CHERNOBYL EPISODE 5 REACTION | VICHNAYA PAMYAT

[@Californiablend]

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[@philshorten3221]

Sadly LIES aren't just a problem for the former USSR. How many Americans died because of LIES told about Covid19 or even Presidential Election results?

[@maksphoto78]

Basically half-life of Uranium.

[@ForgottenHonor0]

I love how they show how the plant exploded at the end. It's a perfect way of getting across the information at the trial without repeating things we've already learned.

[@lalalalisa41]

And the show basically went full circle with the first episode 👍

[@lumpyfishgravy]

As a Brit, I like that I hear a bunch of regional accents in the cast. It reminds me how big the USSR was.

[@mg42mg42]

Hello. I am Hungarian. I was 18 years old in 1986. My country also got a lot of radioactive dust. The number of cancer cases has increased here as well. The truth has been hushed up here as well. I hope you understood the series and felt the pain of the people... You said at the end that the film went from A to Z, through 5 parts. An interesting number comes out: AZ5...

[@kingofheavymetal]

I'm younger than that but I remember when here in France we were told that the "Chernobyl cloud" stopped at our border, sure I'm gonna trust you haha.

[@Nobli82]

​@@kingofheavymetal Oh, hell, yeah, because radioactive clouds are so well known for respecting country borders... 🙄 anyway, another Hungarian here, who was just 4 at the time.

[@kingofheavymetal]

@@Nobli82 Clouds are very serious people they respect the borders !! /s

[@DavidMacDowellBlue]

14:58 One of my favorite moments in the entire series. Something Boris deserved and so very much needed to hear. (and remember how you--and I--reacted to him at first?)

[@panzerwolf494]

They actually kept the pool open for a long time after the accident so liquidators could relax from time to time. The loudspeakers around Pripyat also played music

[@maksphoto78]

But no more Edison-2 discocs :(

[@aeliusdawn]

19:53 It's important to mention that he said "We only know the final reading" meaning that it likely went FAR beyond that. Some estimate that it went around 300,000 megawatts. They really did push the reactor to its limits.

[@syntheticwisdom1]

That distorted "What is the cost of lies?" hits even harder.

[@dark-matter_ua]

You made an accurate observation about the caterpillar metaphor)) I've watched this series around 5 times already, but I couldn't understand the meaning of that caterpillar scene

[@Puti880415]

And i believe ive read that caterpillar wasnt in screenplay, it was improvised and catterpillar actually was genuine coincidence

[@johnnyd1790]

The other 3 tests didn't result in a nuclear disaster because prior to the test, they didn't mentain the reactor at half power 1600 MW/h instead of nominal 3200. At 1600 Xenon does not burn away and that was the poison that led to the tragedy, alongside uneducated Dyatlov to that simple fact. And Fomin equally guilty, as a nuclear engineer, he should've known that and raise the power back to nominal 3200 until the test. EPIC SERIES, EPIC EPISODE.

[@nooneofconsequence1251]

I visited Chernobyl. I saw those creepy bootleg Mickey statues and paintings. They were mostly around some areas that had been faked up to look like some kind of kids' summer camp, to keep people from going down the road they were next to which actually led to a classified Soviet giant radar array built to detect and give early warning about the launch of US or NATO ICBMs toward the USSR. We went to go visit the old radar station, too. On the ground outside was still piles and piles of smashed up high-tech (for 1987) computer equipment, destroyed and then abandoned in a hurry when the city was evacuated. Pripyat is a creepy ghost town now but you can see how it must have once been a place of beauty and hope - one of the nicest places to live in the old Soviet Union prior to the disaster. The accuracy of the town that they recreated for this show is incredible. Every little detail is pretty much spot-on. I watched a Ukrainian reactor comment on this show and he was also amazed, said everything was accurate straight down to the sounds that the phones and ambulance sirens made.

[@alanfoster6589]

Was there in 2011, before the containment vessel was finished. Your observations are spot on.

[@Notgreatnotteribble]

Was it nice and can you became radioation or something ?

[@kylewilson2819]

The saddest thing about all of this, beyond the waste of human life at least, is the damage this accident did to nuclear power. Nuclear fission has been and is the cleanest and most efficient form of energy that we have discovered, and nuclear fusion could very easily overtake it if we can harness it. As Legasov states: “This is how we power entire cities without smoke or flame. It is beautiful, when things are normal.” Sadly, many people have become terrified of the prospect of nuclear power, even as the fossil fuel and natural gas industries continue to harm the environment and solar/wind power continues to fail to live up to expectations. Thankfully, Chernobyl did make nuclear energy safer, as modern nuclear power plants are so stable that even a direct hit from a nuke wouldn’t cause the plant to melt down.

[@heliotropezzz333]

The caterpillar moment also signified Boris's realisation of the beauties and wonders of life, however small, when he knew he was dying, and it must have given him some solace that he had helped to save life on Earth.

[@leathewolf]

Why did the previous tests fail? It was later shown that the turbines would not cover the time before the generators started. But they didn't dare admit that a power failure would cause a meltdown. So they kept trying for a better result.

[@harbs_cantina]

When you see the black and white photos of the court room at the end, just look at the actors sitting in the dock, and the actual men that WERE in the actual dock. Great casting.

[@marcorossi8044]

I clearly remember those days in North Italy when I was ten. Even Italian authorities days and days underestimating the danger without any official statements. In early May only some green associations held a press conference showing first data. We were told not to eat any sort of vegetables or drink milk, as well as being very careful with meat consumption. And apart from the great shock about the news, here in Milan we were in panic because still experiencing the long-term damages for health and environment caused by the Seveso TCDD (dioxin) disaster in 1976. Anyway, in less than one year Italians collected more than 1M signatures to call a referendum and stop nuclear power by closing all the three plants in activity (voted by 80%). And Green Party managed to enter Parliament for the first time. P.S. Italy and other European countries welcomed thousands of families from Chernobyl, Kyiv and Minsk trying to cure children and offer a new life. BTW, this show is outstanding, the cast is terrific and the whole production and writing are masterful. HBO never disappoints you. You should watch The Leftovers (masterpiece).

[@lisamaitland157]

The core will take 20,000yrs, the half life of cesium-137 and strontium-90 on the surface is around 30-32yrs. They have tours now, all over the area.. You can see some of them on KZbin, Certain area's are off limits, and with the War now. You won't be able to tour the area, the Russian army has it locked down. What was killing people fast was radioactive iodine-131, this has a half life of 8 days and is very powerful during that period. Because the surface has random Rad's, going back to live there will be off limits for thousands of years. Short 1-48hr contact won't harm you, but living in it for longer periods of time will. Most of the surface area is equal to being in a plane at 30,000ft, you don't want to make it a life long ordeal.

[@fiddiehacked]

You assume that DNA doesn't repair & that LNT is true. Current levels are safe to permanently live there - except for the hospital basement & within the sarcophagu of coarse.

[@lisamaitland157]

@@fiddiehacked No where in my comment do i talk about DNA. Maybe you posted in the wrong comment? To answer your question about DNA.. It can repair itself, but you must remove the condition that is causing the damage for it to happen. Remove all cloths and shower, rush to a hospital. You see : If I'm Radiation and I'm constantly poisoning\burning you over time, your body can't heal until i stop. Provided my levels of Radiation didn't destroy you from the start, your Cells will fix your DNA. your avg timer for cell repair is around 20-30hrs depending on condition of the cells doing the job. If radiation has killed many of your cells, your not going to be fixed in time before radiation poisoning kills you. Your body will deteriorate because i did or I'm doing more damage then your cells can repair. So why take the chance playing around 11 to 122 Radiation units? because you think your Cells are fast enough to maintain healing? Test this out for us, and get back to us in 2yrs. As for Russia allowing people back in. They didn't care when they first exposed them, why would they care allowing them back in for harmful living conditions? Your best friend, always in your life "Radiation"

[@knowahkleverlie5806]

its sad to think the wife of the firefighter that lost her child had to leave her home in kiev because of the russian invasion. For all we know her son could have fought and died

[@julianneller4658]

I enjoyed watching your reaction. You might be interested to know that the fall out from Chernobyl affected sheep farmers in north west England, a thousand miles west of Chernobyl itself. The radiation absorbed by the sheep meant that their meet exceeded EU safety limits and the farmers were unable to sell their sheep for a couple of years. Renideer in northern Scandinavia were similarly affected. That's how far the effect of Chernobyl spread.

[@aklein7864]

One of my favorite few moments is after the trial when they leave Legasov waiting in a room staring at the drain in the floor into which he expects his blood to shortly flow. The metronomic music counting out time. The ridiculous "mickey mouse" statue as a man reflects on the mistakes in his life. The petty torture of making the man wait for a death sentence that isn't coming. Fantastic storytelling.

[@bigsarge8795]

Thank you so much for reacting to this series. I've watched it probably four or five times, and the scene with Boris and Valeri in the garden still gets me right in the feels.

[@vplusah]

My parents told me that in my childhood, in May 1986, when they were driving from the village to the city, all the cars along the road were stopped by soldiers and police and measured with a dosimeter to see if there was any radiation. I don't remember this at all. Thank you for your reaction, it was very interesting to watch this series again, with you.

[@davidmarsden192]

Absolutely brilliant show. Heartbreaking, and hard to watch at times, but still brilliant!!

[@TheTaintedWisdom]

12:00 - The fact that it's genuinely refreshing to see a reacter that doesn't lose their mind during this scene thinking something super dangerous is happening is incredibly sad. I know that this was one of the links in the chain of events that lead to the core exploding but I've seen so many people freak out like it's on the verge of blowing up and everyone in the room should be losing their minds with panic. It's depressing that even when everything is laid out in the simplest terms possible, everything is boiled down to their simplest elements to the point where a *CHILD* could follow along, so many people still fail to grasp something as agonizingly simplistic as a goddamn number going up or down... 20:18 - If you go back and watch the scene the actor portraying Dyatlov plays it really well. He's shocked and appears to seriously consider that something might've gone horribly wrong, but the second someone comes in and says "there's a fire in the turbine hall" he starts piecing together a narrative he can tell himself: "It couldn't have been the reactor exploding... it must've been the hydrogen tank... RBMK reactors don't explode..." The thought process is said aloud by Akimov later when someone tells them the core exploded, Akimov says "Comrade what you're saying is impossible RBMK reactors don't explode, it _has_ to be the tank." It's not just that the state lied to them, Dyatlov was in the room with the rest of them when they pressed AZ-5 to stop the reaction dead. From their perspective they stopped the reaction before it went out of control, who among them would've thought that pressing a shutdown switch would not only not shut things down but actively make things _WORSE?_

[@ZigorBilbao]

21:57 To me, that shot of "Mickey Mouse" resumes perfectly what Legasow said about russian government being cheap with everything.

[@gamersilviogg9664]

Her vibe is just so attractive , i mean this the type of woman any man would kill for

[@jonasfermefors]

The series was directed by Johan Renck who (like me) was a teenager in Stockholm when all this happened. I remember the morning news warning about nuclear radiation before we knew where it came from. Lots of animals had to be killed even in Sweden and Reindeer, Moose and other apex animals couldn't be eaten for years. In some areas it was only recently allowed to eat mushrooms. Fun fact: Johan Renck first became famous as Stakka Bo here you can see his first big hit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXixfGCZhNmridU

[@ripLunarBirdCLH]

To be fair they've put into Legasov's mouth the words he'd never say. Chernobyl's reactor 4 *WAS NOT* a nuclear bomb. It's completely *IMPOSSIBLE* for a nuclear reactor to explode the way a nuclear bomb explodes and it somehow did, the desctruction would've been much, much worse. All reactors in Chernobyl nuclear power plant would've been completely annihilated in an instant. And Pripiat would be wiped off the map. Ukraine would now be a dead country. Most of Belarus too and many other counrries would suffer, including Poland where I live merely 600 km from Chernobyl. I'd be dead along with my entire family. What Chernobyl became is called *A DIRTY BOMB.* A regular explosion that emits radioactive material, poisoning large areas of the land. Only in Chernobyl it was steam explosion followed by much larger hydogen-oxygen and graphite-oxygen explosion. Also you are shocked by what happened. You are shocked by the way Legasov was treated. Or by Diatlov's "punishment". I'm not. I live in Poland. I've spent my entire youth in communism. I know the USSR in the best possible way - as a Pole who have experienced this mentality and yet was resistant to it and to Soviet propaganda. Every time Putin thretens you country with nukes, remember about Chernobyl. The disaster happened simply because those idiots couldn't lay out the rules and stick to them. Lack of proper dosimeters, lack of iodine in nearby hospital, lies, propagands and everything... You really think their nukes still work? And if you do - I strongly suggest you to watch a video about russian aircraft carrier "Admiral Kuznetsov". That should tell you something. And frankly, nothing changed in Russia since the USSR. It's all the same. Vladimir Putin and all his trusted aides are former communist officials. Putin himself is an ex-KGB officer. Nothing changed and noting *WILL* change. Because Russians just don't believe in freedom and democracy. To them it's obvious that after one tyrant there will be another tyrant and there's no escaping that. And this is why Russia is still being ruled by communists despite all this democratic facade.

[@philipcoggins9512]

It's even worse, In February 2022, Russian soldiers were digging defensive lines as part of their invasion of Ukraine around the remains of the plant and Pripyat. They either were not told or didn't realize where they were, and had to be evacuated due to radiation sickness...

[@GreatRetro]

The name of the place "CHERNOBYL" from old slavic translates as "DARK REALITY"

[@bullpup33]

This series did an excellent job of showing how bureaucracies "work." Group think and CYA is the order of the day. I've seen it first hand and it mind boggling.

[@WalkerOne]

"Every we lie will incurs a debt to the truth. That debt must be paid."

[@bobabier5394]

Waleri Alexejewitsch Legassow a true hero. beside all the others who deperately tried... and all the liquidators!

[@sententer8811]

I was born in Hungary in October 1986, our whole family became seriously ill, they still don't know what caused it, probably the Chernobyl disaster. I lost my mother and I am at the end of my life because of irresponsible people. 😔

[@c-mac9902]

😢 this brings tears to my eyes. I pray new medical technologies can change this for you.

[@sententer8811]

@@c-mac9902 Radiation has caused a genetic defect and a significant increase in the number of cancer patients in our country. They didn't really want to help me because of the high cost of treatment. I just trust in God.

[@Phil-p7p]

Great work reacting to this excellent series Californiablend.

[@philipped.r.6385]

Although it made the scene powerful and instructive, neither Legasov nor Shcherbina were present at the trial. They were added to the scene as a clever way to wrap up everything and explain how it happened, which they did brilliantly. I watched several documentaries on Chernobyl and I did read quite a bit on how it happened and it's perfectly in line with what is generally reported. In addition, as far as I know, he was never arrested by the KGB and the results of the inquiry were accepted and modifications on the reactors were executed.

[@pinklefoo]

The writer and show runner also ran The Last of Us. Highly recommend.

[@bluejump1343]

i just wanna remind eveyone that the biggest nuclear power plant in europe - The Enerhodar power plant is currently being occupied by the russian forces in Ukraine. There was even an incident in which a technical facility was dameged. And In the first fase of the war there were reports of russian soldiers making trenches in Chernobyl area and suffering from radiation.

[@tigqc]

I think I rank this series currently in my Top 3, along with Band of Brothers and John Adams, which I would love to see more reaction channels check out.

[@tfpp1]

Love John Adams. That’s a great miniseries.

[@spoonzor1]

I love that u liked this show, HBO is on another level imo when producing tv.

[@superchango1]

There are still places in Germany where you can't eat mushrooms or wild boar meat because it's too radioactive.

[@dq405]

After CHERNOBYL, you are now prepared for I, CLAUDIUS, which remains one of the all-time high points of TV mini-series. It's unforgettable.

[@beannathrach2417]

What would happened if the worker ants refused to do the test? It's likely they would be transferred to run a diesel generator plant north of Vladivostok. That's the problem with bureaucracies that don't feel accountable to the people, whether USA, USSR, or the passport office of Egypt. The solution is known but rarely implemented: have someone who can't be retaliated against who is expected to call Bovine Doo-doo before the unpleasant stuff reaches the rotary ventilation device.

[@petercolson2990]

It is so well done, such a fantastic series. 3.6 stars... it would get more stars but that's as high as the meter goes ;)

[@bigsarge8795]

That's funny right there

[@TheTsar1918]

The 'bridge deaths' is an urban legend. It never happened.

[@mmeade9402]

Чебурашка(Cheburashka), the Soviet Union version of Mickey Mouse.

[@harbs_cantina]

You did a great reaction video here - well done.

[@acereporter73]

*"Why worry about something that isn't going to happen..."*

[@Nobli82]

And it happened, actually. The most tragic way.

[@indigoace261]

Great reaction and commentary as always. Thanks for sharing.

[@ReesesPieces634]

Hopefully Lyudmilla survived Putins bombs

[@seangriffin2053]

That monologue about the truth is all but apparent thanks to Chernobyl.

[@lathamorama]

The best thing I've ever seen on TV

[@tomhirons7475]

we still have radiation here in some parts, in water and in sheep in England from this.

[@FloarMin]

23:48 "WHAT IS THE COST OF LIES?👺👺👺👹👹👹👹👹"

[@michaelshort2388]

While this is based on a true story, and a lot of what they show is the true story, there were some inaccuracies. For example. I saw an interview with a woman who survived Chernobyl, she wasn't a scientist, or a politician, she was just one of the citizens and shes said that within a day or so they were evacuating people.

[@Reblwitoutacause]

23:47 holy smokes that voice change was creepy.

[@sashasol5899]

I just must say: she is so beautiful

[@kidfox3971]

I like the line about how oppressing Jewish scientists gained him favor with the Kremlin, just proves again that Nazism and communism are the same thing.

[@markpekrul4393]

Among other things, this demonstrates so well the moral and ethical bankruptcy of the Soviet 'system'...though it's hard to tell it apart these days from the current Russian 'system''.

[@myphone4590]

The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991 so hasn't been able to update its total for 30 years. So they're basically saying over the next 4 years the Soviet Union remained in denial until it collapsed.

[@HD00957]

Seeing Chernobyl on HBO was one of the most impressive things I've seen done on TV.. extremely well done. Can only hope that HBO continues to keep their standards this high when it comes to the rest of their works! Not sure if you've seen 'House of Dragons' ? Your eyebrows r perfect btw lol thanks for the reaction ! 😆

[@canadianbakin1304]

if there ever was or could be hero of the slavic people as a whole Boris would be the only one to deserve it he saved so many lives by being the right guy in chernoble and i didnt know but 2 years later he would help save Armenians during the big earthquake they had in 88

[@coquettishcatofrivia4364]

OK, the problem is that it didn't look like that. There were two explosions as the series showed. The first is caused by steam and the second by hydrogen. Hydrogen flame is almost invisible. So, the second explosion was not that bright.

[@hdgehog6]

Young Lady, you are absolutely adorable, but your "reaction face" at 11:31 had me laughing my ass off! Thank you! BTW, my son is available?

[@Leaffordes]

This was awesome. good job!

[@Ralph-yn3gr]

This show is great when it comes to small details, but the actual portrayal of events is deeply flawed. Ma boi Dyatlov was pretty badly misrepresented, for one. He was a tyrant of a boss, but he wasn't as thick headed as he is shown. He was mostly allowed to do what he did according to the regulations, and he led the damage control from the front and didn't hide in the bunker all night. The test parameters and power surge are also not properly portrayed. The book Midnight in Chernobyl does a good job explaining what actually happened, and there's a solid audiobook on audible if you don't want to read it.

[@kupariusa4202]

Don't feel too bad for Boris Shcherbina. He volunteered to attack Finland in 1939; a war of aggression and imperialism responsible for the death of many innocents.

[@jeffbeegle4385]

Good men told to do what they were not trained for. Sit down and be an air traffic controller with 50+ planes... What happens? planes crash. Only in this case millions can possibly die!

[@ZhekUA]

That was not a safety test if so, every nuclear reactor on Earth would meltdown this way. It was a military experiment run by KGB, after Israeli Air Force conducted an airstrike on Iraqi NPP build by France, and prevent of it's start. So KGB was interested in running nuclear reactor in extreme condition of air or artillery strike. So they failed and proven that it is impossible. Episode 5 is official soviet position, but Nations Geographic have documentary that here mentioned as tapes and about military stress test.

[@ZhekUA]

I have a fellow, I was 4 years old, he was 3,5 and his grandma was an employee at Chernobyl NPP, and he ones shown a photo of his teddy bear left in his room in Prypiat. Every May 9, former citizens of Exclusion Zone could enter it for 24 hours to visit their homes and graves of who passed by before April 1986

[@thomascasteran4195]

22:30

[@OldCanadianguy953]

My family fled Soviet communists. I can assure you communism IS this stupid and arrogant.

[@martensjd]

Right now the (incompetent) Russian military are occupying two reactor complexes (including Chernobyl) in Ukraine.

[@Markus117d]

Ukraine pushed Russia back out of Chernobyl about a couple of months or so after the invasion began, Russia redeployed those forces to the eastern lines. It's the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine that is still in Russian controled territory. That plant has been effected by the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam & the resulting loss of access to the water, They still have what was already in the storages. But it could become a serious problem if action isn't taken to source more water. Also there is a lot of rumours about the Russians having mined it with explosives. Much as the available evidence indicates they did with the dam, Before destroying it....

[@msmith5121]

Unfortunately, you spoke over what may be the most important dialogue in the entire series...at the end the Legasov's testimony. Very unfortunate...

[@patrioticjustice9040]

Events like Chernobyl are one reason among many why I despise Communism. Since its founding, Communism has always been drenched in blood, especially in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union began with revolutions that saw to the executions of entire families of political opponents to their party, including the Czar Nicholas, his wife and his daughters. Due to his paranoia, Stalin permitted the execution of people who were so much as suspected as being non supporters without trial, resulting in the deaths of over 50,000,000 people. During the second World War, civilians were rounded up and forced onto trains to defend cities that were reduced to rubble, simply because they bore Stalin and Lenin's names (Stalingrad and Leningrad) resulting in the deaths of over 2,000,000 people. And as you saw here at Chernobyl, the elite Party members think they can solve any problem by throwing bodies at it; sacrifices to maintain the illusion of their lies. Communism has also been the favorite tool of many dictators. Pol Pot's Cambodian Genocide resulted in the deaths of over 3,000,000. Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward resulted in the deaths of over 80,000,000. Kim Jong Un killed over 4,000,000 people, and his son Kim Jong Il killed 2,000,000. Since it's turn to Communism, China has killed over 38,702,000 people, including putting people in concentration camps at Xinjiang, with several thousand more being killed at the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Fidel Castro and Che oversaw the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people killed in their labor camps or executed for trying to flee to the US. How anyone can support such a blood soaked belief is beyond me.

[@Balkanski21]

i was at the toilet alright?

[@Nubbe999]

When the Russian military escalated the war in Ukraine with its invasion 2022 the Russian soldiers dug trenches in and around Chernobyl causing them radiation poisoning. They have probably not been told in school about what happened there. Just like the lies they tell about the war or the risk they take when conducting war in and around Europes biggest nuclear plant Zaporizhzhia. The lying continues to cost many people their lives. There is a Russian version of this series that more or less blames the CIA for the accident. lol

[@twoheart7813]

To this day Russia has a very corrupt totalitarian regime based on lies. The Russian people deserve a lot better. Yes, I think this series is probably the best I've seen based on a true event. Tenko, a longer series produced in the 1980s is a very close second. It is based on the experiences of British, Australian and Dutch women who were captured after the Fall of Singapore in February 1942 by Japanese invaders.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

Only way this story would get properly told is an American production with British actors. Seriously, Russians challenge my capacity for compassion.

[@leathewolf]

Throughout Russian history, the people exist to serve the State, rather than the other way around.

[@vladvitalov]

Why would a girl from California watch this series? To know that it wasn't the Americans who destroyed the USSR? What did the Soviets do to themselves? Watch better TV series about love, at least it will be more honest, without invented emotions.

[@2tone753]

What, don't you like the lady's conclusion? Well, that's democracy, you allow others, even yours, to join in, even if you don't agree with them. Maybe you'd rather stay away from discussions than fall into your presumptuous and cheeky tone. A note, you can also make an idiot of yourself, You are well on your way to achieving this.