The Chernobyl Liquidators

☢️April 26, 1986 was the date of the worst nuclear disaster in history. ☢️
What was supposed to be a standard safety test, ended up with the explosion of reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine, in the Soviet Union.
Once the fire was extinguished, and the danger of further explosions eliminated, what remained was a complete mess.
It was a mess that someone had to clean up.
Around 600,000 people were recruited by the Soviet government for the job.
They were known as Liquidators.
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Created by Daniel Turner
Script: Dejan Milivojevic
Narrator:
Bryan 'Lazlo' Beauregard

[@timothypryor7952]

They didn't just protect their country, they protected the world.

[@smokyblackeyes3615]

we should be thankful.

[@brettbush7491]

Sadly very few of them knew of the terrors to their health

[@Thomas-jp1ni]

After they fucked it up.

[@k1Llas]

Their effort led up to nothing after the old sarcophagus was leaking, but thru the decades the radiation weakened. The new safe confinement indeed did it's job. The diver's job was to open 3 valves in the basement to prevent the fuel from reaching the water and making another explosion destroying everything in a 30KM radius.

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@Thomas-jp1ni you know nothing Thomas

[@jesusmartvya]

There's a monument in a town near Chernobyl NPP named: "For all those who saved the world" Edit: Pripyat is the city where workers at the ChNPP used to live with their families.

[@metalheadblues]

That's beautiful and tragic at the same time

[@reb7373]

It's about the list the Soviets made, 31 direct deaths. some firefighters, and workers.

[@reb7373]

@@jesusmartvya Of course they were included in there too.

[@moderncombatbricks9264]

The City called pripyat

[@vitaliiyakovlev2264]

There is a bell held by two hands monument with inscriptions honoring the liquidators in Bataysk

[@textmachine09]

"This is the price they paid for serving and protecting the country." I think he meant the WHOLE WORLD.

[@thuviqua5320]

Still the price is too high :((

[@taxfraud1212]

@@thuviqua5320 No price is too high to save billions

[@coffee4682]

@@taxfraud1212 the world? only Europe/parts of Western Asia.

[@benparr7310]

@@coffee4682 still important

[@feelx.5875]

Just most of Europe and parts of asia. America wouldn't get touched. But still, without that part of the world, the world would be in danger.

[@GenScinmore]

"Voluntary" is being a bit generous to conscripts.

[@lettuceman9439]

Not really most of those who joined came due to the high payment offered by the soviet Government. However Some are conscripted specially at the late stages of the clean-up.

[@blakevannest5893]

Lol

[@Someone-lr6gu]

A lot of the people were volunteers, because someone had to do it. There were regularily recruited people though. My grandfather was supposed to be sent as a liquidator, but he wasn't since he had 3 kids.

[@thegamingspiffo8711]

Well... why are you here

[@michaelg492]

My family member was a volunteer, he was not forced by anyone and neither was he paid anything. He flew in from Latvia to help with the clean up. People weren't forced to do this, being selfless is something you western people don't understand

[@noble9864]

"Fifty thousand people used to live here. Now it's a ghost town."

[@LeeEverett1]

Can't watch a Chernobyl video without seeing a COD reference

[@zombiehalo9588]

@@LeeEverett1 yep it's like the law or something

[@NSLuke]

Yes

[@supersoldier64]

@@LeeEverett1 what about stalker?

[@GunnerHeatFire]

Yes

[@raypod5964]

RIP for those men that helped reduce the radiation from further spread, true heroes.

[@jonathansotelo4877]

How many also gave their lives in the initial explosion to buy time for the others? I remember hearing about a team of engineers working the plant had done that rather than evacuate.

[@datuhuginn5079]

Love your profile picture

[@milicajac689]

Well they made it they are responsble for it

[@archosauropre-historico8708]

F

[@vachulak7737]

@@milicajac689 not actually true, if you want to more know about the explosion watch Chernobyl 5th episode

[@flaggboi]

Never forget the 3 divers who saved the entirety of europe. 2 of them still live till this day. They and all of the helping hands in this tragedy, are the only reason you can live in Europe. Be grateful. May the lost souls rest peacefully.

[@flaggboi]

@Omar 11112They survived because they didn't inhale, drink,eat or get radiation into their system any other way. This means only strong radiation traveled thought their bodies, but not harm them enough to be harmful.

[@flaggboi]

@Omar 11112 they prevented a second explosion which would make europe inhabitable

[@reb7373]

@@flaggboi But their suits were made out of lead, stopping the gamma radiation.

[@Hackerackerackeracker]

@Omar 11112 Yes. It would have. You know what radiation is, right?

[@coffee4682]

@Omar 11112 Yes. Sand was dropped into the core and melted into lava, which would eventually melt through concrete into two water tanks. The steam explosion would be equal to 2-4 megatons of TNT, blowing up in a 30 KM radius. It would scatter radioactive dust all over Europe and irradiate millions of people, causing millions of mutations and deaths from cancer/birth defects. Yes, it would have been disastrous.

[@magicplayer84]

Emergency service men always made the ultimate sacrifice... No matter who they , where they from, i had only respect for them

[@caturix4541]

had? so you dont have it anymore? :D

[@nakajima4058]

I hope there will no kid that says: aNd WOm3n ToO

[@Pulpet-mt9le]

My grandfather was a one of this Heroes he died in October. He was 72 years old.

[@yaroslavprotsenko4116]

Царство небесное...

[@RadX_98]

May he rest in peace

[@supershaggy4271]

gg

[@leopard6958]

Rip

[@filipkronvall6409]

Then let the Hero rest in peace knowing he has saved the world along with his comrades

[@sergeantsalad1883]

The autopsy table where they placed the fire fighters' bodies is still highly radioactive to this day...

[@aprilrichards762]

So are the firefighters' uniforms in the basement.

[@yazmanhamidyazman673]

@@aprilrichards762 i think it is still there.....try look at the documentary

[@aprilrichards762]

@@yazmanhamidyazman673 I watched a guy who went into the hospital and into the basement in 2019, I think.

[@justsomedumbassontheintern6987]

They where buried in zinc coffins and under concrete. So for billions of years there bodies will be under all that. Rip

[@flyingplatypus7272]

@@justsomedumbassontheintern6987 imagine hundreds of thousands of years in the future, what could happen if they got uncovered

[@TrueMobster]

Brave men 🙌🏼

[@TheexoticSad]

Wuts up

[@scoopdyhoop5306]

@@TheexoticSad nmu?

[@yamimayonnaise5378]

Women as well

[@luminarymani]

and women :)

[@susanafinkbeiner1913]

Yup

[@maximnaumov3391]

My uncle was a liquidator and he dies with cancer. He was very good man. 🙏

[@thekiller7994]

What year did he die in?

[@safwanmalik5703]

@@madfrickinhank346 sounds like a month to me 🧢

[@davidfilonenko90]

my condolences for your uncle he's a hero he's not only saved USSR but saved the world

[@bongwatergaming]

@@madfrickinhank346 he said year

[@bruhmoment2306]

I HIGHLY doubt that 🧢

[@ju.h_man]

"He's delusional. Take him to the infirmary"

[@ju.h_man]

@@stc3145 it's not 3 roentgen. Its fifteen thousand

[@peaveyst7]

@@ju.h_man "what does that number mean"

[@a.r.aproductions1569]

@@peaveyst7 lt means the core is open

[@BosnianDragon]

@@a.r.aproductions1569 Fomin: *surprised pikachu face*

[@gyurto]

They tested if it was safe or not, it turned out to be not

[@greenthunder1000]

When you reach your 50 year energy goal in 0.3 microseconds

[@eltonjohntubola3212]

How much energy was release in 1 swcond tho?

[@Salemchevy]

@@eltonjohntubola3212 to much and to fast to count. We only know the start and the finale number

[@Governor2310]

@@eltonjohntubola3212 the plant could only handle 3,300 megawatts per hour. Before the plant explode it was at over 33,000 megawatts. That may not have been the end number because the reactor exploded.

[@guegaming4722]

@@eltonjohntubola3212 IDC

[@supermemerboi1587]

“Man, the population of the Soviet Union is expanding pretty rapidly, how are we gonna keep up with their energy demands?” *1 picosecond later* “Aaaaaaaand we’re good”

[@thepaperfootballleague2313]

“Are you daft, stay out of the radioactive areas” CPT.-McMillan

[@damonleaphart1464]

"50,000 people use to live here.... Now it's a ghost town"

[@michaelwittmann3479]

@@damonleaphart1464 not actually but yeah only small amount of people didnt leave

[@almaz.8802]

Prepare your balls , the comment section is going to be filled with HBO Chernobyl, COD 4 , and Stalker references

[@stoptakingusernamepls6381]

A lot LOT of stalker refrence

[@Ari_Drwz]

**stalking intensifies**

[@crusty_cookie3099]

TOO MUCH RADIATION

[@matictelic]

A ну чееки брееки и в дамке

[@mikecampos1193]

Go away stalker you don't belong.

[@2xtoo145]

Shoutout to the people who found out that the elephant’s foot resisted drills, but found out that they could damage it with a Kalashnikov rifle

[@Y10HK29]

Soviet problems require soviet solutions -some guy on r/historymemes

[@quintonrobson6180]

"drill breaks for the 10th time" Soviet solider: CYKA BLYAT *grabs AK

[@Someone-jz5pl]

@@quintonrobson6180 "wait,ivan,do it again"

[@caro7048]

Such is life in the Zone

[@R.0513]

7.62 Just breaks to rough things!

[@RivadoShido]

I honestly cant keep thinking how cool "liquidator" name is. As cool as their heroism and bravery

[@D87ify]

The heroism is what makes there name cool.

[@ehanoldaccount5893]

Pretty sure that was the name of certain SS units, for ughhh.. other reasons..

[@arnowisp6244]

There and look and name reminds me of a cut half life 2 enemy.

[@thebluebrain8114]

wdym?

[@Thlormby]

@@arnowisp6244 cremator?

[@The-Plaguefellow]

*Something-something S.T.A.L.K.E.R. reference.* In all seriousness, these guys must've had balls of frickin' tungsten to do as much as they did.

[@spacecorpse3212]

deadly anomalies, dangerous mutants, and bandits none of them will stop duty on its march to save the world from the zone

[@Ari_Drwz]

Stay Calm Because Such Life Is in The Zone

[@spacecorpse3212]

@@Ari_Drwz words to live by

[@Jay-mq2ng]

As thick as lead as heavy as tungsten and they still standing tall

[@cheedam8738]

the world collapsed under the weight of their tungsten balls

[@ivankrasnov2766]

"Stay tuned for part 2 where we'll discuss the daily life of a stalker in the zone years after."

[@michaelboyd395]

CHEEKI BREEKI WHERE'S STRELOK

[@ashleymessing9174]

A NUU CHEEKI BREEKI IV DAMKE!

[@dtey6720]

Only men of culture here i see Good hunting stalkers

[@peaveyst7]

@@michaelboyd395 skadovsk

[@not7170]

Get out of here stalker

[@tei3340]

the fact that this was a safety test just makes it more terrifying

[@KaiserStormTracking]

Mhm. Ukraine must still be wanted reperations about it from the Russian goverment

[@user-bw4ec4bm2t]

I think it was something else

[@bryanhernandez1829]

@@user-bw4ec4bm2t nah it was a safety test, but they fucked up alot

[@BosnianDragon]

Should have pressed that F5 button to refresh the rods.

[@microwavedlemon5642]

The fact that there was a guy that killed all those pets is also sad

[@sirendude]

Honestly these guys should've gotten a lot of praise. They cleaned up everything and risked their own lives. Edit: Can you guys just ignore the 2nd reply? I know the guy is stupid, but he's just a troll. You're just falling for his bait.

[@Interdictiondeltawing]

Same

[@saphixs9372]

@USA 2 MEXICO The ability to speak does not make you intelligent

[@tommyboy1504]

@USA 2 MEXICO No

[@RyujinRoninReach]

@USA 2 MEXICO based on...?

[@aarronmorton1731]

they did get a liquidator medal, not that a medal does much though.

[@johnh.jr.6970]

“50,000 people used to live here, now it’s a ghost-town”-Cpt.McMillan

[@The-Big-Boss]

the correct quote is "50,000 people used to live here now it's a ghost town"

[@g3lo218]

@@The-Big-Boss nice i was gonna correct that qoute but you did it already

[@johnh.jr.6970]

@@The-Big-Boss thank you so much I just have not played in so long I forgot lol

[@The-Big-Boss]

@@johnh.jr.6970 no issue you gonna edit the comment?

[@johnh.jr.6970]

@@The-Big-Boss Yeah thanks

[@-emeedee-]

Not all heroes wear capes, they wear OP-1M protective coats. Rip to these awesome people

[@Wiener-Fag]

_"Hey, is that red light supposed to be beeping?"_ -Chernobyl scientist

[@thekhans2823]

Lol

[@turtle7792]

Beeping?

[@adaniwater442]

Famous last words...

[@SoggyCoffeeAddict]

Was Homer actually Russian? Maybe that's the plant he worked at

[@mohdzairul1158]

"Uhhh no" -Chernobyl scientist 2

[@davidreddington4381]

Leaving aside the politics and possible human errors that could have caused the disaster. These people were and will be heroes, they deserve recognition and respect.

[@deeperthantheabyss624]

Who knows what would happen if they failed

[@flovanhoorn5444]

Amen.

[@SIK_Mephisto]

indeed, we often let political standings get in the way of remembering heroes but these at their core were simply men and women protecting their family, friends, and neighbors, even if it meant giving up themselves in the process. regardless of where or why these values are commendable and its truly awe inspiring to think so many willingly helped and over-shifted for this task.

[@Gravity_studioss]

*Salutes *

[@jok6inas944]

they were forced to do the job there wasn't a sentence i don't want to

[@iggyster.]

Chernobyl: *explodes* USSR: *tries to keep this incident a secret* Sweden: CHERNOBYL EXPLODED!!!!! Europe, Americas, and Asia: O_O

[@lenin4074]

cringe

[@mohammedhersi5774]

Sweden had to snitch. -_-

[@Crucisphinx]

@@mohammedhersi5774 It’s not technically snitching if you’re neutral

[@taxfraud1212]

@@mohammedhersi5774 I know people up in northern sweden that got permanent radioactive damage, it was for the better

[@chrisheard5727]

@@taxfraud1212 Which was for the better? People getting radiation damage or Sweden telling the world?

[@andrei01918]

"The Sarchophagus" **proceeds to put a drawing of the New Safe Confinement** C'mon I expected more from you.

[@cherissesinclair284]

Should've removed the reactor from chernobyl and dispose it

[@konfu_ion]

@@cherissesinclair284 And where do you suppose they disperse tons of radiation? Even moving it is far too dangerous to take a risk, there isn't anywhere for it to be disposed of. Building an enclosure around it is quite possibly the best case scenario.

[@cherissesinclair284]

@@konfu_ion probably bury it in a confinement

[@olivierquetel8204]

@@konfu_ion they should put it in a massive rocket and send it to space

[@kishtarn555]

​@@olivierquetel8204 Kinda hard to do that, bc the size of the rocket should be way too big. It would be very expensive and difficult. There are tons and tons of contaminated material. Even if it were possible to create such rocket, moving radioactive material is dangerous bc it releases dust. And moving it around may cause another reaction, explosion or critical-accident.

[@blackstone1a]

If anyone deserves the title of “Giga-Chad”, it’s these guys.

[@dorayak8051]

Still need to be 6 feet above bruu

[@dzombaj_ga]

No they deserve title of Terra-Chad

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

Pizdeckiy-Chad

[@coffee4682]

why are you calling Soviet men from '86 giga chads, they do not speak your language and they do not care, most have died of thyroid cancer by now

[@NiCoNiCoNiCola]

@@coffee4682 you must be fun at parties. Shame nobody wants you there

[@DV1287]

You gotta give them credit. These people risked their lives to contain a huge radiation disaster and succeeded in containing it, with an enormous price of their life.

[@Gameprojordan]

I always use chernobyl as a prime example of the average mediocrity and carelessness of soviet leaders when faced with issues

[@nou4360]

@@Gameprojordan yes, it was especially idiotic and incompetent during it's last years.

[@ronniegriffith4361]

@@nou4360 they didn't cause the disaster on purpose they pushed the cool down button to the fourth reactor and the steam building up and then exploded.

[@ronniegriffith4361]

@@Gameprojordan the disaster was unexpected and they couldn't predict it from happening.

[@lorden3657]

@@ronniegriffith4361 perhaps it was too late to cool down,the steam inside may have gotten too highly presuarised,rip to brave comrads

[@Chicken_Enthusiast1]

Radiation: *Exists* Chernobyl liquidators: imma about to end this mans whole career

[@zamlightning7341]

Chernobyl Liquidators: about to end radiations whole career Radiation:I’m about to end their cells whole career

[@zamlightning7341]

@@user-tv3ik9qi9x Stops both radiation and humans

[@UnitedNationsSecretariat]

Radiation: Exists Liquidator: imma about to end my whole career

[@user-wh9jj8ym5m]

They cleaned not the radiation but graphite pieces and radioactive dust left from the explosion.

[@TheBestPybro]

I believe one of the military staff in charge of organizing the clean up was interviewed and recorded saying "Someone had to do it." A pretty accurate statement... A special thank you to those brave men and women

[@jaywilliams9294]

The people who dislike this video are in shock get them out of here

[@BosnianDragon]

Get them to infirmary. They're delusional.

[@eVieww]

yea I'm in shock why this video doesn't mention any of the most important things to know about this case. But then again, its simple history I guess.

[@Whatamievingdoing]

@@BosnianDragon no no no this is where we need a gulag

[@TheDrewker]

@Fire Extinguisher IT'S BOTS.

[@folkdom_1236]

@Fire Extinguisher probably Australians trying to like the vid

[@joshuaeruela5274]

"What are the cost of lies?"

[@niko8287]

?

[@H-Channels]

@@niko8287 its a quote from the chernobyl serie

[@niko8287]

@@H-Channels ah

[@OnyeNacho]

6:50 - Think I found where Half-Life 2 got their inspiration for the Combine masks.

[@griefyn]

yes

[@johnsheppard5257]

Half life 2 is my shit,I still play that game

[@theanonymouswayz3566]

@@johnsheppard5257 Same

[@poe1038]

Pick up that can.

[@deipenasoares1869]

@@poe1038 alright,you can go.

[@itzzzleo8921]

exploded during safety test. *ironic*

[@nibwit4650]

They tried to experiment with the reactors in a test. T R I E D

[@Not_Oliver.17]

Its not safety test Its *DANGER* test

[@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU]

It wasnt a safety test tho..

[@soldierorsomething]

Well in Soviet Russia safety means danger!!

[@kdrapertrucker]

Not if you are familiar with soviet nuclear reactor history. The communist party gave absolutely no F@#ks about their own people. They cut corners on absolutely everything.

[@FuriousHellHound74]

"Chernobyl liquidators" sounds like a Red alert unit

[@kaiserkiefer1760]

Unit ready: Unit lost: died from radiation.

[@ExeErdna]

TRAINING.... UNIT READY! "Meltdown!"

[@shaider1982]

Yup, like a special version of the RA2 unit.

[@ottovonbasedmark]

@@shaider1982 just what I thought

[@shaider1982]

@@ExeErdna "there goes the neighborhood"

[@rejvaik00]

"A real hero is one who plants trees knowing full well that they will never sit beneath them" Mass respect 👍 liquidators

[@bryson.7990]

2:07 that’s the best damn animation I’ve ever seen

[@AfterFridayPL]

*Roses are Red* *This quote is unbearable* *3.6 Roentgen* *Not Great, Not Terrible*

[@Giraffe69420]

yes

[@baconpower3472]

Just a random Robloxian did they use the good dosimeter from the safe?

[@AfterFridayPL]

@@baconpower3472 it maxed out, 200 roentgen

[@joemamaobama6863]

youre delusional

[@mrbisshie]

At least the Soviet Union met their 5 year power plan, in a few seconds!

[@gloriousphantom7905]

Those few 15 year olds that helped: Sorry Ivan, I cannot hang out after school this Wednesday. Why not? I’m helping my dad clean up a nuclear disaster. You too?!

[@johnh.jr.6970]

sorry on a sense that was I am sorry.

[@user-vf3vv8xg9w]

hi john

[@mr.tomatohead3709]

That’s kind of a sad thought, father’s unaware of what they’re risking with their kids

[@johnh.jr.6970]

Original was:lol

[@johnh.jr.6970]

@@user-vf3vv8xg9w hey lucky

[@astrobot3000]

2:43 that isn't the sarcophagus, that's the arch that was built to cover the sarcophagus that has been decaying over time

[@Welshman2008]

4:26 "Comrade Soldier! You're done."

[@daustin8888]

"You're dealing with something that has never occurred on this planet before"

[@monolithza7159]

Damn Right Legasov.(I think Thats How You Spell The Name)

[@generalmits]

If you think that is true look up the kishtym disaster

[@beareble-lion4446]

I believe past society's were as or more advanced than current society's.

[@theemperor-wh40k18]

@@beareble-lion4446 how come?

[@zenoblues7787]

@@beareble-lion4446 Depends on one's definition of advanced. As an example plumbing has existed for at least 2000 years in the form of aqua ducts, but kept being lost due to the expertise required to create and maintain them. On the other hand computers are a comparatively much more recent inventions with transistor computers being invented in the mid 50's. There is essentially no comparison to previous methods of computing and calculating mathematics. With computers we can preform calculations that would be almost impossible for human mathematician to calculate. These calculations can be preformed far faster then the human brain and are statically less likely to contain errors.

[@garfieldman2380]

"I was in the toilet." -Anatoly "Not great, not terrible" Dyatlov

[@billmers3219]

Dyatlov ...what a story!!! What are your thoughts??

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Alexander the great Ivan the terrible Dyatlov the not great not terrible

[@isaaclee3271]

We're lucky this isn't the Marvel universe otherwise we'd have a whole bunch of Hulks running around due to all the people exposed to gamma radiation

[@damnsonwheredyoufindthis.3830]

or fallout one, though those creatures would be far easier to kill than hulks

[@scpfoundation1065]

RIP to the fallen liquidators. Your loss was for a good cause, and we are thankful for your service to us.

[@smokeyplane3285]

Man, I think that the firefighters were some of the bravest in that event, even if they didn't know it.

[@mikeuy5450]

They be like: Send it

[@takitachibana1267]

Like in the series 1 held a graphite block (you know, where the reactor control rods house in) Yeah, must have been very very painfull indeed.

[@wifispotter]

read about the firefighters in 9/11 raw bravery

[@tentuva5499]

You shouldn’t make it into contest. Serves zero purpose and dishonors heroes in 9/11 and Chernobyl.

[@jebsie861]

@@takitachibana1267 that has actually happaned irl too.

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

Captain McMillan:"50,000 people used to live in this city now it's a ghost town."

[@tableentertainment7644]

Nope he didn’t copy, he commented as soon as the video came out witch means he wrote it without knowing there were other ones.

[@wolfstudios4297]

No I don’t want to

[@squirrele.1266]

“I’ve never seen anything like this”

[@AshFurAshFur]

Thank you for that moment of silence at the end, it really does send home the message against other videos, it induces a solemn feeling but one of respect for those that put themselves in danger to protect what would’ve been the world from paying the price.

[@SSG64]

I went to the Chernobyl in 2016 before they rolled on the new sarcophagus. Went to both the destroyed reactor and the city Pripyat. Was picked up in Kiev by a guy and was given a geiger counter. In Kiev the radiation was 0,16 units. When i got to Pripyat it was 20,35 units and the geiger counters alarm went off like crazy, especially when i was inside the old hospital where the firemen had been treated. Their clothes are still in the basement and are highly radioactive.

[@nematolvajkergetok5104]

According to liquidators, the hunting squads were a myth. While the soldiers did shoot a few pets left behind, but they didn't go after every single one of them, as it would've been impossible, and even if they did, there were still scores of wild animals and birds who carried radioactivity.

[@xeanderman6688]

My mom always tells me that on the 1st of May, they were forced out to the annual Communist March and it has rained that day. She says that our family suffers from cancer ever since then. I just hope we all stay safe until we find permanent treatment.

[@viper_7712]

lol cancer cells go brrrrrrrrr

[@gayanudugampola8973]

@@viper_7712 dude. Uncool.

[@calebeggers8357]

@@viper_7712 just no. Why would you

[@Yeoldepube]

@@viper_7712 lmao

[@viper_7712]

@@gayanudugampola8973 haha brrrrr

[@ceu160193]

My dad was there, 10 days after disaster. Still alive and well.

[@swarnalathasrikrishnan5403]

They saved all of us but any of them barely survived

[@CheddarMannn]

I guess you took too much from HBO's show - They weren't even allowed for 90 seconds. It was around 40 - Firefighters weren't mostly aware of the danger; here's a quote: " *I saw a black brick on the ground. Misha asked: "Is that graphite?" I kicked one piece, but other firefighter picked it up. "It's hot" he said.* "

[@ImPedofinderGeneral]

there is no problem to pick up interesting reactor parts if you going to suicide mission anyway

[@supertrinigamer]

@@ImPedofinderGeneral they didn't know what it is

[@supertrinigamer]

I agree. People watch it then think they're an expert on Chernobyl

[@comradekenobi6908]

@@supertrinigamer and then make annoying quotes from it 24/7 everytime someone makes a new Chernobyl vid X(

[@supertrinigamer]

@@comradekenobi6908 That's the worst part!!! "3.6 roentgen" We don't know for sure if djatlow said that, and people think they're some kind of nuclear engineer

[@greensocks5721]

0:14 this dude hitting the quan wtf?

[@terminator6552]

Oh... Ohhh nooo...

[@cloudysoup9056]

Uh oh!!! Amerikan spy

[@user-kl5td3jb9u]

@@terminator6552 imagine him getting snipe later... Wait...

[@nikitaastakhov9252]

@@user-kl5td3jb9u HOL UP

[@thetreepeople7001]

DETECTIVE

[@user-jy2sj6md9y]

We have a monument for liquidators near our university (a lot of physiсists were recruted from our uni in Dolgoprudny). Вечная память!

[@user-kt2il5cx9d]

Хоть кто то руский,и да весная память!

[@Paul_Sergeyev]

Thank you for the video! The moment od silence at the end is really touching.

[@ender_banditabondonedchann1164]

Honestly give praise on the persons who volunteers to clean up the mess

[@DuckDelicious]

no one volunteerd, all was forse to do that!

[@zik336]

@@DuckDelicious Nope, there were volunteers. I don't understand why foreign people (Excluding ex-Soviet states) really hate USSR/Russia, both sides (USA and USSR) are guilty in Cold War, none of them technically won it, or would ever win it. MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) is what could've happen in case of full-blown nuclear war. I'm a Russian person and I'm watching quite a lot of historical content, in both, English and Russian. Now, explain why you'd think that they all were forced to do that.

[@calebemotta8107]

@@zik336 maybe because it was a very authoritarian state? There were a lot of volunteers, obviously, but none of them were forced? Are you sure?

[@zik336]

@@calebemotta8107 I did not say that there was no people that were forced. People were serving their duty by being liquidators at Chernobyl, if not them, world might've been way different from what we know it right now.

[@DuckDelicious]

@@zik336 Well I am from Latvia an USSR where killing lot people and forsed to go to the cernobile.

[@MCPOSJ117films]

Homer Simpson was working in Reactor 4 that day.

[@srujan00]

It was Frank Grimes' day off.

[@Vin_solo]

Now Homers now suffering from PTSD

[@TheBozz346]

I have so much respect for every single man and women, fireman, nurse, doctor, miners, pilots who flew right above the reactor and ever one who helped cleaning this mess up.

[@pawansharma27]

Salute sir🇮🇳🇮🇳 from India you saved so many innocent lives

[@Asgoga]

Thanks for making this video! My own uncle was Liquidator, he was called to go there as a Lithuanian - Soviet Army soldier. He died 5y ago from a horrible intestine cancer, which is attributed to his work in Ukraine as Liquidator

[@markfryer9880]

May he now at last be at peace! One of the many who paid the price for this disaster.

[@slavyori2140]

My mother was but a kid when the catastrophe happened, and all she remembers of it was “we were simply not allowed to go out” and that’s it.

[@SovietCharlie]

Thats actually the best you can do on a nuclear disaster xD

[@splizzex]

your mother has something to hide

[@awetistic5295]

I was two months old and playing outside when the radioactive cloud passed by. There was no warning from the gouvernment, they didn't consider it a health risk. I always wondered if it has caused at least some of my health issues.

[@popadelic2719]

Ah it was only 3.6 Roentgen tho. Not great, not terrible.

[@AQtheUnboxer]

THERE IS NO GRAPHITE!

[@jarlevanlandeghem8595]

How does an RBMK explode

[@popadelic2719]

@@AQtheUnboxer *as dyotlov stares into the most graphite Graphite to ever exist*

[@raybrunken9707]

Lies

[@shacus945]

My father got cancer because of it but he is well now. I'm proud of him. Thank you for the video.

[@PhongPilot0402]

"There's nothing sane about Chernobyl"

[@maotisjan]

Well said

[@mustafahassan3584]

Keeping in mind that this was the first time such thing had happened, they had done a good job.

[@generalmits]

Look up the kyshytm disatser

[@jakubslavik5595]

That's not true. The disaster of Chernobyl is just the most known.

[@orangecat504]

@@jakubslavik5595 true but also the worst on the nuculear disaster scale tied now with Fukushima

[@mrbrown6896]

7:58 As if they had a choice. Commander "You have two choices, you can take this job as a Liquidator or you can choose option B, that pre dug hole in the ground. What is your choice?"

[@Koalalari]

These men were truly heroes, brave men who knew the danger yet went in many times voluntarily.

[@RangerSidewinder]

Last time I was this early Chernobyl was intact.

[@MrSleepy677]

Get out of here Stalker

[@pops7249]

lol

[@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012]

Now its ruled by elite brainwashed soldiers

[@pops7249]

@@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 sad

[@borisslavk01nolastname91]

@@ididntmeantoshootthatvietn5012 All hail the monolith

[@DSMCasual]

Liquidiator: Should we clean the Foot? Liquidiator 2: No. Liquidiator: Why? Liquidiator 2: Cause it Glowing. *Both staring at the Elephant Foots*

[@lasombra1469]

Boy those two are going to die after being to close to the elephant foot

[@DSMCasual]

@@lasombra1469 And I always been wondering how can the “Elephants Foots” be removed? 🤔😬

[@mrslinkydragon9910]

@@DSMCasual it wasnt, its still there

[@malaya1950]

@The Rational Rifleman how radioactive can mess up camera?

[@vincezockt127]

@@malaya1950 the Gamma,Beta and Alpha Rays distord the light of the sind and other Things that's why the camera was distorded

[@lez6442]

Probably my favorite video of your so far

[@jfiles640]

"serving and protecting the world" there is no borders to fight for when it comes to a nuclear disaster.

[@izanagi711]

I've always loved the brief moment of silence at the ending. Such a simple and brief moment of respect for these people.

[@lynlewis8606]

"It isn't harmful it's just like a chest xray"

[@thekhans2823]

That is what many said, right after the accident

[@admiralversio]

@@thekhans2823 r/woooosh

[@leadpiper]

@@admiralversio shut up

[@lynlewis8606]

I've never got this many likes on this channel thx guys ;)

[@vincezockt127]

@@admiralversio r/igotreddit

[@OrigenalDarkMew]

0:13 Man boogies his way on out 😆

[@lorddaquanofhouserastafari4177]

Thank you firemen and all the people who cleaned up that mess

[@LinkofHyrule1996]

Notice how these animations were recreated from HBO's Chernobyl miniseries.

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

Good job figure out lugia you're so smart (irony)

[@LinkofHyrule1996]

@@daniellap.stewart6839 No need to be sarcastic, who wouldn't want to do that after how great the miniseries was. P.S. your grammar and English needs some work.

[@haydongunn7948]

@@daniellap.stewart6839 no need to be rude Lugia just made comparison

[@harrisonreber6936]

Yes

[@galvatron0810]

I like when they're running on the roof

[@kaplox]

I own one of the liquidator’s medals. I often wonder what the recipient did in their service to get the medal.

[@lorenzoeli2939]

How did you get it

[@OneLekgolo]

@@lorenzoeli2939 he liquidated the guy

[@kaplox]

@@lorenzoeli2939 Military surplus websites sell them, but you can buy some on amazon and eBay (although these may be fakes).

[@jahseh_onfroy8952]

cool

[@phantom-sj9lk]

If its real you better clean it

[@coruscantguardclone4796]

Who here thinks that the PBF Gad Mask looks like a combine helmet from half-life 2? That could be were they got the inspiration.

[@hildaalone2232]

The PMG gas mask is the inspiration

[@MD_Films]

@@hildaalone2232 both are, and maybe other mask.

[@syos1979]

Never forget the Chernobyl Liquidators. True heroes, all of them,

[@alanwestmoreland6152]

*after the robots malfunctioned, they had to be replaced with humans, the bio-robots* Never change, soviet union.

[@xninewxw7559]

Actually, the robots got stuck in molten debris.

[@kraigisboss]

@@xninewxw7559 That was part of the problem but the radiation literally cooked the receiver and transmitter on the robot plus destroy the motherboard or the equivalent of it. The radiation level it was rated for was far too low for the area of operation.

[@lalchhandama3805]

@@kraigisboss didnt the soviet union told the builders to make the robot stand against radioactive but sent the anthem instant

[@supertrinigamer]

They had no choice... stop trying to vilify the USSR

[@hzllnut4381]

@@lalchhandama3805 soviet union told the robot producer a propaganda number not the real number/rate of radiation

[@khanglogan2932]

7:48 50.000 people used to live here.....Now it’s a ghost town!!!!! COD flashback...

[@racelkatyusha403]

wait i forgot how did those amercans and british got to ukraine they crossed the border without ukaine military noticint

[@themanformerlyknownascomme777]

Technically its not a ghost town, people still live there

[@OsnoloVrach]

15 000*

[@Callsighn_ICE]

Love your vids man

[@DarthVader-ig6ci]

The greatest heroes I've ever heard of. Salute to all those brave people.

[@user-fi2vc7ei8v]

Nobody: The people who live in Pripyat: “Ahh this again, seems like Dimitri forgot to use the reactor correctly again.”

[@M3E46GTRGEARBOX]

Nu pizdec Boris Got A Tail...oh blin..

[@avempestad2]

What u Doin', BOI?

[@balijaa]

Dyatlovvvvv!!!! F ed it up

[@user-fi2vc7ei8v]

Ayoooo wtf, Avempestad2?

[@iwantsexseemyvideo7149]

🦞

[@terencestark8044]

*"Deadly anomalies, dangerous mutants, anarchists, and bandits! None of them will stop Duty on its triumphant march towards saving the planet!"*

[@privyetcomrade4841]

Shut up, I just wanna give Barkeep the documents to X16!

[@arnasgrismanauskas9071]

Stfu dutyer

[@nostradamusofgames5508]

Get out of here Stalker!

[@alum3676]

@@arnasgrismanauskas9071 shut up Freedom Sympathizer

[@zik336]

@@alum3676 Za monolit! (For monolith!)

[@porchofgeese_crockpot]

Love the Geiger counter clicking in the background

[@Aatell764]

I never heard much about what occurred in the clean up other then the dome they built. That's crazy man 600000 clean up team that's a big mess.

[@josephstalin364]

There are only 3 survivors who were on shift during the Cherynobyl disaster. Their names are: Yuri Korneev Boris Stolyarchuk Igor Kirschenbaum

[@tupetsi430]

Thanks, Stalin.

[@supermemerboi1587]

Well did ya give ‘em any medals?

[@Kahlil_GG31]

@@supermemerboi1587 he died before chernobyl disaster

[@BP25600]

Heroes, takes guts to be able to willingly expose yourself to that much radiation

[@forteastro6996]

Funny how I recall seeing a job handling nuclear waste for $12/hour. Stupidity at its finest.

[@BP25600]

@@forteastro6996 if no one did anything a lot more would have died

[@yomama6761]

@@forteastro6996 if you are coward at least not brag about it, you will die either way living like rabbit or living like a man

[@user-kz8ti3tv1r]

@@yomama6761 So throwing your life away taking dumb decisions is living like a man? such as handling nuclear waste for 12 a hour Sounds pretty dumb to me

[@DutchGuyMike]

They did not even know about radiation or what it does to you, they weren't even properly told it was dangerous or unhealthy.

[@OrigenalDarkMew]

Well now we know where the inspiration of Wall-E came from. They too are robots that failed a clean up.

[@nothing1745]

5:33 major COD modern warfare flashbacks

[@yakumoyukari4405]

4:16 thats a modern sarcophagus completed last year, not the one build in end 1986/start 1987.

[@gh0streduxXgaming]

yeah thats what I thought too, the original one was just cement poured into the reactor and very unstable

[@yakumoyukari4405]

@@gh0streduxXgaming its not only cement, its complex, but yeah its unstable because it was made in high rush and its already old

[@bananskalsvensson]

This. Don't get why you don't have thousands of upvotes, don't get how they could actually animate the current one when making a video about the disaster?

[@gh0streduxXgaming]

@@bananskalsvensson sometimes their videos are inconsistent. the animations differ from the script to a point where I think the animators don't really know much about history. they upload these really fast and make some mistakes here and there.

[@viper6022]

Chernobyl disaster: exists Writers, game developers, film directors: Stonks

[@mrquocviet6479]

All Ghillied up

[@viper6022]

wow someone replied me after a minute

[@nore5992]

The Entire S.T.A.L.K.E.R Community : *Heavy Gas Mask Noise*

[@jesusmartvya]

@@nore5992 *dosimeter ticking intensifies*

[@dewatcher4568]

4:43 I think the time limit for roof cleanup was 2 mins, not one and a half (or the 90 seconds) like the Chernobyl 2019 series stated. There were former liquidators who revealed that those 2 minutes were so haunting that they kept reliving those moments in their dream to these days

[@UnionPacific3977]

You wonder why those suits are so heavy? They have to hold up the giant balls of steel of the liquidators.

[@cannonball666]

Chernobyl Liquidators: "HUGE FIRE SALE! Everything 90% off!"

[@chieffirefigherplays]

Ha.

[@JamesPolymer]

Even the building itself!

[@randylaffy7679]

I was waiting for someone to make the joke lol.

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

Everything must go! (into welded coffins)