl apples?" "I sell out every day." He looked at her in surprise. "Why would anyone buy Chernobyl apples? Don't they know they are poisoned?" "Of course." "But who would buy such apples?" "Plenty of people. Those with a boss they hate, a husband who hits them, or a colleague whose job they want. I am never short of customers."

[@Celestial_Wing]

I would have liked to buy one of those, I have a few people I knew that I'd like to see underground

[@b1646717]

This poor man probably had an apple pur in his lunch that day.

[@MontyQueues]

fake russian accents would really ruin the film

[@slygoeitahooper5841]

Grammer 100

[@Bigfitz92]

Series not film

[@politicalridicule]

fake history of Chernobyl would really ruin the film!

[@spectre722]

@@politicalridicule can you fuck off already? some artistic liberties have to be taken to translate it better for a TV show.

[@ChairmanMeow1]

oh fuck off

[@DaunteFalck]

every single one of those coal miners are unsung hero's. they understood the danger that this event posed to both them, and the world, and they chose to go headfirst into it, not out of pressure, but out of a want to save billions of people. I thank them, decades after they did this

[@DaunteFalck]

@@theinvisibleman2070 Were you just looking for something to critique? sure, it was a spelling mistake but you didn't have to point it out in such a rude way

[@idonthavh1n166]

*heroes

[@Spright91]

Why did you edit it? Took out so much good dialogue

[@p0sn]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anO4k2N_d5V_hac Without the edits!

[@LordVader1094]

Copyright. It'll auto take down the video if you have it completely unedited for over 3 minutes.

[@defend4ever]

You don't talk to us like that!

[@TheRailroad99]

Agreed. He left the best bits out. (Including the scene of the workers complaining about no fans and no clothes)

[@Mr.Postman866]

only if you monitze ir

[@tylergarrix451]

" i don't want my men here any more second than they need to be". A coal miner made a way, way better decision than the dyatlov, who clearly understood what was going on and still decided to say nothing.

[@BlueShift24]

No point in waiting to start a suicide mission.

[@Kirillissimus]

@@BlueShift24 The suicide mission has already began and their radiation dosage started to accumulate right from the moment they arrived and there was no way to hide from it. It was even safer underground in this respect. So it was indeed the quicker they start to work and at least dig some entances to the underground the less health damage they will get.

[@carllinney122]

It is not true. The miners themselves agreed to go to Chernobyl. Nobody forced them. With the official there were no soldiers with machine guns. The official himself began his work in the mines and rose to such a position. The miners respected officials, because they were the same workers and achieved everything themselves. An official at the time was over 50 years old. The miners were volunteers and tried hard at Chernobyl, working hard and completed the work well ahead of schedule.

[@senseishu937]

And where did you get this may I ask?

[@carllinney122]

@@senseishu937 From the testimony of the people themselves from there. Miners and so on.

[@senseishu937]

@@DeckerBens That is very interesting. I also read another comment, from a person who interpreted the miners patting the minister, and that each hand print was the deaths caused by Chernobyl, and the miners being sent to certain death.

[@LordVader1094]

The miners here also agreed to go to Chernobyl. They clearly weren't intimidated by the soldiers and wouldn't have gone if they didn't choose to.

[@justinian-the-great]

Well you know how it has to be represented in American series. Mean Soviets and so on.

[@guywholikesgoodmusic]

I like the sort of moment of respect and understanding between the Chief and Legasov when he confirmed that they were all, at that very moment, being exposed to the same radiation. At that moment, he knew that Legasov wasn't going to bullshit them, and was in fact being exposed to the same conditions that the miners were. He knew that they were all there not because they wanted to be, but because they NEEDED to be there, to get a job done for the greater good. Everyone who took part in the Chernobyl clean-up project was a real hero. Many of them suffered incredibly gruesome and painful deaths years later. And yet only a handful of them can actually be named.

[@skipperg4436]

huh? about 800 000 people were involved in Chernobyl clean-up, most of them are alive. E.g. my father's friend - last time I saw them they were both 60 and were as well as a person can be at such advanced age. A lot of these people died of course but USSR, Russia and Ukraine are not exactly known for long male life expectancy. We know for sure that 50 men died from exposure to radiation during or shortly after the event. As for vast majority of people involved in clean-up as far as I know they got their chance to get cancer increased by ~5-10%. We all are going to die from it eventually unless heart or stroke or kidney failure are going to finish us first.

[@dhanurs8085]

Yesss

[@caligula898]

best part was when he asked for a cigarette and then put the whole pack in his pocket

[@iainbagnall4825]

Legasov's face at that moment too... Jared Harris communicates with a look "You cheeky bastard... mind you I'm sending you off to dig a hole under a burning reactor so I'm gonna allow it"

[@ameyclan]

"no, we start now"

[@jblob5764]

Now you look like the minister of coal 🤣🤣🤣

[@politicalridicule]

fake history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Shcherbina

[@Sir_Stalwart]

"My suit..!! *Our* suit..!"

[@strongQazaqstan]

*Can someone explain to me why they made this scene? The original minister of coal was an experienced veteran, working in coal mine since he was 15. But here he was portrayed as a dandy inexperienced guy who knows nothing about coal mining...*

[@urgolf1974]

@@strongQazaqstan ​ The historical accuracy had to stood back for added drama, which is sad.

[@dusanpantic792]

@@Sir_Stalwart LOL

[@MrAlcoholicKoala]

Just like the officer who chose to drove the truck instead of sending one of his men, I love these examples of bravery and gallantry seen in some of the side characters.

[@threestrikesmarxman9095]

Someone on Reddit theorized that there was another reason why the general took the truck to get the radiation readings-because everyone would trust his report. After all, who are people going to believe that it's 15,000 roentgen? A decorated general who fought at Stalingrad and Kursk and headed the Soviet Union's CBRN defense troops or some lowly first-year conscript?

[@williamhanna9718]

Was the officer a Stalingrad veteran?

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

@@williamhanna9718 yep. Type of general that wont asked his men what he wont do himself. The type his men would follow to his death.

[@philb9015]

-You can start in the morning. -No, we'll start now. wow...These guys were beyond badass.

[@interviolet6675]

gotta love how they're honest and to the point and the "No, we start today"

[@cbstevp]

Soviet story: Three Russians are in the Gulag prison camp during Stalin's time, whispering about their sad fate as they lay in their bunks at night. One asks the others why they are in prison. The first man says "I was a factory manager. I failed to meet the production quota on time so they arrested me." The second man speaks up. "That is nothing. I was an officer in the war. I was wounded, the Germans captured me, and I survived only to be arrested for being a traitor when I returned home." The third man is silent so they prod him. "Hey, what happened to you?" The man sighs and speaks. "I was lazy." "What? That is no crime." 'Yes it is," said the third man. "My wife and I went to a neighbor's home. Everyone drank too much and made negative comments about our government and leaders. When we got home my wife said we should report on our friends behavior immediately. I said it could wait till morning as I was tired. We were arrested in our beds a few hours later because i was too lazy to report on my friends before they reported on me."

[@ThomasBoyce5000]

That's depressing

[@user-zn7ue6jq1l]

How common was this sort of thing back then?

[@cbstevp]

@@user-zn7ue6jq1l Quite common. Millions were sent into the Gulag prison camps to do forced labor in the far reaches of Russia. Some were actual criminals but many had done things that we would consider trivial or acceptable things. Some were denounced by enemies or even by their own family on false charges. And many soldiers, party members, and managers were locked away or killed outright during Stalin's purges in the late 1930s. Most of the POWs who survived German camps soon found themselves in Soviet camps when they returned home, solely for the crime of surrendering.

[@user-zn7ue6jq1l]

@@cbstevp This is much worse than I had thought. Need to educate myself I guess

[@cbstevp]

@@user-zn7ue6jq1l Try the book "Gulag: A history" by Anne Applebaum. Pulitzer prize winner.

[@shyammalasani3623]

“The information is highly classified” Literally tells them 2 seconds later

[@iAMTheexPREDATOR]

Shyam Malasani he threatened him lol basically called him out

[@tazmon122]

the show is all about lies and manipulation of information. don't tell em where unless you have to. just enough to gain trust, not the whole story. if the information about the mission was a hand of cards, the where is just 1 card....and honestly he KNOWS that whatever cards he has to work with on getting the minors on board, there are so many other cards he is not being shown himself that would make his job easier.

[@srippy1703]

That's how the Soviet Union worked

[@Doctor699]

"These men work in the dark. They see everything."

[@georgevanhoose6333]

Soviet Bane

[@jeffreytan2948]

I didn't know working as a coal miner has the unintended effect of making you grow balls of steel.

[@emedel5772]

Without those men, the Soviet Union would freeze to death the coming winter. Everyone knew who the real boss was....he's always covered in coal soot from head to toe

[@explorinjenkins349]

Under all that pressure it turned their balls to diamonds.

[@simonacland9028]

well it fucking does fella

[@sjaakvkoten6061]

The best parts were cut out of this clip, shame on you!

[@roccovergoglini7670]

I noticed the same thing. Why?

[@BakkuIa]

Because the clip could be taken down if everything was left in. You could watch the entire series in clips like this if they're unedited, and the creators get nothing.

[@sjaakvkoten6061]

@@BakkuIa than don't put it up

[@LordVader1094]

@@sjaakvkoten6061 And then not let you be here to bitch and moan about it? Never.

Copyright claims. I believe it’s every 3 mins. If a video isn’t edited every 3 mins, then it’ll be copyright claimed. In other words, the rightful owner of the show will earn more money.

[@waragainstmyself1159]

Technically, those men digging are safer then every other person.

[@DrSilberman-psychologist]

No

[@piotrd.4850]

Yeah, but ONLY doing the digging.

[@solarisengineering15]

"What's as big as a house, burns 20 liters of fuel every hour, puts out a shitload of smoke and noise, and cuts an apple into three pieces?" "A SOVIET MACHINE MADE TO CUT APPLES INTO FOUR PIECES!" Gets me every time.

[@dxn7924]

solarisengineering15 he explained how garbage the Soviet machines where

[@kasparsstraut2247]

you cut out best part... "Go on, start shooting! Whoever is left alive will beat the piss out of you.." :D :D

[@davidmedford1166]

This was an amazing series. My heart goes out to all those who were affected by this horrible tragedy. Especially the ones who knew nothing about it until it was too late.

[@neilwilson5785]

Those men are the best.

[@solidsnake0408]

Fake Story

[@darthsidious6753]

These Tula miners are no joke.

[@chromaticturtle8657]

I love how hes like "no, we start now"

[@BRUTUSz]

No fucking around fore those brave men.

[@CODA96]

Waiting would only increase his chances of dying. Why wait?

[@chromaticturtle8657]

@@CODA96 well yea.....thats why i love the way he delivers the line

[@MrTAggarwal]

@@chromaticturtle8657 badass

[@nuggat1450]

@@CODA96 The guy most likely made them start a day earlier to give them more time to dig the hole before the radioactive lava flow of a melting down core got to them

[@alanhelton]

Of all the characters, his I love most. That’s the kind of boss people will literally die just to follow.

[@Kraterlandschaft]

"We know, who you are." I love the Russian simplicity.

[@jblob5764]

The editing ruined this video clip and cut out important parts.

[@jblob5764]

@thesnoopmeisterer there are several videos showing the whole scene...

[@BakkuIa]

@@jblob5764 well pff, fuck, probably not for long

[@carlangaz007]

blame youtube... it would have been copyrighted if it was any longer

[@anthonylaplantepaquin3053]

When miner crew captains have more balls than the heads of an empire.

[@mrOL100]

In reality, there were no soldats. Only volunteers were sent to Chernobyl, them paid a lot of money. My uncle went to Chernobyl, got a lot of money. But just so much money is not paid. He died 10 years later, aged 41.

[@VindictiveShadowWolf]

Jesus..10 years later. And only 41. Do you know anything else about the circumstances of his death? Like how much radiation he was exposed to during the ordeal? Was he scared at all?

[@mrOL100]

@@VindictiveShadowWolf I know little of the details. I remember his stories about abandoned houses, like in movie "silent hill". The fact was that he went to Chernobyl voluntarily, when a person is 31 years old, he usually does not think about the consequences. Money of course thing the good, but money not are worth health, to the same they would still end. The trouble started 5 years after the trip. Became bad blood tests, lost weight, etc. He was a healthy, strong man, but turned into a thin skeleton. Stopped seeing his family, didn't communicate with anyone, divorce his wife. Died somewhere on the street. When his sister came to the morgue to identify him, she didn't even recognize him right away, he looked so much like an old man.

[@peregrinec5477]

What's amazing about this scene is how EVEN the Soviet Union is bowed down to actual work unions. The coal industry still had so MUCH POWER. And they were needed. So, the came to serve like any true Patriot Would.

[@piotrd.4850]

Well, in theory it was supposed to to that.

[@rafaelgomez1200]

Well wasnt that the point

[@peregrinec5477]

@@rafaelgomez1200 Yes. OF COURSE. I was just acknowledging it.

[@VersusARCH]

It was between the unions...

[@evankulak5468]

Lol they would of shot them all if they didn't go. Soviet Union murdered 50 million

[@Tmb1112]

I always liked the coal minister scene. Dude didn't send a butt-load of troops there with orders from him to just bring them to Chernobyl. He told them their orders and his orders, and it seemed like they respected the fact that he didn't just try to pull the 'do what I say because I told you to' but explained what he initially deemed as 'Classified' to convince them. Idk, just felt cool. He came himself to the mine to give them these orders. Nice

[@heamees4822]

I see that Jeor Mormont is continuing The Nights Watch all black theme

[@scorpiom8053]

Jorah? Where?

[@quilliamattari2772]

@@scorpiom8053 Jeor*

[@scorpiom8053]

@@quilliamattari2772 Forgive me khaleesi!

[@TKinfinity01]

`Scorpio'M “Now you look like the Minister of coal”

[@grumpymonkeyenterprises6413]

Wow such a good video, I love videos cutting out scenes. The choppy flow is what I really look for.

[@gabbylikeskicks]

I got whole 5 episodes of this masterpiece but I can't seem to stop watching these clips from YT

[@solidsnake0408]

Wellllll! You are watching the biggest BS in the show

[@PinkSlime0990]

The crew chief looks like pablo escobar

[@bullionsean456]

Except Escobar would've had white dust all over him instead of black soot! 😁

[@howardmctroy3303]

The real Mikhail Shadov was a Mustang Minister. Worked his way up from coal miner to Minister of Coal.

[@user-pawelon71]

This scene is crazy !!! the miners were volunteers. From them the most worthy were chosen! It is hard to believe, but there are engineers in the mine, senior foremen, shift supervisors, a personnel department, a director ... in the Tula region at the time of the accident there were several mine workers. The Minister of Coal Industry began his work as an engineer in the sixties ... this scene spoiled all the good impressions from the film!

[@jblob5764]

Gotta say "volunteer" may be too strong of a word... Volunteering to not take a bullet instead, maybe...

[@user-pawelon71]

@@jblob5764 what bullet ??? from whom??? from Moscow received an order to recruit volunteers for a trip to Chernobyl. Mine management announced they needed people. from among volunteers were selected the strongest and healthiest. no one was standing with a gun and did not force!

[@leonb881]

@@jblob5764 it was stated by the miners themselves out of 2500 volunteers 1700 are still alive you can ask them yourself,

[@user-pawelon71]

@@leonb881 The worst thing is that most of the dead miners died as a result of the collapse of the country. And not from a terrible dose of radiation.

[@jonjonas2528]

@@leonb881 there is 1700 left alive that is great I thought they were all gone if any of them can read this thank you from the white race you are heros you saved millions of millions of white people from that nuclear reactor thank you and God bless you brave coal miners are the true meaning of white lives matter have a great life all of you !

[@ichaukan]

0:24 Heavy: That slaps me on the knee.

[@Harzexe]

0:52 It's crazy! These guys were tough vs the government guy and ak 47 but when they hear "Chernobyl" smile dissapear very very fast. Nature is scary LOL

[@ryandouthart4535]

except chernobyl wasn't natural

[@CODA96]

@@ryandouthart4535 But radiation is natural.

[@ryandouthart4535]

@@CODA96 yes, but not levels as high as chernobyl

[@nicksiegfried4906]

Ak74 Just sayin

[@nader9114]

@@nicksiegfried4906 no these are 7.62 mags just sayin.

[@ricardoklement-yj8sr]

Never happened like this but my god, what a great scene! The acting in this series is second to none.

[@rejvaik00]

You're right it didn't happen like this but the scene really helps illustrate the situation surrounding the coal miners or rather the entire Soviet mining industry Those miners were very well organized into unions and as a result were some of the most powerful political organizations within the Soviet system, they had been around since the beginning of the Soviet revolution and even Stalin wouldn't dare risk upsetting them due to how critical they were to the overall state, and they knew it Hence why they were not afraid to go toe to toe with higher-ups of the Soviet leadership

[@archlinuxrussian]

Obligatory "it was the Russian SFSR, not SSR" :) It was a federative republic.

[@BobSacamanoIndustries]

The miners were awesome in this series, especially love it when they went the "old school" route of digging the mine and the military went scrambling for Boris and Valery.

[@SaucyNetworkEntertainment]

IRL they didnt actually strip down naked

[@Aphexia]

The significance of the miners walking by and touching his clean suit and dirtying it is great honestly...

[@Geoff69420]

The initial meeting between the Minister and the miners is one of the things that the producers intentionally did wrong for the sake of drama. The actual Minister Of Coal wasn't some scrawny suit guy, he was an actual (former) coal miner; nor was there any animosity between himself and the coal miners, much less enough animosity that he would have felt it necessary to have an armed escort. Still, it was good character introduction, so that the audience knows that the mine boss is a no-bullshit kinda guy.

[@clchronic6983]

"Now you look like the Minister of Coal." Cracks me up every time

[@davidshirley9249]

Those coal miners were some very Brave men that loved their country and did it for the greater good.. even at the cost of most of their lives. God bless them .

[@ccink3931]

This is one of the best documentary/reenacted shows in the history of television. You really don't understand it reading books how bad it actually was I am very happy I stumbled across this few yrs ago

[@hennessy4666]

They live în The dark, they see everything..... Absolutely brilliant! Respect to workers all over world!

[@glenbearh9109]

One of the best series on TV This had the feel of reality and it showed bravery beyond measure which had me in tears of awe. The end part with the two protaganist's going over what if any value they had got me in the gut knowing they were both already doomed. Bravo!

[@mskidi]

The writing was absolute shite and a rip off from the film American Citizen X.

[@railyatra8879]

Although not part of this clip, the best dialogue for me is “they work in the dark, they see everything”. What a series!!

[@jonjonas2528]

I liked the guards with the machine guns on both sides of the minister of coal

[@mervs-verves]

Jon Jonas Director Krennic needs his Death Troopers

[@travelsofmunch1476]

@Jon Jonas what in the fuck did I just read

[@andreilukyanov4286]

The real miners were interviewed after this film and said: 1) the minister of coal didn’t have soldiers with AK-47 with him; 2) He wasn’t talking like this and wasn’t smug. 3) They weren’t telling all that shit and weren’t patting him. They were talking like adults with each other and understood how needed they are. 4) The real Soviet joke sounded as : “What is unable to whistle and doesn’t fit into your asshole? Answer : the ass-whistle made in USSR.”

[@scottpitner4298]

Those buses look awesome. The shot of them pulling in to the destination shows the outsides, look pretty cool

[@slowfish5590]

Only 5 episodes long and each episode was pure art

[@paracetamolicecream]

I've heard that the minister was actually a highly respected man who worked in a cole mine himself like all the others before he got promoted

[@billygowhoop]

Man, I would love to sit in that room with those dudes and drink vodka. I'd probably get my ass kicked 12 times but it would still be entertaining.

[@jeffreyskoritowski4114]

Unfortunately those who are still among the living aren't doing so well.

[@en3525]

nerd

[@swimteamizzle1114]

ya know, man, editing is an art. Chopping up these scenes to shorten them destroys them

[@Elthenar]

The Soviets may have been our enemies and rivals, but at ground level we were pretty much the same. Those coal miners were men among men. I've had had a similar level of respect for the men that fought the Chernobyl disaster as the men who fought the Nazi's at Stalingrad. They fought to the end because the consequences of not fighting were simply to horrible.

[@faustosar6151]

The system was not the same.

[@swimfan752]

😂

[@Elthenar]

@@faustosar6151 Who said it was?

[@XYZ_55]

The citizens are all the same. We are all the same.

[@livethefuture2492]

Indeed they were often the same people, most of the older folks in the show were alive and indeed served in ww2, I think Scherbina himself might have been one.

[@shawnsimmons4718]

The amount of balls it must've took for those men to complete this project to save humanity outweighs any war.

[@jeffreykreft5442]

As I watch these videos on Chernobyl, I think about all those people that selflessly went in there, knowing how deadly the consequences were, and didn’t even bat an eye, they went in there and got the job done, saving the world from a much more disaster. I look at this and think what if something like that happened here. I live less than 40 miles from the Fermi 2 nuclear site here in Michigan. We would be totally fucked if something like that happens here.

[@Florin20D]

"We dig up coal not bodies" That line hits hard

[@cybershadow]

1:28 love this scene a lotttt!! "Now you look like the Minister of Coal"

[@ankitdubey9310]

these guys are the heroes , the legends that truly fulfilled their duty.

[@mitraavesta7548]

I see i agree L

[@tomtruett1946]

The crew chief was so great! He pretty much stole every scene he was in.

[@NeoRazgriz]

The shift leader was a beautiful example of hardworking leadership in a dirty job many look down upon. However, unlike most shown in the series, despite his education, he was smart, realistic, quick-thinking and logical. He realized the dangers, hazards and solutions to every situation he was in before he ever opened his mouth to speak. Also, his first thought was to the safety of his men and the importance of their work/role there. Most of the top leaders didn’t know the importance of the decisions they were making or the scope of the dangers/hazards of what they were facing. Yet a simple mining foreman realized it in less than 5 seconds.

[@MisTracy39TheVeganLady]

“They work in the dark so they see everything”😎👍🏾👍🏾

[@Matthew-qx3dh]

The coal miners actually got common sense most other movie crowds dont have. Only two, guards with AK’s, equivalent to 60 rounds total. They cant kill them all!

[@solidsnake0408]

Nice point and the truth is that all this is a total BS nothing of this happened read about the minister it is amazing story about how "bad" "Communism" is .

[@ronrontall6370]

There are many interviews with those miners. And they say that nobody forced them to go. On the contrary, the minister said that nobody needs to go if he doesn't want, and if someone refuses, there wouldn't be any problems for him after. In this scene everything is the opposite. Added: kzbin.info/www/bejne/roPdloKwqL92jpI (video of their work)

[@mskidi]

Man, the writing of this TV movie was so shit, so b level. Production was great, atmosphere, photography, framing, music were great, but the script was so mediocre, appart from innacurate.

[@Name-ot3xw]

I like how they all give their minister a reassuring pat after their tense negotiations to induct him into the group.

[@jimyoung9262]

"Now you look like a minister of coal." Love it.

[@raz1739]

The Coal Miners were awesome!

[@manojnathani8453]

A Soviet machine made to cut apple into 4 pieces

[@rexringtail471]

Wish they hadn't cut the part where the foreman just pockets the entire packet of cigarettes, great indirect characterization and pretty funny little scene.

[@shamsuaddinrachedi792]

You left the best parts out lol

[@pilotmanpaul]

Pikalov, the Pilots, Reservists, Firefighters and these Coal Miners shows the truth of the human soul. Brave, Heroic and just outright badass.

[@arispacetimeanduniverse8174]

"WE WERE ON A BREAK!"

[@indiranair8236]

Just..... Don't.

[@sephirahisui]

Geez those guys look like my dad when he came home from his first shift at Grande Cache! The makeup department was spot on!

[@scasny]

I love about this scene that even thou he is the main boss he still ask for approval/opinion from the elder. Also one of the few depictions of hard working man not being stupid but more inteligent and wise then his superiors.

[@Asahamana]

Im just impressed he bothered to wash himself before meeting them.

[@CodaMission]

In reality, the Minister for Coal Industries was a coal miner himself, and was beloved by them as one of their own. Nevertheless, this scene was great at portraying the divide between the actual workers and the Party Apparatchiks

[@Thierry889]

The exterior shot of the nuclear power plant at @1:47 is actually the Ignalina Nuclear Powerplant in Lithunia. The editors just digitally replaced the ventilation stacks with the ones used in the Chernobyl Nuclear power plant.

[@Galactis1]

Those miners, and all those firefighters, and the people that helped to get the reactor somewhat stable, pretty much saved most of half the world.

[@khabbad]

Half the world? I mean let’s not take credit away but they saved a great deal of people in parts of Eastern Europe