Being a First Responder to the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster - Chornobyl Liquidators

Welcome to Chornobyl Liquidators! Chornobyl Liquidators is not a fantastic tale of exploring the Zone. It's a story about real people facing a real threat - the CNPP disaster. Invisible radiation, KGB, difficult moral choices... In this episode of Chornobyl Liquidators we experience what happened on the day of the disaster and a little bit of the cleanup shortly after. I hope you enjoyed this episode of Chornobyl Liquidators, thanks for watching and liking.
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About Chornobyl Liquidators:
On April 26, 1986, the largest nuclear disaster in human history occurred. As a result of the explosion and destruction of reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a massive amount of radioactive isotopes were released into the atmosphere. Squads of liquidators were sent out to combat this invisible and deadly enemy. They were not heroes, yet they were called upon to perform heroic deeds. Many of them paid with their own health, and even their lives...
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[@Theaythen]

15:49 that brightness you see there actually comes from the reactor itself, exposure to this level of radiation is fatal within 30 seconds.

[@lboyadgiev8820]

Some would estimate that the radiation would be like 90 sv/per minute. And considering how the air was glowing and the radiation around say the demon core would be like lethal in a few seconds and the demon core is not even close to the ammount of radiation a FULL ON exposed nuclear reactor with over 100 tons of Uranium in it. I maybe wrong but if you stood there and looked down at the freshly glowing blue core... You'd be getting a lethal level of radiation in around 1-2 seconds (as 160 roentgens in a short time was lethal to 50% of people, if I remember) (Fact check me in case this comment is wrong cause I am probobly wrong on at least like 1 thing)

[@cncdan1364]

​@@lboyadgiev8820they show it pretty accurately in the chyrnobol show on Netflix. Two guys look down and die before they can walk back out.

[@Theaythen]

@@lboyadgiev8820highest measured level is 300 sieverts per hour which is fatal in 1.6 minutes

[@Theaythen]

@@lboyadgiev8820 highest recorded level of radiation was 300 sieverts per hour the NRC says that 3-5 sieverts received or a very short period is fatal

[@lboyadgiev8820]

@Theaythen Recorded yes. But no one knows the room with the core While the air was still glowing. I did see some estimates say the radiation is 90 Sv per minute. There are no conformed numbers as no one went into the reactor hall.

[@zamboughnuts]

I just checked the Wikipedia page titled "Deaths due to the Chernobyl disaster" Yes, you are playing as "real" liquidators, with where they fought. The first guy's real name is Vladimir Ivanovych Tishura, the second is Nikolai Ivanovych Titenok. So they've changed some names slightly but you can go to that page and see more details. The dates of death are also off by a day or two, so I'm assuming they either couldn't, or didn't have, permission to use exact information, but... Credit for honoring them like this. Edit: The first scientist, Sitnikov, is also a real person. The assistant there isn't, but I'm assuming the name stands in for someone else who isn't listed on the USSR official roster.

[@1kvolt1978]

They didn't change names. Nikolai is a Russian pronounciasion and Mykola is an Ukrainian of the same name. Back then in the Ukrainian SSR both languages could be used in documents.

[@zamboughnuts]

@@1kvolt1978 Thanks for the clarification. I assumed that it might be something like that given just how similar the names were.

[@_lordtachanka_2314]

The assistant is also a real person, according to wikipedia, Vladimir A. Chugunov was the Reactor stop 1 duty director. He received "Radiation burn on right side, right hand, received a potentially lethal radiation dose during post-accident site survey suffering from ARS of the 3rd degree." Doesn't say if he survived or not though, but I found him in a wikipedia article about individual involvement in the disaster.

[@thescorpiondroid_]

If I’m not mistaken the scientist in the game also denied the explosion

[@arandomsystemglitch2398]

​@@thescorpiondroid_yeah like all reactor explosions were denied for a few days till well the core finally stoped burning enough to see it from the sky

[@ScottieB6669]

"just gonna be blowing through guys" - Drae 2024

[@charbladex]

I prefer the full quote "I'm just gonna be blowing through guys and that's intended" - Drae 2024

[@austinstockton9221]

Pause lol 😆

[@deadlyshrooms]

One of the 1st comments I came to find💀💀

[@dinocallum3796]

Hi Drae, I hope you get the chance to read this, I just wanted to say thank you for putting a smile on so many people’s faces every day. I was recently diagnosed with cancer and am going through chemotherapy which has been such a hard time, but your videos provide me with laughter and an escape. So thank you!

[@dawsonmod]

Goodluck with your recovery buddy

[@joshm8926]

God and our prayers are with you. I pray for your swift recovery.❤

[@AndreasMadsen]

20:28 check out the slide on the roof😂

[@noobtube6909]

Senior firefighter SVPCH-6 Senior Sergeant Tishura Vladimir Ivanovich was born in 1959 at the station North Gatchinsky district of the Leningrad region. In 1974 he graduated from the shipbuilding school, 1977 Khabarovsk MPTU-30. From July 1977 to April 1978 he worked as a plumber of a military unit in Petropavlovsk. From 1978 to May 1980 he served in the Soviet Army as the squad leader. After being transferred to the reserve from June 1980 to June 1981, he was a locksmith at the Chernobyl Inter-District Production Administration of the gas economy. In the direction of this team in December 1982 he became a firefighter then a senior firefighter of the UHF-6. He was fond of motor sports, was a first-rate student. Thoroughly versed in motorcycles. He participated in extinguishing the damaged active side of the reactor. He fought with fire purposefully, boldly in unison with his fighting colleagues. And only after the arrival of additional fire protection forces was withdrawn from combat crew. In Moscow, at the 6th outpatient clinic, he was in a sterile ward, which was quartz several times a day. On the eighth floor - in the same place as all the firefighters who died due to acute radiation sickness. In this plaintive list, Vladimir Tishura was destined to be the first.

[@2dheethbar]

Quartz???

[@SamiKotiranta]

I remember when this happened, i live in Finland so quite close to the accident site. At first Soviet officials lied that nothing out of ordinary had happened, it took several days before they admitted that there had been a major accident and by then the radiation and radioactive particles had spread all over Europe. It was so scary...

[@nickalijos3024]

HBO has a series called Chernobyl that does a brilliant job of showing the story of the reactor operators, their higher ups, and the firefighters that responded to the disaster that none of them knew or believed happened

[@Notinservice420]

That show was amazing.

[@Sleeper____1472]

It's not the most accurate representation from what I've heard.

[@2dheethbar]

"Not great, not terrible."

[@EvelynnWinters2000]

Chernobyl was such a horrible thing Not just for all the lives lost and physical damage done But it also caused Nuclear Power to get a horrible reputation despite it being one of the most efficient energy in terms of power produced vs waste material/pollution (I believe wind power and hydro power surpass it, but they don't work at nearly the scale that nuclear does) So many corners were cut with Chernobyls reactor. Most safety features were cut out. And even when it first started leaking, they were told by their bosses to just ignore it

[@rileyharris7514]

what is even more screwed up is that there are still 7 reactors of this same design, albeit they've been "updated", and they will continue to operate and the very latest to the 2030's. They also had as many as 15 operating in 2000 which was when they started shutting down reactors.

[@italianbadass656]

Damn I’ve been really waiting two years for a part 2😂 FINALLY

[@Franklin_Johanessan]

This is a part 2?!

[@CN_2992]

Maybe we will get another part for WW2 bunker simulator now 🤔

[@Charodiy_UA]

The final game plays and looks so much worse compared to the demo. Devs f@ck up completely what they started.

[@scottalexander1801]

I think the physics were weird In the elevator because There were ladders right below your feet.😂😂

[@bambutu]

The people that you played and died are absolutely real people that did die from Chernobyl (though they didn't die on site, but in hospital) only the spelling of the names have been slightly changed and the pics were pulled from Wikipedia.

[@averagecapybaraenjoyer1]

Yeah there was different place and date of death written after they "died".

Yeah I don't think it's because they died. They were swapped out pretty quickly in an attempt to prevent them from dying, although many of them still did. Though I find it kinda weird that it says they die in the future, even though they seem very much dead on the floor already.

[@user-wm6fo4fr1q]

I'm from Ukraine and I'm living close to this city where this happened and this is named Pripyat, not in Chernobyl It is the city that is near the place where this happened I'm talking about Chernobyl y'all can also seeing this in Google maps

[@bormisha]

The spelling of names in this game were converted to Ukrainian naming conventions. Back in 1986, Russian naming conventions were common. For example, Russian "Nikolai" corresponds to Ukrainian "Mykola".

[@U_niquey]

@@user-wm6fo4fr1qthat’s just a lie…

[@_Higgs]

Man, that radiation has sure over welcomed its stay.

[@tigerlep9]

6:30 "I'm just gonna be blowing through guys" - Drae 2024

[@majorschemer4872]

I had to pause and then come to the comments.

[@DrunknHippo]

Waiting for drae to heart this one.

[@randomapche7478]

Damn it's been 2 years already waiting since drae upload this game demo. Time sure do fly quickly

[@JGerrity]

6:29 "Dude, that's so depressing. I'm just going to be blowing through guys, and that's intended..." Drae, I'm sure you have clinched your role as a KZbinr; I don't think you'll have to go that route so long as your nose is clean and you keep making content. 👍👍

[@mihalydozsa2254]

I love the positioning of that slide at the last cutscene :D

[@Cucumber_Dragon]

I searched up the name at 11:04, which is actually a firefighter who responded to the Chernobyl disaster. Only difference is his name isn’t Mykola Ivanovich, but Mykola Tytenok.

[@Kalleion]

The game lists a last name of "Titenok", and Ivanovich is the patronyaic so presumably his father's name was Ivan. Not sure why the spelling of the last name changed, probably a translation quirk or error.

[@ncc.voyager]

@@Kalleion "Titenok" is the Ukrainian translation of "Титенок", with him having been born in the Ukrainian SSR.

[@xxg0zxx]

"I'm just going to be blowing through guys but I guess that's intended..." Are we doing phrasing?

[@joeyfrancetic5811]

Omg, I remembered when you played through the demo of this. It’s was SOOO good. I was so sad when it finished.

[@krjakozjabrik4475]

All the people who Drae played as seem to be based off of real people, so here is a List of them: The first liquidator was called Tishura Volodymyr Ivanovich in game, who was likely based off of Tishura Vladimir Ivanovych, who was the first firefighter to collapse and 2 weeks later die on the 10th of may in a Hospital in Moscow from Stage 4 Acute Radiation Sickness and "Skin and Intestinal Injuries", being posthumously awarded the "Hero of Ukraine on awarding the Order of the Gold Star" in 2006 The second Liquidator Drae played as, called Titenok Mykola Ivanovich in game, who was likely based off of Titenok Nikolai Ivanovych (as a different commentor has been told, Nikolai was the Russian Version of Mykola), who was the second Fireman in his Squad to collapse and was the last Liquidator who Died from ARS on the 16th of May in a Hospital in Moscow (other injuries being external and internal radiation burns, blistered heart and intestinal damage), he was also awarded the "Hero of Ukraine on awarding the Order of the Gold Star" posthumously in 2006 The third Liquidator Drae played as called Ignatenko Vasil Ivanovich in game, who was likely based off of Ignatenko Vasily Ivanovych, who carried the two previous firemen down fom the roof where they collapsed and died from ARS stage 4 along with Skin and Intestinal Injuries on the 13th of May in a Hospital in Moscow, presumabely also receiving the "Hero of Ukraine on awarding the Order of the Gold Star" posthumously in 2006, but the date was not listed on Wikipedia The foruth and last Liquidator Drae played as who died was called Vaschchuk Mykola Vasilyovich in game, likely being based on Vashchuk Nikolai Vasilievich, who died on the 14th of May in a Hospital in Moscow from ARS 4th degree as well as combined Skin and Intestinal Injuries and was also awarded the "Hero of Ukraine on awarding the Order of the Gold Star" posthumously in 2006

[@fitri25]

Make this a series!! Its so interesting!!

[@anteshell]

16:12 It makes perfect sense. It's just that if you ever survive that job, you'll be never making any kids anymore.

[@cakebaker3579]

The bird references you keep seeing they are picking up on dangers we cannot see or detect

[@snerdterguson]

Just checked Mykola Titenok, and at least in his case, he was an actual firefighter who did die at Chernobyl on May 16, 1986. Hopefully the families of those used in this game got compensated for the use of the names.

[@Y.A.A.E.G._Games]

At like 20:45 when he meets scientist, what is with the slide off the roof lmfao

[@xuanlong6400]

Find the room with noise, literally just put away his Geiger counter which makes noise when around radiation.

[@d4rklotus]

Man, spoiler alert would have been nice. I didn’t know what happened to Chernobyl. I’m not that far in the game of life yet :(

[@d4rklotus]

But in all seriousness. Great video :)

[@sherlinmoon7614]

OMGG!! When you said you hearing something beeping… and a car outside horned by as well!! xD It was weird for a bit 😂

[@Sleeper____1472]

Wow, it's been quite a while since I last saw this game. I totally forgot the original was just a demo. Nice to see it was finally finished. As to your question about bird symbolism, it relates to a folklore fable from just before the disaster. It's called the Black Bird of Chernobyl, something workers reported supposedly seeing in the days leading up to the disaster. It was a black humanoid-avian creature, that meant a great catastrophe would soon appear. It's sort of similar to the legend of Moth Man. Unfortunately the majority of people who reported it have since died from radiation poisoning, so very few first accounts exist.

[@Franklin_Johanessan]

Hello bots, and more importantly, HI DRAE!! 👋

[@a_frying_pan69]

Hi

[@masonmcgugan7392]

But I am not a bot :(

[@Franklin_Johanessan]

@@masonmcgugan7392 sorry ❤️

[@GodsGladiator]

Beep boop beep

[@1kvolt1978]

@@masonmcgugan7392 Yeah, sure. All bots say this all the time.

[@AdamKing60]

The demo of this game is what made me subscribe to your channel.

[@Yaromyr21]

Seeing Drae pick up with shovel a piece of graphite from the control rods. Oh no

[@ThatOneDutchie]

I remember when this first came out as a demo and im glad to see it again

[@mattdias3412]

Drae:OMG he literally just coughed up a lung Me:No, He's literally coughing up his whole insides that are being turned to soup by the radiation. LOL

[@nobob8564]

16:12 3 broken legs... It does make sense, and wow, super ouch!

[@misshandledimproperly]

I felt that first shot in the beginning! 😮😂

[@pearsrtasty3326]

Nothing to do with this game, but the series, HBO (I think) had...was extremely sad. They had no idea how to fix the roof (get the pieces of radiated rock off of the roof). Not sure if the series was totally true, but it showed them having people basically volunteer their lives for like 30 or something seconds to get as much rock off of the roof. They were given a little bit of money for their commradness...however...you were going to die no matter what.

[@Field_Marshal_Emu]

Apparently with radiation poisoning / sickness, once the vomiting begins, it's already far too late.

[@vinyfiny]

Drae: "I'm just going to be blowing through guys" PHRASING

[@mrchackerify]

Anyone see the slide on the roof of tha partmentbuilding, at approx 20:30 ? Seems very safe indeed!

[@larry92adventure65]

14:00 drae that’s actually a really famous firefighter from Chernobyl and his name is probably said vasily

[@Max_Gaming14]

Omg i remember you playing the demo i was hooked, love to see it finally done

[@luiscasionan609]

Finally this series continue

[@isaakc5159]

Bro be shoveling graphite (which is the nuclear fuel of the reactor) like it’s a simple fire and cleaning operation💀💀💀

[@JamMighty]

I rememberr when you played r that demo feels like forever

[@arandomsystemglitch2398]

Little fun fact the death toll of chernobyl is probabably not entirely acruate why well there is a small chance that some people espically things like fire fighters from other towns that wouldve probably headed into chernobyl to help fell into the core and since no living person could step more then 3 feet into the turbine hall or reactor core before radation was to much theres likely bodys buried under rubble and with the man power that chernobyl needed and fast before the entirety of eroupe would of been rendered inhabitable from likely a second bigger explosion that would of completely destroyed chernobyl power plant no propper count could of been taken till affter things quiteted down and by then it was to long to confirm as well count would only get higher from there so pretty much any missing person within atleast 10 miles of chernobyl would be considered dead from acute radation posioning infact every single figherfighter in chernobyl when it exploded would have been called to duty to help and every single one would be the first to die within a few weeks and be to exposed to live long term so yeah as far as i know chernobyl is the only time a entire fire department was destroyed

[@captaindelta43]

Man out here giving Chernobyl mega disaster PTSD 😂. Classic Drae

[@sweetvip45]

drae please continue this series, since I did enjoy watching this game.

[@M0LOCK]

Drae trying to grab every piece of graphite he sees 💀

[@camronjanagha5372]

Love you Drae been watching since your first besiege vids

[@prohunter717]

Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this video released, I completely forgot about this game.

[@TopComments58]

Sow excited for this. It's been in a recess of my mind for years

[@scottvisakowitz6326]

Was this supposed to just be a historical depiction? This game is wild.

[@Unionpacificrailfan319]

21:22 Im just concerned that there's a slide on the roof back there

[@alexandersillan8139]

Wow, you said 2 years ago, How long have I been following your channel for then?

[@Summer_dutch]

21:15 in the video what up with the Slide on the roof in the background

[@FurLeatherFeather]

6:30 "I'm just gonna be blowin through guys" lol damn, Drae. You don't gotta go that hard for Pride month.

[@Acirclee]

Drae should check out, "What the car"

[@cncdan1364]

Gotta say its kinda creepy how spot om the site looks.

[@Legobuilder-yp8ig]

I would like to see a pt. 2

[@n1kolodian]

Next up, Being a first responder to the Beirut harbor explosion - Lebanese Disaster VR

[@re_nagisashiota8937]

Thanks man i really appreciate it!

[@Jourdainist]

finally its out!! I remember the demo

[@Me_And_Friends757]

Will Drae ever play occupied Mars again? I had fun watching him play but he just stopped.

[@boomspoon4004]

tbh just standing next to it would kill you in like 10 minutes

[@user-wm6fo4fr1q]

I'm from Ukraine and I'm living close to this city where this happened and this is named Pripyat,not Chernobyl It is the city that is near the place where this happened

[@whatchuwant7588]

I remember you playing the demo

[@bdog_game1]

i love the vids drae

[@Xerxis1988h]

i remember the demo

[@caterpillarrex4932]

i havent seen any thing on this game since the demo dropped and i play it

[@hansabbring8866]

This was insane !

[@spongebob4170]

Method STEP 1 Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. STEP 2 Sit the 1kg beef fillet on a roasting tray, brush with 1 tbsp olive oil and season with pepper, then roast for 15 mins for medium-rare or 20 mins for medium. When the beef is cooked to your liking, remove from the oven to cool, then chill in the fridge for about 20 mins. STEP 3 While the beef is cooling, chop 250g chestnut (and wild, if you like) mushrooms as finely as possible so they have the texture of coarse breadcrumbs. You can use a food processor to do this, but make sure you pulse-chop the mushrooms so they don’t become a slurry. STEP 4 Heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil and 50g butter in a large pan and fry the mushrooms on a medium heat, with 1 large sprig fresh thyme, for about 10 mins stirring often, until you have a softened mixture. STEP 5 Season the mushroom mixture, pour over 100ml dry white wine and cook for about 10 mins until all the wine has been absorbed. The mixture should hold its shape when stirred. STEP 6 Remove the mushroom duxelle from the pan to cool and discard the thyme. STEP 7 Overlap two pieces of cling film over a large chopping board. Lay 12 slices prosciutto on the cling film, slightly overlapping, in a double row. STEP 8 Spread half the duxelles over the prosciutto, then sit the fillet on it and spread the remaining duxelles over. STEP 9 Use the cling film’s edges to draw the prosciutto around the fillet, then roll it into a sausage shape, twisting the ends of cling film to tighten it as you go. STEP 10 Chill the fillet while you roll out the pastry. STEP 11 Dust your work surface with a little flour. Roll out a third of the 500g pack of puff pastry to a 18 x 30cm strip and place on a non-stick baking sheet. STEP 12 Roll out the remainder of the 500g pack of puff pastry to about 28 x 36cm. STEP 13 Unravel the fillet from the cling film and sit it in the centre of the smaller strip of pastry. STEP 14 Beat the 2 egg yolks with 1 tsp water and brush the pastry’s edges, and the top and sides of the wrapped fillet. STEP 15 Using a rolling pin, carefully lift and drape the larger piece of pastry over the fillet, pressing well into the sides. STEP 16 Trim the joins to about a 4cm rim. Seal the rim with the edge of a fork or spoon handle. STEP 17 Glaze all over with more egg yolk and, using the back of a knife, mark the beef Wellington with long diagonal lines taking care not to cut into the pastry. STEP 18 Chill for at least 30 mins and up to 24 hrs. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. STEP 19 Brush the Wellington with a little more egg yolk and cook until golden and crisp - 20-25 mins for medium-rare beef, 30 mins for medium. Allow to stand for 10 mins before serving in thick slices.

[@_Jobe]

That's a lot of agility to be wearing a rubber suit.

[@Kasperbjerby]

I find it a little odd that you pick up medicine and stuff in your inventory, but the game is making you die so it fits the real story, so what is the use of your inventory and all the items you pick up?

[@crazykids2004]

The most disturbing human disaster their ever was

[@TylerYounes]

Will you even return to construction simulator?

[@wika1117]

6:31 "I'll be blowing thru guys" Drae you don't need to tell us what you do in your personal time just stick talking about the game 😁

[@Pen-sq7bj]

Would be nice to get the keys to all these doors bruh

[@skirne_]

Drae, I'm pretty sure this story about parkouring ninja firefighters dying and following each others exact path is not accurate

[@OriginalMrBandicoot]

Someone make a snippet of drae at 6:31 😂 thank me after lmao

[@XMJX647]

Why did their shadows not disappear in the intro

[@mikistenbeck6517]

that would be a digusting way to go, the last thing you saw before dying was to barf up, not only your breakfest, but quite possibly also a flipping lung, LITERALLY. EW.

[@williammiller3909]

Very cool!

[@edwingarcia6799]

Hahaha lmfao blowing thru guys lol

[@artspartz5058]

Fishing planet pleaseee😢

[@roberttownsend1447]

Did he say he's blowing through guys?

[@JohnM51982]

Dude what about the med kits. Your killing me smalls is what your firefighters are saying.

[@storfarbrorn489]

6:31 well..

[@Fir3Ba77]

was it just me or was the game volume way to low? barely could hear them talking in the end without having you way too loud

[@amadeusjohansson]

I was watching a walkthrough of the same game

[@Fridaynightmixtape]

Check the slide on the roof. To the top left of the screen. Lol 20:43 I knew Russians like Parkor but this is too much.

[@Void7002.]

MOREEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Keksstar]

You die on purpose... it´s about the people who lost their lives there.

[@melazichek]

Chernobyl isn’t in russia it is in Ukraine!

[@kerrybecker9428]

It was part of the Soviet Union

[@greenerell484]

the dangers on nuclear

[@TTactical101]

Weren’t soldiers given a chance to either fight in Afghanistan for 2 years, or go into the reactor for just 2 minutes?

[@A-J17]

Yay, I love this game

[@lord-racerd6541]

6:25 that's what she said 😂

[@PrimeB127Smokescreen]

If this game is based of of real families and there stories, I wonder what happened to the last guys family (the one with the dead wife and old fling ) anr by the insane chance one of his descendants see this ,hi