Chernobyl - Official list of the 31 direct deaths

[@wrestlingfan]

Proskuryakov and kudryatsev Saw the reactor core ... Terrifing

[@petrutmarcu9450]

Also Perevozchenko looked at the core with them, even though the HBO series does not show it...

[@wrestlingfan]

@@petrutmarcu9450 yeah

[@SteamTrainTy]

What did it look like? And what does the reactor look like now? Is the core even there?

[@cb2000a]

They had to know they were dead men.

[@thekiddler26]

steam train Ty it would’ve looked like red hot molten lava and it actually is there the Elephants foot is a mass of corium In reactor 4 basement, it was so hot it melted through the floor and sealed into the basement it is still burning into the basement and emits 10,000 Roentgens (500 is a lethal dose) it could kill you 20 times, standing next to it now for a few seconds could make you vomit, it is very heavy lots tons it’s composed of Control Rods, Uranium 235, Nuclear Fuel, sand, boron, melted metal and concrete, it’s forbidden to go near it and will most likely emit radiation for a ludicrously long time

[@ryanhartigan8758]

Mad a lot of them weren’t even in their 30s yet

[@forestdenizen6497]

For the entire history of mankind prior to the millennial generation, it wasn't uncommon or unusual in any way for men still in their 20s (or younger) to be treated as adults, with adult responsibilities in life and death situations. In the West as well as the USSR. What is abnormal is in fact viewing men in their 20s as "kids." Not the millennials' fault of course, the "permanent adolescence" is a deliberately introduced societal trait. Makes for less children, and more consumerism. Women are also affected, which is why we have middle aged ladies of 35 or 40,who tell us they are "too young to have a family" and "not ready yet", while expressing the stifled instinct which screams inside them "HAVE A CHILD BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE", by collecting "fur babies" (cats and dogs) and treating them like children. Truly a low point in human history.

[@iamgus8364]

Forest Denizen shut the fuck up lol

[@ryanhartigan8758]

IAmGus haha lol

[@ishtarmari5160]

@@forestdenizen6497 i think that Ryan wanted to say that they objectively were too young to die, and not that they were incapable of acts of heroism cause of their young age.

[@silvervalleystudios2486]

@@forestdenizen6497 I think a lot of it has to do with this new age of entitlement. Everybody seems so self centred and self absorbed.

[@albro17]

RIP these people they helped prevent this disaster from being worse and they sacrificed their life for it...

[@legneil]

Alfie B17 that or a bullet

[@laganomacak]

@@legneil These people didn't have to do this it was voluntary to save everyone in their country from dying

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Not to mention the firefighters. It's not like the local emergency services did not understand where they were heading. That must have been the longest 10 minute ride imaginable.

[@tangerinefizz11]

They literally saved the rest of the world.

[@pkheretic1945]

Алекса Миловановић more then their country Most (if not all) of Europe would be radiated if it got worse

[@freedombyanarchy5782]

Most of these people were alive for weeks or months after the disaster. I cannot even try to comprehend the suffering they and theirs went through. The mistakes of a few cost many.

[@tangerinefizz11]

@Ordinary Sessel But you are diminishing the role played by the women by focusing only on the men. The focus should be on the victims' humanity, not their gender!

[@agentyuknow628]

this comment section gave me radiation

[@freedombyanarchy5782]

The Soviet government didn't put any form of life above its interests. Radioactive fallout certainly doesn't discriminate. People from all sexes races and belief have and will continue to give their lives, willingly or not for the sins of the powerful.

[@xVadRay]

@Ordinary Sessel You are mixing feminism in something that has nothing to do. Of course men died the most because the most employees for this kind of job are men. And it's not women's fault, those were the policies at the time (and still are at some extend)

[@xVadRay]

@Emmawat What exactly. This fucking incel diminishing women at the minimum chance he gets

[@DrForrester87]

Heroes of Ukraine. Heroes of the Soviet Union. Heroes of Humanity

[@ДжонБонэм-ц9л]

Indeed. And victims of soviet authorities irresponsibility too.

[@solareclipse9379]

@@ДжонБонэм-ц9л жертвы халатности персонала в первую очередь

[@ДжонБонэм-ц9л]

@@solareclipse9379 несомненно. Но этот персонал родился, вырос, получил образование и приобрёл отношение к работе в соответствующей стране и при определённом политическом режиме.

[@dododakowski2813]

" *I serve the Soviet Union* "

[@Cortesevasive]

@@ДжонБонэм-ц9л Bring back monarchy sure

[@sirhiybatih3490]

Thank you all guardian angels for holding this world. Rest in peace...

[@QQ-og3ui]

🙏

[@simkimsour3983]

Rest In Peace comrade we will miss you

[@elderlypoodle9181]

Zirgoy Batig yes ♥️

[@lobaandrade7172]

Zirgoy Batig and the thousands that were “unofficially” affected who contained the threat and stopped it from destroying the world

[@johnb.8687]

That’s the gayest comment I’ve ever read. Period.

[@andromeda6030]

It is extremely sad that the body of Valery Khodemchuk was never recovered. Rest in peace in the reactor.

[@wubziz4769]

@Chewbacca I probably think that he never will get a proper burial since I think that the radiation dissolves his body and bones, and after the 50000 years to come in which the reactor will send out nuclear material, he will be long gone. R.I.P.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

As opposed to the thousands that get plowed into massed graves due to war or politics every decade or so? Sorry, but you are talking about a slab of meat. The person can be commemorated in our memories. The remains, if there are any, are of no consequence.

[@andromeda6030]

@@princeofcupspoc9073 His family deserved to have more than memories of this man. A proper burial is the way to give respect and grace for somebody.

[@plaukai4lifet620]

@Chewbacca his body evaporated from the heat

[@iCore7Gaming]

@@wubziz4769 ionizing radiation doesn't dissolve lmao, it strips atoms of their electrons effecting their bonds to other atoms.

[@simone222]

Imagine being in their shoes. The first instinct should be self-preservation, but you have to bravely confront the horrific situation. You have to do what you have to do in order to avert a major catastrophe, to save more lives. Blessings be upon them. May they rest in peace.

[@raiooriginal37]

They are truly selfless heroes

[@minerboof5106]

They are heroes but what you’re forgetting is they never knew the extent of the damage that was caused that night if they did would it have been a different story?

[@aMondayMorning]

@@minerboof5106 The environmental damage was done as soon as the core exploded. They did everything they could and more to minimize the catastrophic effects of this event.

[@xx-bg2dj]

They did what they were told to do, no more, no less.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Wrong. Completely wrong. First instinct is to do your job. Anyone working in a reactor for several years has come to terms with the risks. There was no time for the local crew to ponder the lengths of their lives at that point.

[@heatherwheeler8330]

Lelenchanko was a fucking hero, he went in to spare his younger colleagues, if that's not the actions of a selfless hero idk what is.

[@tywinlannister8015]

In such situation you don't think that. You just do your duty. It's the people who survive afterwards that will think back and then call the person a hero. But ask anyone who did such actions and they'll all be humble and say something along the lines of "I did what I had to".

[@JoshuaPlays99]

*"as he looked directly to the open reactor core"* Those are just absolutely haunting words, may all those who died rest in peace

[@pigeonbardum9628]

He was such a hero, he died in agonizing pain to try and save the plant, even though he knew he'd die.

[@breguera77]

@@whitetipvelociraptor5759 you’re mistaking how long it takes to die with how long it takes to receive a fatal dose. You wouldn’t drop dead that fast from standing near it. But you will die eventually due to how much radiation you receive

[@RickyTisms]

@@whitetipvelociraptor5759 The photo of the elephants foot has many false stories surrounding it regarding the dude who took the photo and the person who was in the photo. What you read wrong possibly was it took 5 minutes for a lethal dose of radiation from the elephants foot?

[@RickyTisms]

@@whitetipvelociraptor5759 Sure even in this video it said one of the workers looked directly at the open core and didn't die for about 3-4 weeks

[@RickyTisms]

@@whitetipvelociraptor5759 wat

[@Kluckp]

there should be a silent day on april 26 every year to pay respects for the heros of chernobyl

[@bellbookcandle3051]

Worldwide!

[@Kluckp]

@@bellbookcandle3051 YEAH

[@x_xlevix_x8089]

Yeah worldwide

[@classxi-a9428]

I WAS STUDYING HOW A NUCLEAR REACTOR WORKS... THEN I GOT TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHERNOBYL INCIDENT BECAUSE IT IS MENTIONED IN MY PHYSICS TEXTBOOK TBH I DON'T THINK SO MANY PPL KNOW ABOUT THE CHERNOBYL INCIDENT...PPL WHO HAVE WATCHED THE SHOW OR READ IT IN THEIR BOOKS ONLY KNOW ABOUT IT!!

[@MikeHawksBig69]

Then the same should be done on September 11th then.

[@kyleyuen245]

7:57 he got radiated so hard his eyes changed color, haunting

[@youngpaperstacker3753]

Lelechenko is a superb hero in my eyes, sparing younger people’s lives of pain and suffering, instead he puts it all on him self, a true legend. All of the plant workers deserve golden graves at there workstations to commemorate those who literally devoted there life to this cause. 🙏🙏

[@lordprivateer4965]

Golden graves would stop the radiation too.

[@youngpaperstacker3753]

big boy gustav since April 26th, 1986.

[@peterwolf8395]

@Pingura nice one and yes gold also stopes both decay chemucal reaction and gamma its superior even in rwgards to lead but well very desired by the lifing

[@nvlkaaskop4340]

Instead they got lead graves

[@ericelectro8684]

Lead graves coz its cheaper than gold obviously.

[@matthryhoruk9351]

Lots of them looked into the open core..

[@ILaunchNukes]

I would've jumped into the core.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

Not on purpose. Although they knew anything was possible, they expected there to still be some shielding.

[@СирожаРамов-ы6ы]

_Hryhoruk_ *u Ukrainian, polish?*

[@benwalsh7018]

vj balan you would vaporise before you got any where near the rector core

[@iPepy]

What would happen if you looked in the core?

[@tangerinefizz11]

Since Shashenok never regained consciousness, we can at least hope he was spared any suffering. RIP.

[@WrathOfGrapesN7]

I know, even with his horrific injuries, he was one of the lucky ones.

[@kelsb3200]

I was born the day this happened. I've just turned 35. The age of the 2 men that died that day, cant imagine the horrors these people all witnessed and went through before their deaths. Hope they are all at peace.

[@007Agentr]

Like litteraly exact date?

[@milleross4125]

@@007Agentr i think yes he is

[@markorides_]

@@milleross4125 I am too lmao

[@libbygrable5873]

They were around my age when they passed. It's hard thinking about death in your 20's and 30's but it can happen. Life is a gift.

[@PeachWookiee]

I was a small girl when this happened. I’ve watched Seconds from Disaster and Chernobyl, and I see those young men. It hurts.

[@ljmcdonald2703]

Sadly some people don’t value their life

[@АляксандрГрыцкевіч-в3ш]

They are HEROES. Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians-just people of USSR. They just saved the world. Rest In Peace. Forever

[@QQ-og3ui]

I had no idea as to the level of integrity in these people before HBO's Chernobyl.

[@commando7238]

I know they are heroes but that's a stretch saying they saved the world they mostly saved the small town of pripyat and the area of Ukraine but there's one man who save the world tho

[@АляксандрГрыцкевіч-в3ш]

@@commando7238By the way, near the 4th energoblock there's a monument to the victims. There we may see the phrase in Ukrainian: Тим, хто врятував світ (To those, who saved the world). Imagine: miners, firefighters, doctors and other workers are doing nothing. The radiation is spreading. In this case radioactive regions would include not only Prypiat, but also Belarus, Russia, Poland, Sweden and other countries of Europe. Also, we don't know all names and all facts. So, respecting these people, personally I always say: they saved the world.

[@commando7238]

@@АляксандрГрыцкевіч-в3ш alright, I see what you are saying now but the radiation wouldn't go that far but it probably would fuck over that side of Ukraine and probably a neighbor country or it contaminates a pretty water supply tho like that one incident with the Soviet power plant that contaminated an entire lake but they were lucky that it didn't lead to anywhere

[@samad4079]

@@commando7238 there were 3 brave men that stopped the radiation spreading across Europe

[@Biffo1262]

What people don't seem to understand about firefighters is that the next time the 'bells go down' it could be your last. Many members of the public seem to regard it as a 'cushy' job with good pay and conditions. However every one of them lives with the understanding that every call is an inherent risk to life. It is a great honour and a terrible responsibility to command such people but ask them if they regard themselves as heroes and you know what the answer will be.

[@helene4397]

I suspect that spouses and loved ones of firefighters and police officiers are always afraid during shifts. And scared for the worst news. My full respects goes to firefighters and police force.

[@katkenobi6765]

100% agree!!!

[@reverberer]

I've been in a few fire stations when the bells went for a shout and I have to say I never saw any hesitation at all it was always literally drop stuff and go. You have to be made of brave stuff to be a firefighter.

[@AemiliaJacobus]

I have so much respect for firefighters. They don't receive enough in return for their service.

[@billyjoe8185]

@@AemiliaJacobus facts firefighters are so underrated. They're always there no matter what

[@brakaner2703]

Very hard to watch and realize that most of them died so young and in such a pain. You can tell that even thou they were young but looked way older and that shows how hard actual life was. True Heroes that saved thousands of lives by sacrificing their own life. They surely knew it was over for them. Aim speechless. RIP.

[@yvellebradley2502]

Young, intelligent and heroic. 💔

[@Kitty-mb4hy]

The black and white pictures make people look older... The scariest part, to me, is that they didn't really know about the deadly danger of radiation. They thought, at the beginning, that they will be discharged from the hospital soon. Instead, they got worse and worse and worse and then they were no more.

[@brakaner2703]

Kitty I believe they knew from the beginning what is what. Its not the black and white , its the actual conditions/pressure they used to live in. What I mean is that they had to take the responsibilities growing up, life was tough in 1980s. My own uncle participated as helicopter engineer at the moment and was present there. Ive seen him struggling with hair and nails and bone pain years after when I was a kid.

[@Kitty-mb4hy]

@@brakaner2703 Um, a lot of people who were there say they did not know the true level of danger. Yes, it was known the radiation is dangerous - but not how much dangerous exactly.

[@Tommy-ey3hc]

They saved millions of lives not thousands

[@juancabezascaceres]

Perevozchenko always will have a special place in my heart for making extra efforts to save his coworkers

[@juancabezascaceres]

And for be the first one to strongly say 'There is NO CORE' in his depiction in HBO's Chernobyl

[@neilherrera5497]

Rest In Peace to all the workers and the firefighters of Chernobyl who tragically lost their lives by acute radiation syndrome.

[@Sarastarlight100]

You said it perfectly and i agree with you.

[@johnnysunday402]

I recall reading in an official report that Sitnikov volunteered to visually examine the reactor during a meeting with Fromin, in order to spare anyone else from the task.

[@timax4114]

So why Formin didn't go to look at it?

[@СирожаРамов-ы6ы]

@@timax4114 not Fromin, *F O M I N*

[@timax4114]

@@СирожаРамов-ы6ы my bad

[@optical9676]

Isnt that the guy who looked from the roof?

[@Boltzeraaa]

@@optical9676 yes it is

[@NoelKerns]

With so many of these men, the comment keeps coming up "died while trying to restart feedwater flow to the reactor core"...something that no longer made any difference, since the core had exploded. Sad that so many died such horrible deaths trying to do something that, with a better understanding of what had happened, didn't even need to be attempted.

[@libbygrable5873]

RIP to all that have passed away from this horrible tragedy.

[@d0nkki]

Libby Grable nah

[@libbygrable5873]

@@spiders_fromday1288 I know how bad radiation poison is. They give doses of radiation to cancer patients.

[@d0nkki]

@evalsreggin calm the fuck down lol

[@d0nkki]

@@IDontReplyKeepCrying you don't even know what generation I'm from lol

[@hulkmaniaactiv]

@@d0nkki you think youre cool and stuff cause "you are against the whole comment section and have another opinion" but honestly its fucking cringe and btw if u really mean it nigga you should be inside the reactor core

[@vivienkoles1880]

Many of them were very young, and many had the title of head/chief, etc. The responsibility is terrifying. and they died so young.

[@sly.magpie]

why do I watch this kind of videos before I go to bed

[@zsofipinter1998]

Mr. Know-All yeah, i do the same mistake everytime...xD

[@jtof9371]

u chicken ah?

[@mason9644]

Depression before sleep always sucks

[@HunkWhite]

Existential crisis is fun

[@Sony_Ultimate_Exception]

Because you are a good person

[@abelnicolaebaritone]

Most of them were 20' year olds. What a sacrifice.

[@matthewchristiansen9978]

Kibenok was only 23, the youngest one to die, that we know of at any rate.

[@felixcat9318]

Strange that there is no mention of the Helicopter Pilots whom flew their Mi-26 Helicopter repeatedly over the blasted open roof to drop materials onto the conflagration below to suppress it! Their helicopter was so badly contaminated that it was cut up and buried on site. The Crew knew that their mission would kill them and they never hesitated in their determination to help quell the fallout! Edited for typo.

[@leahanderson8088]

Pretty sure this list is highlighting the 31 “confirmed” deaths issued by the Soviet Union (there were clearly more, hence the quotes). That’s why they’re not listed.

[@generalalexandrospapagos325]

The helicopter did not crash due to radiation as shown in the hbo series. It actually hit electrical cables and crashed.

[@the2dudes1]

@@generalalexandrospapagos325 What do you mean the HBO series shows them crashing because of radiation. They hit the wire hanging from a crane which causes the crash. And it actually unfolds in a very similar fashion to the real footage of the actual crash

[@dregzz7678]

Felix Cat most of the liquidators were conscripted

[@hadeseye2297]

It is not strange. It's CCCP we are talking about. Soviets, Leninists, Stalinists, Marxists. Soviet propaganda, soviet way of thinking, soviet way of treating other people. For them human life doesn't count. Read about Holodomor, Great Famine on Ukranie in 1932-1933. It was artificial famine made by soviets. There were 3 periods of famine, 1921-1923, 1932-1933 and 1946-1947. Estimates says that about 10 millions of Ukrainian people died because of that. And we are talking about Ukraine itself.

[@muhammadrafay4743]

One of the firefighter's eyes turned from Brown to Blue One of the member's body was never recovered this brought me tears into the guys RIP to those guys who fight to prevent radiation spread into whole Europe and whole world

[@muhammadrafay4743]

@Lama Leider yeah it sends shivers down the spine about what happened to them

[@danielpeppapigpowers]

Played this at 1:23am, April 26 2020. We still remember you♥️

[@kingsavatar101]

They could have run away but they choose death over survival to ensure the safety of many. 😔😔😞

[@user-tm6im9nt1z]

King's Avatar rest in peace to all of them 🙏🏾

[@notanevilrussian9674]

Sad thing is most of them didn’t even know what was happening

[@dustylikewtf]

You can’t really run away from the core. Once you look at it, it’s automatic death. If you survive it, you’ll have a few weeks to live before eventually dying.

[@minddrawer1348]

The sad fact is that they died for nothing !

[@kajlir5802]

bubby worm Most weren’t at the core at the beginning, and instead of escaping unit 4 control room and running away they went to the reactor where to explosion happened in order to save lives.

[@Chatta-Ortega]

Those poor, brave souls saved a lot of lives. What a horrible way to die. We owe them our thanks and gratitude.

[@mason9644]

They sure do wasnt for them, humankind wouldve dissapeared

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@mason9644 i heard that chernobyl is haunted by the spirits of those who died

[@heheboy6838]

@@mehchocolate1257 lol

[@mehchocolate1257]

@@heheboy6838 creepy shit 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@riotbreaker3506]

"What is the cost of lies" It's Innocent life, unlimited human casualties.

[@i.robles5785]

Lies? What are you talking about? It was an accident.

[@riotbreaker3506]

@@i.robles5785 Valery Legasov? Y'know, lead investigator of the Chernobyl incident?

[@i.robles5785]

@@riotbreaker3506 what did he lie about?

[@riotbreaker3506]

@@i.robles5785 he exposed the lies of the Russian Government who continuously tried to make the incident look inoffensive, which resulted in thousands of casualties. It's all in the HBO show Chernobyl, I highly recommend it.

[@petrauhrakova]

I. Robles The government was lying about all of this and they acted like there’s nothing wrong for the long time, because it would be such a shame for them if USA would find out that they fucked up. So they were telling everybody that there’s is nothing wrong even tho they knew they fucked up. When they were taking people away from their homes for “few days”, they knew that they would actually never come back. (I live in a state near to Ukraine)

[@markstasz2887]

That first guy, Akimov, lived for 2 weeks after the explosion. OMG I cant imagine the pain he was experiencing. In act, several of these people lived for up to 3+ weeks after the explosion. Damn!

[@PV1230]

apparently his face was falling off while in the hospital.

[@MichaelCook84]

Vladimir Praviks eyes turned from brown to blue after looking into the reactor core!! That's some scary shit.

[@prokurator4413]

Fake news

[@forgaven3346]

Vasili's wife said two days before his death, his lungs and liver decomposed and came out of his mouth !!! How terrifying the radiation is...

[@Dromeosaur]

These poor people....I'd give each and every one of them a big hug if I could

[@ikillfurries]

Then you would suffer their fate also

[@drunkzilla3522]

U cant hug them

[@Anonymous-qx1vd]

@@ikillfurries Actually it is a myth

[@Anonymous-qx1vd]

@@ikillfurries You can hug them they aren't radioactive

[@ikillfurries]

You can be in the for only 30 minutes, but not hugging or touching him in any way, you got it?

[@volebien]

these boys were real heroes, saving an entire continent with million of people. It is because of them that Legasov couldn't lie anymore thus the collapse of the soviet union.

[@tangerinefizz11]

Don't forget the female security guards who did their part.

[@vivienkoles1880]

@@tangerinefizz11 and nurses in the hospital

[@ДжессикаКессади]

I realized that some of them like Akimov, Braznik spent their last birthdays in hospital dying in horrible pain

[@1979mackdriver]

I was Already in my early 50s when This happened. I remember telling my wife ,I wonder who the men were who were the first to react to this emergency to bring it under control, to contain its lethality knowing full well they wouid not be clocking out that day for many many years I’ve thought of these people , for those of you who were quite young or not yet born . Because of the Cold War relationship between the USA and USSR the identities and the details of their fate were not broadcast to us here in the US . Over 30 years before this occurred , I was a young man who had been drafted and sent to Korea so I knew how frail human lives were and I knew human costs can tally up like dimes in a carnival game .I’m glad I finally had a chance to read the details of their efforts and see some of the faces and know the names. Thank you for posting. They are all true examples of what we can be when called upon .

[@mason9644]

I was born in 1989 my mom was in her late 30s I believe and she told me about all the news coverage that happened

[@1979mackdriver]

M.Chairu I don’t know whether to be more insulted by the fact you think because of my age , I don’t know how to use a laptop or appreciate the internet. But actually neither . I find it rather amusing , since most people lie about being younger . I’m 87 this year and I built cars for Plymouth for Over 30 years in Detroit so this is nothing for me to to figure out Kiddo ....

[@harshsinghal5898]

What is your age now, sir?

[@1979mackdriver]

@@harshsinghal5898 I’m 87 , My apologies for the late reply , I’ve had some people find it odd or impossible that a man my age wouid be joining any of the conversations so I understand

[@harshsinghal5898]

@@1979mackdriver ohh that's wonderful👍

[@Whippy99]

Most of these brave people were younger, when they died, than my children are now. I feel so sorry for their families. Rest in Peace to all who died and blessings to those left behind to mourn them.

[@raiooriginal37]

What a bunch of heroes. The ammount of selflesness. Truly heroes in every sese on the word. RIP brave heroes

[@robinwells8879]

They are all heroes in my humble opinion and I respect their sacrifice be it knowing or unknowing. I particularly salute the security guards who stayed at their posts regardless. Such a sense of duty is worthy of respect in a world where it is sadly getting rarer.

[@berendkiezelsteen]

RIP Anatoly Sitnikov. Sent to his death because of ignorance on the effects of radiation received close to the core. Perhaps his death helped save that of the liquidators who were each told to not look directly into the core when depositing the debris.

[@artursfilipovs4923]

And to make Mathers worse he wasn't even at the plant when the explosion occured, he came in early as the morning shift was called in

[@danielm9816]

The core was like Medusa. If you directly look into her eyes you Will Die. Her Snake heads are like radiation biting everyone nearby. And she is indeed Immortal. No bullet can stop her from spreading. People from all around the world, lets learn from our mistakes and dont let this happen again. Thanks to all CHAES heroes.

[@Tuppoo94]

Luckily radiation isn't totally immortal. The radioactivity around the power plant has decreased significantly over the past 30+ years. Even the infamous Elephant's Foot is relatively safe these days, and can be visited for a short period. I still wouldn't live anywhere near the place, though.

[@Antagraber]

Thank you very much for posting this video. Never forget them and Chernobil.

[@DoingTheBestICan]

The average human adult, per federal law, can legally be exposed to no more than 5,000 millirems (5 rads) per year, as this is the highest recommended safest dose we can absorb and filter out naturally. Aleksandr Lelechenko took on 500 TIMES that amount (2.5 million millirems, or 2,500 rads) in a SINGLE NIGHT, all to ensure his junior colleagues didn't suffer too similar a fate. Christ alive, what a hero.

[@Keckegenkai]

All of these are heroes of humanity and the ones unmentioned by the Soviet report, but LELECHENKO was one step above. To spare the younger ones he went in 3 times. True hero.

[@rigel8755]

Many people died because of this: - *piece of fuel* ladged on a nearby transformer of the turbo-generator 7

[@rigel8755]

@Rusty a single piece of fuel was near this place, it's located next to the cooling turbines, next to reactor 4.

[@eaglevision993]

@Rusty A turbo generator is the turbine that converts the steam coming from the reactor into movement, driving the electric generator. Just as a car´s engine drives the alternator to generate electrical power. In the vicinity of the turbine was lots of debris from the core. A single piece can be enough to cause lethal radiation fields. Especially in the early hours were even the short lived isotopes did not yet decay and were at their maximum activity.

[@princeofcupspoc9073]

@Rusty Pieces of fuel rod were scattered around due to the explosion. They were not expected to be there, at least until they understood the extent of the damage. In the following days, there were crews physically shoveling bits of fuel rod into wheel barrels to be dumped back into the reactor building. And yes, those people died too.

[@ILaunchNukes]

@@rigel8755 told me

[@binitkumarsahu6527]

@@ILaunchNukes The world is gonna blow me

[@artemshevtsov6062]

It’s scary to think that Khodemchuk is still there, in that abandoned dark, wet power plant...

[@karizmaikili4058]

His body still remains. Trapped, afraid, shocked, he probably died as nuclear waste melted some of his organs.

[@artemshevtsov6062]

@@karizmaikili4058 hol up....

[@karizmaikili4058]

@@artemshevtsov6062 I am back

[@felobatirmoheb4884]

@@karizmaikili4058 How was the toilet break?

[@karizmaikili4058]

@@felobatirmoheb4884 just poopin

[@debraleesparks]

We need to keep other countries informed about situations like this, and help each other out.

[@commando7238]

The sad part about this is that the Soviet Union didn't tell the town that was near Chernobyl about the explosion and covered it from them and lie to them for a whole week until people start getting radiation poisoning

[@cheeseebun]

Commando 723 well thats communism for you

[@DropDead14]

@@commando7238 Pripyat was evacuated on the afternoon of 27 April 1986.

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Omg, most of them died only 3-4 weeks after the accident... I can‘t imagine how long they suffered 😭😭😭

[@sierralvx]

So many of those firefighters were the same age as me... it's absolutely depressing but I'm glad so many people know their names.

[@burritoman5567]

Many of them could of escaped with their lives but they made the selfless decision

[@lunabobles4526]

They were forced to work

[@haskapaska]

That or Salt mines

[@flatsixer]

RIP to the heroes that saved everyone😭

[@robmausser]

The worst part is that many of them died doing things that were absolutely pointless. Akimov was attempting to turn on feedwater to a reactor core that didn't even exist anymore. The feedwater was just spilling out of ruptured pipes into the basement of the building, probably even further spreading radiation.

[@samad4079]

The music gives me erie vibes. Suitable for the topic

[@scorpioguy3234]

I can only imagine the incredible pain and suffering they felt just waiting to die,& also the pain of loved ones... so many of them died so young, rest in peace and thank you you are national,& International heroes that helped save pretty much the entire planet could’ve been really bad had they not stayed behind to try and keep it contained as best as they could!! These people should be remembered worldwide

[@maniatissa]

"Official" being the key word here...thousands of people died in the following months/years, and thousands more in the general area are suffering or dying even today from radiation related illnesses , but at the time, the Soviet government tried its best to bury all relevant data and we still don't know 100% of the facts. Shows what kind of "respect" authoritarian regimes have for their subjects, and serves as a lesson to us all. In my country (Greece), I remember that at the time we found out about the Chernobyl accident, a well known figure of the communist party, urged people to consume vegetables and fruits freely, claiming that there was no danger, and that the news were just anti soviet propaganda, while measurements showed that the radiation cloud had reached us and was falling to the ground with rain...This guy is still around and active in the communist party btw....

[@RichardAHolt]

Heroes all.

[@edvingrabar5229]

02:20 Yekaterina Ivanenko, security guard. She wasn't close to the reactor as others were, but poor woman stayed on duty whole night and by morning she was fatally irradiated

[@grant6052]

Amazing video. The music matches it so well and really sets emotional, dark sad mood. Heroic lives who were quickly forgotten about and never praised for their heroic acts to save lives and reduce what damage they could. Sad to think that most would have had no idea they were losing years of there lives with every minute passing

[@grant6052]

Thank you for going into depth on their deaths as well and highlighting the heroic risks they took that caused their deaths. If not for this video and the series, none of this would have ever been told to the world.

[@tsuke2570]

R.I.P for those 31 lost guys + people who indirectly (but directly in fact) passed away from the tragedy. Thanks a lot for updating this video. Very impressive. So far (for apprx 9 years!!), no official/reliable information like this has released from Fukushima yet. There will be Tokyo Olympic game this summer insisting that "everything is under control"..... We need to know only the truth on its behind. Many thanks from Tokyo.

[@krashd]

There are mountains and mountains of articles about Fukushima, what you mean is you just haven't looked for any of it and won't acknowledge any of it unless someone packages it all up in a nice documentary for you - despite there also being a shitload of documentaries about it too.

[@Wabu_227]

@Rob Fraser Yeah, but the Japanese government passed a law restricting any information regarding Fukushima nuclear disaster, so information regarding to that is harder to come by these days.

[@danieldevito6380]

It's sad that many of these guys died trying to lower the not existent fuel rods and pump water into a ditch. Many of these deaths could've been avoided had the right information about the extent of the disaster been relayed...

[@thiagoazevedo9657]

Gone, but never forgotten. Actual heroes.

[@simonvanthienen369]

@CemtecUk are u stupid?

[@travislindsey7256]

Thank you for putting together this beautifully tragic history

[@simrancecil8380]

I feel bad for Shashenok who suffered multiple fractures silently and never woke up

[@Henrik_Official]

Very nice tribute! You´ve done a great job!

[@maksphoto78]

0:39 - Akimov was shift supervisor at #4. Toptunov was the senior reactor operator at the controls.

[@Sillyahhclown2]

“A man who would not risk his life for something does deserve to live” - Martin Luther king

[@uditisinha305]

The deaths caused by the accident is way more than 31 and all the affected people deserve respect

[@uditisinha305]

@Angelic Mint actually they're taking about the official deaths due to the accident

[@kostan55]

They are actually talking about the USSR's death count. The number was much higher

[@kuroiyoru_4880]

Damn, many of the workers on the reactor plant died on their pretty young age, so sad

[@howardsix9708]

Please do not take this the wrong way, but I strongly belive the medical staff should have ended their suffering early, instead of allowing these heroes to suffer unnecessarily for a long time. R.I.P to all heroes. H6UK

[@aryanaek6516]

i agree, but a couple of the men radiated asked to be kept alive for documenting, as this was the first time anything like that had ever happened. they’re all heroes

[@shyamathethwar68]

Mercy killing isn't that easy .. it needs legal procedures and order from higher authority

[@hasanafrezsa4608]

They were trained to save lifes, not mercy killing.

[@snowix4640]

They got oath buddy

[@forrest2457]

It was a horrible time, that never should’ve happened, all because of one man making a terrible decision, doing a test way much lower than it should’ve been. R.I.P to all those who’ve lost their lives

[@BubbaGunShrimp]

The world owes their lives to the men and women who gave their lives to the Chernobyl disaster

[@151bar151]

3:43 there was no fire at the 5th block, 5th block was under construction

[@liamramsay6922]

No fire no graphite where all delusional nah but that guy wanted to cover him self

[@Daniel-ef1mw]

Maybe he went to the 5th block as to support those on the 3rd and 4th or he just positioned there in case fire spreads and explosions occurs.

[@retardinhojunior6546]

5th and 6th blocks were under construction on the island nearby, it's quite a distance between them and 4 original reactors

[@151bar151]

@@retardinhojunior6546 exactly

[@zythxd6495]

There was debre on fire that landed at the 5th block

[@jackfulcher2890]

"We did everything right."

[@QQ-og3ui]

This comment got me. Ached my heart. There are Angels and there are Heros. These brave, selfless men are both.

[@josiahstankus4193]

@@max.15 yes, not just in the HBO series though. He did say it in real life too, as he was dying

[@hannahbeanies8855]

Most of them were in their 30s or younger. Very young. Many died weeks later. I cannot comprehend how they must’ve suffered at the end

[@cfcfan6340]

Notice how everyone is aged in 20-30 years old. Young people died at chernobyl.

[@litefoot900]

God bless every one of them. I believe they all knew exactly the danger involved, which makes there sacrifice all the more courageous.

[@FurinaDeFontaine42]

I believe most of them, if not, all of them didn't actually know the true nature of how dangerous it was.

[@commando7238]

@@FurinaDeFontaine42 the sad part is your not wrong

[@joshualogan6655]

They didn't know. Real dangers of radiation were studied after Chernobyl happend. A.R.S was also studied after Chernobyl happend. Firefighters never knew that core exploded. They were said that turbin exploded I think.

[@bellbookcandle3051]

I think the guys in the control room & the engineers probably *did* know they wouldn't survive the exposure, but went ahead & did what they could anyway.

[@krashd]

@@joshualogan6655 All 31 of them knew what radiation could do, it was 1986 not 1946, it was just that lines of communication were either broken or non-existent and so most of them were under the impression the reactor was intact and that the fire was something else. People say the firefighters were sent to their deaths but the firefighters were not expecting to a fire in the reactor hall because they had been called out to fight a fire in the turbine hall (the only fire to be reported by anyone), it was not until they left their depot that they saw the reactor hall was burning and so they stopped to fight it since it was the first fire they saw. Ignatenko and several others did bring it up that the reactor hall was 'cracked wide open' but they believed that a hydrogen tank was the cause, it wasn't until men began vomiting that they realised the truth and they decided to continue rather than be relieved. As for the various teams inside the plant: Those inside the turbine hall had thought that a plane or something had crashed into the roof, they called the fire brigade to report that the roof was on fire and it was falling in, then they tried to extinguish what they could. Those in the rooms adjacent to the reactor hall (the pump room, switch room, etc) similarly thought there had been some sort of attack and immediately started looking for their friends, some of which were trapped under debris. Those in the control room knew the truth but Dyatlov, and to a lesser extent Akimov, were in denial and they kept asking men to verify things by sight or get things working by hand, this led to several unnecessary deaths, including Akimov himself.

[@notanevilrussian9674]

Vasily Ignatenko has a wife, Lyudmila, who stayed with him until he died. She is still alive today and lives with her son in Kiev.

[@lorenende7661]

....congratulations, you watched the HBO serie!

[@notanevilrussian9674]

Lorenende yes, but it’s also in a book I think she wrote

[@haskapaska]

She was also featured in american made tv-movie made in 1991 Starring John Voight. I saw it back in 90s

[@ljmcdonald2703]

Her health isn’t good, she lost her daughter Natasha due to radiation exposure, suffered 4 strokes and her son has health issues as well

[@kyokogodai-ir6hy]

All these men died needlessly. All victims of their own country's avarice. A shame. We all need to be thankful, that they tried to prevent damage, beyond the initial blast. All who died as a result need to be remembered, forever!

[@dustylikewtf]

kyokogodai don’t forgot the female security guards and nurses :/

[@trapr1993]

:( One of them died 5 days after their birthday 9:12

[@matthewchristiansen9978]

At least he died quickly and without regaining consciousness. More than can be said for his coworkers.

[@harjindersidhu7734]

Waheguru ji

[@EKcyclist]

What an incredibly moving clip. Most had their whole lives ahead of them, but were snuffed out by arrogance and ignorance. Never forget these brave men and women.

[@dutchflats]

The courage and fortitude of these men will live long into history. People from around the world know of their heroism, their sacrifice in the face of death. May God bless them all...

[@twobyfour]

It seems many of these employees were in their mid to late 20`s, I`m trying to imagine a 28 year old me in their situation. The tales of sacrifice beggar belief.

[@chandlerrose4545]

This was preventable. It’s horrifying what these men went through.

[@Comrade_Dyatolov]

Dyatolov just had to get it his way.

[@beekidsart1176]

The fact that most of them were between the ages of 20 and 30 is just terrible. No one deserved to die, but getting to know men who had their whole life in front of them died at such a young age.

[@jigneshsolanki6654]

If you guys see properly alot of them passed away after almost 2 months and imagine the pain and suffering they must have gone through.... Rest In Peace to all the bravehearts

[@yeetusfeetus713]

The amount of pain they have to endure.

[@ronaldshank7589]

I say that ALL of these people are HEROES!!! May God bless their memories among those of us that are alive, and may God especially bless the families of these brave people. They died while doing their utmost to save others. In their final moments of this precious gift that we call life, they thought, not of themselves, but of others. They should, and are, a shining example as to what each of us should arrive to do and be:to do everything for the benefit of others, & to be the kind of people that would do their fellow human beings in the first place. May God rest those who do their all for the protection and benefit of all mankind, whether nearby, or far away.

[@SuperBigcarphunter]

Unknown heroes that tried to save the world, they should never be forgotten.

[@crineuic3924]

perevozchenko was dying on his birthday...

[@Clara-ph7my]

These poor people continued to work having already accepted their own fate, to protect others. This is reality and a scary one, involving dangerous power in our control and ignorance of leadership. RIP all.

[@igornovicic9158]

i just daydreamed of this, and i wonder, when we die, are we gonna meet these people, ask them the truth, and look on the world together....

[@mason9644]

Depends on where they are im sure we'll see them 🙏

[@texlahomagirl9809]

Absolutely heartbreaking. They were SO young. They made the ultimate sacrifice to help save many more lives. Blessings be upon these heroes. 😔

[@PeterPeterPumpkinEater83]

May their names Never be forgotten...May their sacrifices never be forgotten...

[@oscaviation]

Huge respect for all of these people, especially those who sacrificed themselves in order to save their colleagues.

[@lauradent5420]

There is a tendency these days to overuse the word "hero". That's not the case here....the legacy of these poor souls will live on in the countless number of lives they saved through their selfless actions. RIP, Patriots of Humanity.

[@Handlelight]

Rip peoples who save peoples lives from chernobyl hope that they take care of us now😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😔😔😔😔😔😓😓😓😓😓