The Horror of Chernobyl: Documentary

In this documentary, we're covering the world's DEADLIEST tourist attraction: Chernobyl. You've most likely heard of Chernobyl, whether from the popular HBO series or the movie "Chernobyl Diaries". Today, we're covering the entire disaster from beginning to end, documenting everything that went wrong to cause this disastrous event and the impact Chernobyl had that continues to this very day. The effects of Chernobyl terrified the world, and the true horror stories that surfaced after the event were undoubtedly horrifying. Join us for a storytime covering this terrifying tourist attraction: Chernobyl.
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[@sh_rl.lr_hs]

This is one of your best episodes!!

[@smithandrew7123]

I was there

[@kalistaq8743]

@@smithandrew7123 i was born that year if you were there you are very blessed that you made it out

[@pavitersinghjalaf7031]

Kalista Q tell more about it please

[@felisacartel9237]

I agree

[@susieq2806]

Really ?. Love to hear what you have to say👍

[@timdj9826]

That's a really scary thought that 97% of reactor 4's contents are still inside of it. Thus knowing only 3% of the radiation that got out was that severe to cause that historic disaster with all those deaths while still remains the levels of radiation in that area to date all these yrs later.

[@magnolia3521]

Can these radiation reach US

[@jja_07]

@@magnolia3521 the further from Ukraine you are the safer

[@ajmosutra7667]

@@magnolia3521 during the cold war what was detonated was 100x larger radiation than the chernobyl disaster, unfortunately

[@dDAMKErkk]

- yrs- 🧐

[@jokuihmehyyppa]

My mom was in Minsk on a business trip when this happened. They were obviously in the dark and were exposed to the fallout which was plenty in that area. Upon returning to Finland, she spoke to her dr about it who told her that she'd know in 10 years if she would develop health problems related to the radiation. And within that decade she developed a tumor in her thyroid effectively stopping that organ from working anymore. Thankfully it's not a cancerous tumor, has remained the way it is for 20+ years, but ever since she's needed medication just to stay alive.

[@theyracemesohardchair]

She’s a freak

[@sarahdarden3715]

Sorry to hear that

[@nuggie3090]

Lol ez

[@SharonLetchford-gg3gz]

Sad, Thanks for letting us no I hope she's doing well now, it must have been a frightening time & a long wait to find out wether or not she would be cancer free.🙏🤍

[@izzy1bee]

​@@sarahdarden3715waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@nursemarn]

Those firefighters and all of the men that worked on Chernobyl clean up are world hero’s. It’s tragic that died horrific and painful deaths. The period where they seemed to get better is a latent period of radiation sickness. It comes right before one of the most painful deaths. May they Rest In Peace.

[@markmike7933]

if they can speak and ask to be doped up beyond consciousness...they should have been allowed to be

[@kentario1610]

Vasily was in the hospital dying and he gave his wife flowers. That's amazing.

[@Lucenaomi]

Bitter sweet

[@cactuscallie5090]

I sobbed 😭

[@ceejay1177]

@@Lucenaomi bk jn

[@ceejay1177]

@@cactuscallie5090 9

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

John 3:16 New International Version 16 For God so loved(A) the world that he gave(B) his one and only Son,(C) that whoever believes(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(E)

[@skuroo]

Im from Croatia and I remember when we studied about Chernobyl in school. My teacher told us how couple of her pregnant girl friends lost their kids due to this. They didn't even know what was the cause of it. It was weird that so many pregnant women lost their children in such a short period of time. Not long after that the word spread about what really happened in Chernobyl. Easy to say that everyone was shocked. Good video btw 😊

[@marijazeljak]

My grandma told me stories about food from fields and garden wasnt edible to eat because of radiation...im from croatia too

[@alizajohnny6422]

@@marijazeljak My grampa was from Croatia, he told me the same thing. So scary.

[@Clara-ph7my]

It is very scary the lengths companies will go to cover up for their failures. They already knew their choices, came at high risk. They are certainly not going to be volunteering, to clean up the aftermath.

[@AutumnWind92]

Same in Bulgaria

[@micheleclark59]

@@Clara-ph7my This was TYPICAL Soviet behavior to DENY… still happening today!

[@fs8153]

My friends dad died two years ago from brain cancer and he is completely convinced it was due to his dad responding at Chernobyl and being rained on the entire time.

[@randomvicky939]

I’m old enough to say : I remember that day like it was yesterday. It was on the headlines for weeks all over the world.

[@ghostqueen2082]

I was 12 and our biology teacher informed us South African children: now we all have bits of Chernobyl inside us :O

[@randomvicky939]

@@ghostqueen2082 I was around this age too . It was horrific !

[@Elly-uo4rg]

My mum was 3 at the time. Im only 17

[@garrisonnichols7372]

This is what Communism/ Socialism dose. It doesn't create a utopian society it only creates death and misery for millions.

[@randomvicky939]

@@garrisonnichols7372 True

[@mindajane]

It makes me sad that people judged that woman so severely. I just can't find it in me to judge her for wanting to be with her husband.

[@jt8162]

Right. I felt so bad for her, slowly losing the love of her life in front of her and not knowing it was poisoning her unborn child as well and then to have people that do not know her speak terribly of her.. shame. 😒

[@Tacos113]

I can see both sides but regardless, it’s understandable why she did what she did. It’s really sad though. And I genuinely do feel bad for her. She deserved better.

[@Ebony.Doll_Games]

It’s hard for me to feel any empathy. I understand it was her lover- but her lover would at least would like it if her child was safe & healthy. You will have time to grieve & move on from your passing husband. But it is not worth killing a generation & a baby you was expecting just for probably a 10 second goodbye.

[@c.s.7266]

@@Ebony.Doll_Games Maybe, but it's always easier for one who hasn't had this happen to them to make a judgment. We didn't have to make that kind of decision so we really don't know

[@theresas2520]

@@Ebony.Doll_Games yes of course you would grieve but don't assume that she would move on and "get over" his passing. Everyone is different and so is their relationship. I became a widow at 37 & lost my husband 4 years ago. He was only 42. He was the love of my life. I have no choice but to live without him but I will never just move on and get over it.

[@zaravacher906]

My mother was pregnant in Germany at the time of the explosion they were told not to leave the house as it was in the air. We lived in a flat at the time and nearly all the children born after the accident had stuff wrong with them. Such as a baby born without a anus. I my self had inverted eye lids. She died in oct 2019 after fighting cancer and being clear for 5 years

[@no_peace]

I'm so sorry.

[@ruffacabatbat8892]

virtual hugs

[@Kittonkitkat]

Sorry for your loss x

[@AutumnWind92]

What happened with the anusless baby, did it die?

[@jblazerndrowzy]

@@AutumnWind92 Probably

[@AmberHunt373]

I don’t believe Legasov killed himself...I believe he was silenced

[@speed-bump4259]

^^ I was thinking that too!

[@euclideanspace2573]

Yep. He was "suicided", in the adjective kind of sense.

[@jamal2982]

probably because it was gonna be Russian politicians and other presidents.

[@harrietharlow9929]

I don't believe that, either. Too many dissidents have ended up "killing themselves", both then and now.

[@rabbit0664]

I was thinking that myself. Too much was "getting out."

[@mississippimud7046]

I've never heard this explained so well and have wondered for decades what really happened.

[@jackieattackie101]

I agree. Also I think that if the USSR had been honest we wouldn’t still be so interested in this topic today.

[@kysacheshire3926]

If you have HBO you should definitely watch Chernobyl. It is truly fascinating, and goes into great detail about how bad it really was, and how the USSR tried to hide what had happened. The prosthetics and FX are incredible

[@jackieattackie101]

@@kysacheshire3926 during quarantine HBO made some things free for all viewers I think that includes Chernobyl. Unsure if its still offered

[@anym7849]

Exactly! I’m gonna watch the show now too

[@MidTennPews]

Some things are missing that the History Channels doc included.

[@ecthelion222]

I work w a girl who’s family fled Chernobyl. She doesn’t have health issues but the rest of her family does.

[@dDAMKErkk]

🔥 - w a 🤢

[@jamieantonsson8617]

Radiation sickness is horrific. Getting better and then getting worse is normal (which in itself seems cruel), but I think the worst thing (at least for me) is the fact that you can't do anything about it. Blood transfusion might work if you've only been exposed to a small amount, but it wouldn't help here. In cases like these, medicine such as morphine won't help, either. The body can't absorb it, which means you'll be in constant pain until you pass away. It's really sad to think about it, especially considering Lyudmilla Ignatenko watched her husband die over the span of two weeks. I can't even imagine it.

[@taylorpain9095]

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think morphine couldn’t be administered because their veins were blown so they couldn’t get anything into their systems. Horrible that literally nothing could be done to ease their pain. I would have begged to be killed quickly.

[@laurabaker7258]

@@taylorpain9095 ur correct

[@Kittonkitkat]

What about oramorph? Liquid morphine.

[@asahibunni7426]

You can’t give blood transfusions to help if your bone marrow is dead

[@jacobsir1320]

nature has a cruel sense of humor

[@msslateagain2009]

Jesus, give the poor lady a break. She lost her husband and her daughter. If you haven’t been in that situation, I don’t think anyone should judge her. She has already suffered enough.

[@k_j_n1242]

If you can't choose your child over any other on the planet. Then you should not have children. They come first...Every time.

[@detectivefroggy5965]

​@k_j_n1242 but she never met her daughter at that point all she knew was her husband and a positive pregnancy test?? Maybe?? But all she knew was her husband and she loved him and she didn't know anything about radiation besides it was slightly dangerous In her head her baby was safe in her belly. Till you're in that type of position I want you to shut your mouth.

[@preyscalling]

@@k_j_n1242The thing is she did nothing wrong, being around her husband did nothing to further damage the baby

[@AmbiCahira]

This story always feel so personal. My mom was pregnant with me when the radioactive rain struck our home town in Northern Sweden and one of my childhood best friends was born on April 11th so she was less than a month old. She died of cancer at 30 almost on the year day of the Chernobyl accident and I can't help but to wonder if the radioactive rain killed my friend because cancer doesn't run in her family. Cancer cases increased by a lot since this incident in the area and it will always have me wonder if I will develop it too one day due to the impact on the soil, ground water, etc. Crazy stuff.

[@magdalenakostadinova1701]

The heroic men are mechanical engineer Alexei Ananenko, senior engineer Valeri Bespalov and shift supervisor Boris Baranov.

[@taylorpain9095]

Don’t forget the coal miners that essentially sacrificed themselves to prevent the core from melting through and contaminating the water systems. They all you they could get sick and die but did it anyway.

[@maysn473]

I took that picture in ur pfp wtf

[@raptalos9412]

@@maysn473 that’s quite the coincidence

[@ItzzMiraa]

In Switzerland they couldn’t eat all vegetables and some meat because of the radiation in the earth, my grandma told me

[@ayellessnuffelhoek]

Same in the netherlands

[@garrisonnichols7372]

Yep I sure hate Communism and Russia. They were playing with fire and didn't understand what they were doing.

[@15subarusti59]

You’re so pretty. Omg

[@roonilwazlib3089]

We had radioactive sheep in Wales 🇬🇧

[@alizajohnny6422]

@@roonilwazlib3089 Never heard that before.

[@JMS-to3xb]

Dark tourism. That is definitely one thing so many of us have in common. None of us ask for it to happen but when it does we can't get enough of it. Death, disaster, and destruction are always so very interesting.

[@ajmosutra7667]

What?! Im just wanting to prepare

[@gabriellemartin5206]

I would have done exactly what the woman did and stayed by husbands side. It is unfair to judge her like that. The poor woman lost both her husband and daughter. My heart goes out to her.

[@theyracemesohardchair]

Liar

[@BeckBeckGo]

@@theyracemesohardchair careful not to cut yourself on that edge, lil fella.

[@melissahouse3488]

I would have chosen my baby's health. People knew about radiation by that point, it was the 80's, and they lived in the city established for a nuclear facility. If she was so concerned, she would have asked or said "I'm pregnant, will it be alright for me to comfort my dying husband", even just from a distress & trauma stand point, it wasn't a wise decision. It would have killed me not to be able to be near my husband but my nuturing instincts have always come first for me and my actions. Being a mother is sacred, and not achievable for many women. So if you get such a Blessing, don't destroy it, I'd rather have a part of him living beside me in life than nothing at all and I would have protected that Life as traumatic & heart breaking as it would be. Being a wife was never my priority in life, being a mother most definitely ❤️🤰🏼🌹🤱🏼❤️ Mother's are the most beautiful part of this World!!!

[@ingridaguero6460]

It’s easy for them to judge when their husbands and babies are alive and healthy.

[@elishiacruz337]

She lost her husband. That’s true. But she killed her daughter. She ignored the doctors warnings and knew how dangerous radiation was yet ignored everything. Now she has no part of him left.

[@eateryse3872]

This really reminds me of the explosion that happened in Lebanon on August the 4th, the part where the firefighters responded to what seemed a routine fire turns out to be a ticking time bomb, causing an explosion that was classified as the third biggest explosion after Nagasaki and Hiroshima. God bless firefighters, paramedics and all those who put their lives on the line without a shed of fear.

[@lindahusson4206]

People can be so horrible! This poor woman went through a horrific time, yet people are so ready to judge her. My heart goes out for her❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@arianaajbeaverhausen8175]

Exactly, glad I saw your comment. Was going to write something similar but you got here first 😂❤

[@sh_rl.lr_hs]

Agreed, people could be judgmental bitches sometimes

[@kasumikat]

They should've educated people about radiations

[@ultimatewitcherfan6677]

So true! People don’t need to be so quick to judge other people. It’s not fair!

[@razztazz1982]

I feel bad for her too, just wondering why she lied about being pregnant if she didn't feel exposure was significant.

[@joannabaparileszczynska]

The biggest disaster was the cover up and the fact that the Soviet government already dealt with nuclear disaster (f.e Lake Karachay)

[@joannabaparileszczynska]

@@morganstarchild5359 yeah, you can always blame ignorance when someone lies but covering it up is just being a selfish a*****

[@oharriet4666]

@@joannabaparileszczynska Exactly.

[@xararoman1606]

That's the real face of the communism for you.

[@joannabaparileszczynska]

@@xararoman1606 You are absolutely right. I was born in Poland during the communist era.

[@xararoman1606]

@@joannabaparileszczynska so am I ! 10 years ago I finally had to go through the surgery and remove my thyroid...

[@cadavher]

I had to have a bunch of CT scans and x-rays within a few months and my thyroid turned hypo right after. Radiation even in small amounts kills your thyroid apparently. These poor people, governments will always care more about keeping "mistakes" under wraps then its people.

[@Canyouhandleth1s]

❤

[@cadavher]

@@missgunst4152 why would I lie about that lmao. My thyroid nose dived, I gained almost 60lbs in 4 months. I had multiple CT scans and x-rays. Probably more than 20 CT by now.

[@ThatPersonK]

I’ve had hundreds of CT scans and thousands of X-rays and I can guarantee it was a coincidence that you developed thyroid issues.

[@cadavher]

@@ThatPersonK do you have all your organs? Things that help filter out the contrasts? Cause I don't lol. Also my insurance covers my thyroid replacement through my auto accident because the auto accident is the reason I've had so many. Also if you look it up, many people have experienced the same. Have you ever had your thyroid levels checked?

[@ThatPersonK]

@@cadavher nope I don’t have all my organs, yes I get thyroid checks as it runs in the family. The thyroid is a funny organ when other things go wrong the thyroid just like the adrenals are quick to join the shit show! I only have one adrenal gland left and that’s failed. So yeah your other body issues are probably to blame not the X-rays and CT scans as actually they don’t give off as much radiation as people believe

[@katelyndorko1574]

I started watching this episode months ago and never finished. I just came back due to the tragic events happening around the US right now.... specifically the Ohio train derailment amongst other chemical spills/explosions not being covered in the news right now. This was extremely scary to watch. I cannot imagine what the people of Chernobyl experienced first hand. I am praying that the current events do not lead to the number of horrors as this event did....😥

[@Wherewordsend]

That’s why I’m here too 😢

[@speedyz28]

I don't feel like I ever heard of this? I'm over in Illinois

[@dDAMKErkk]

🤗🧡

[@alyssasanders1219]

The fact that this happened less than 50 years ago.

[@no_peace]

They're just making it up as they go along

[@Withinyouwithoutyou.]

@@tngirl341 yeah , less than 50.

[@43bumpy]

The HBO Chernobyl, probably one of the best series I've ever seen. Heartbreaking.

[@kalistaq8743]

The helicopter that was in the movie they tried to cover up they covered up every thing

[@JoJo-hg7tg]

There are some Chernobyl survivors who hate it

[@sintashiaangelica9576]

Designed to downplay the fukushima disaster. I would be surprised if we live 10 more years.

[@rosanneshinkle4133]

It was excellent.

[@ShadowAngel18606]

@@JoJo-hg7tg Because there's a lot of american propaganda and twisted facts in it, as expected. Muricans can't tell a story straight without injecting propaganda into it, especially when it comes to Russia.

[@RydiaMerchan]

When I watched the mini series I was laying in bed beside my own husband. I'm not an emotional person, but I looked at him, took his hand and burst into tears with Ludmila's story. If it had been me, if it had been my husband, I would have done exactly the same thing! I would not have left his side, I knew so in my head and heart without question. Those people who judged her obviously don't understand actual love or how real some of us take our vows to those we love. I would have done the same for my dad or my brother too, had it been them.

[@ThisBraveHeart]

I agree! There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for my husband.

[@summera4019]

@@ThisBraveHeart I hope to feel this level of love on day. knowing the kind of person I am, I wouldn’t leave any of my loved ones sides😩❤️ I just could never!!

[@mypride_andjoy2269]

@@denisenicole8271 but one of the nurses told her tho I understand her loving her husband but that should not have stopped her from thinking of her health and her unborn child's health. She sould have followed there advice when seeing him and her child would still be living.

[@mypride_andjoy2269]

@@denisenicole8271 exactly! I'm glad there's at least one person whose logical in understanding that your child comes first in that moment. Everybody whose agreeing with her acting like she couldn't have still visited her child without going under the plastic. Even for her to say there wasn't alot of understanding on radiation like how it is now dosent excuses her for what she did because there was enough understanding of it to know its pretty dangerous. 🙄 all these excuses and people pitting her is just ridiculous and people who think with there heart instead of with there head and commen sense. Seriously following directions saves life's. Hopefully she's able to heal from that night though 🙏🏾.

[@briannemarie9214]

Not everyone has a husband, people will judge and disagree. You're so in love with your husband why does it matter?

[@robyn5467]

Actually the test was supposed to only last few minutes whereas they kept it at half power for almost 12 hours, poisoning the core with the water, and then slamming all the cores back in from 5 to 200 causing an explosion. And the rods had graphite tips.

[@melisentiapheiffer3034]

Was it intentional?

[@furistasTedis]

@@melisentiapheiffer3034it was Soviet Union, if a higher ranked colleague tells you to do so you do oooor you end up in a prison or you loose your job and you will never get another one just because of that

[@ohnaurrr02]

Studying nuclear physics. This is still one of the things that drive ice down my spine.

[@steviewonders3654]

Indeed!

[@ajmosutra7667]

Why are you studying thwn?

[@malinireddy1135]

I don't know what kind of mental state people are in when they judge her The only feeling i get when i remember her is the urge to cry and hug her tightly That woman is strong enough to get over this and live her life Mad respect 🙌 👏 🙏

[@dDAMKErkk]

🌚 i must select all sentence, because of no point.

[@marialeon7197]

I am from Romania, born 615 km away from Chernobyl. Both of my parents died of cancer in their 40's. 2 of my neighbours died of cancer in their 30's. No doubt the radiation is to blame.

[@girlikestacos52]

Plant worker: hey um, we think the core is exposed. Dyatlov: nO yoUre iMagIninG tHinGs. He probably regretted that after being in the hospital for six months with radiation poisoning...

[@jamieantonsson8617]

I think places like these and other "dark tourism" spots attract people because it gives an opportunity to see and, in some way, feel like the people there did. To me, it's also a way to remember the things that happened and to remember the people.

[@carolannaitken5812]

I understand the curiosity but it continues to be unsafe. Go at your own risk.

[@dany4645]

My biological mom was a baby when this happened, and she still lived in the Ukraine. she gave birth and left me there, the doctors, when they discovered where she was from, put me thru so many tests to see if something was wrong with me, my adoptive parents had to wait pretty long to have me in fact and where scared that I would have some sort of problem thanks to the radiations. I was born in 2001 and to this day lots of babies are born in Ukraine with some sort of problems all coming from the disaster, it was truly a tragedy

[@crystalphillips696]

Those 3 men are true heroes. Bless all who perished and suffered from this disaster.

[@theresabrewer3426]

Cancer generation to generation from that explosion

[@auroraborealis2442]

4:05 "shockingly the Chernobyl powerplant was not equipped to deal with any sort of disaster" not shocking for us (in Eastern Europe). We know all the soviets had done was destruction. Sadly we still suffer the consequences til this day. Thank you for the great video EWU crew.

[@arianaajbeaverhausen8175]

My two best friends and bf grew up in Soviet Poland, I haven't heard anything positive about communism from anyone who has lived it tbh. There was only one good thing that came from Chernobyl imo, the fall of the USSR. Greetings from Scotland 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

[@KevinRAAMAAAGE]

@@arianaajbeaverhausen8175 yeah, my papi is from Cuba. Communism is definitely more horrific than most realize. Scary shit.

[@-_YouMayFind_-]

@@KevinRAAMAAAGE Trust me many people do realize, but people should also know the difference between liberalism and communism or democrats and Communism

[@auroraborealis2442]

@@arianaajbeaverhausen8175 Thank you, wishing All the Best for 2021

[@doopil]

Yeah and whats real sad is there is a huge desire here in the states and basicaslly the western world to create another soviet union thru the idiotology of socialism.

[@xararoman1606]

Not only people around this area died or got very sick but people in the nearest countries! All this has been completely cowered up.

[@NikkiNole]

HBO mini series about Chernobyl is the best series I've ever watched about what happened; and showed how it happened from the employees point of view and how the supervisor kept saying (for hours) there's no way it exploded even though people kept telling him it did.

[@MoBigfoot417]

It's insane to think that the baby died, but the mother didn't have any problems, even though the baby was still growing inside of her.

[@fernandacorona8231]

I remember reading somewhere that the baby absorbed all the radiation and that’s why she didn’t have any health problems.

[@deboraz.6208]

Xray tech here. The reason the baby died with no effect to the mother was because the baby was in the earlier stages of development. Since cells are constantly dividing/created at a rapid rate, they're more sensitive to the destructive nature of radiation. The earlier the stage of development, the more negative effects can happen to the baby. Compared to the mother which has mature cells that don't divide as rapidly. Dont get me wrong, no exposure to radiation is safe, but some factors help make the effects more detrimental.

[@no_peace]

@@deboraz.6208 This is the same with alcohol, cigarettes and drugs. The earlier it happens the worse it is, which is why it's good to stop taking in substances if there's any possibility you'll get pregnant and carry the pregnancy to term

[@iulia1690]

When i was a child i remenber an 18 year old neighbour died from cirosiis.. She was such a beautiful girl Gina.. So sorry for her Another boy died from testicular cancer when he was 20. And there were other cases of brain tumors, colon cancer.. Usualy the first born of every family.. And we were in Romania.

[@marialeon7197]

Yeap. Romanian here too (North East). Both of my parents died of cancer in their 40's. 2 of my neighbours died of cancer in their 30's. No doubt the radiation is to blame.

[@tamraryals3381]

So sorry for your loss. My dad is battling cancer caused from Vietnam. This is his third battle.

[@no_peace]

😢

[@Kittonkitkat]

@@marialeon7197 sorry for your loss

[@Kittonkitkat]

@@tamraryals3381 sounds like a fighter! Thoughts n prayers with you and your family x

[@SaudiLiving1]

Oh my heart broke when I heard that the baby died because of radiation poisoning. 💔💔💔💔 my God 😭😭😭

[@squackachu3958]

At least she with her daddy now 🕊

[@4LN06]

🕊🕊

[@garrisonnichols7372]

This is what Communism dose to the world. It killed millions all because of a evil ideology.

[@roses3584]

@@garrisonnichols7372 not communisim itself. Russia does that.

[@roses3584]

@@garrisonnichols7372 and some other countries.

[@lucesaidabouchard6534]

Those Firefighters are SAINTS ;words cannot describ their courage!

[@zmajodnocaja5088]

fireMEN

[@JudgmentAkky]

It wasn’t courage, they didnt know what hell they stepped into, they thought it was just a fire.

[@lindaarrington9397]

Yes

[@rickthompson1422]

...I lived in Ukraine on and off for 3 years...I always studied Chernobyl on and off through the years. While in Ukraine in May 2015 I toured Chernobyl and Prypyat. It was an amazing, yet heart breaking experience. At that time the all day tour cost was about $ 150 and included lunch at the Chernobyl cafe....amazing day. On a subsequent trip to Ukraine I became friends with a guy who was a firefighter called to duty at Chernobyl. He's still alive and fairly healthy....we couldn't communicate well...my Russian is only basic and he did not speak English....

[@yvimendoza9467]

am I the only one that was shocked when I heard it happened in the mid 80s??? seemed much longer ago >.

[@Tor128]

I remember this,i was at school when we heard the alarm and all was send to home .. i had to carry my two friend bagbacks and drag them to my place,they where just crying.. dang that was annoyng..

[@jackieattackie101]

I have heard a theory that the elephants foot is sinking in the ground and will be penetrating ground water soon. That scares me.

[@pgyt5548]

Oh my God 😭😭😭

[@hanna-wp6es]

i just looked it up and apparently it hasn’t moved since 2016 so hopefully we’re good

[@jackieattackie101]

@@hanna-wp6es GOOD

[@avdesies4815]

@Peyton Thedog Ukraine*

[@amandaburnett5551]

They also think that when that happens it will explode again, so let's hope not. I just seen something about this today

[@petmom]

I grew up near there. They told them they would be gone 3 days. They lied to us.

[@rebeccaspellmeyer5761]

What happened after? Where you just on your own in Kiev to figure it out? What did they tell you after the 3 days? How did you support yourself? This is always something I have wondered about and never been able to find anything. There is only the docs on the disaster itself and it seems like the buses just drove off and disappeared. What happened to these people after getting off that bus?

[@garrisonnichols7372]

Communism is one big lie. It dosen't create a utopian society it only creates death and misery for millions.

[@cudderkid1336]

@@garrisonnichols7372 totalitarian communism, yes. Marxist communism, no.

[@jimdangle3708]

The soviet union lied? This just in, tree trunks are made of wood

[@lynzfranklin9954]

I had a client who works with a charity to help the children of chernobyl. The young children come to the UK for medical treatment and nourishment annually. These children have been born many years after the event and have serious sight and calcium deficiencies. The lady also spends time in Belarus with the parents of the children- former inhabitants of chernobyl. Alcoholism and extreme poverty are rife amongst the former workers and many have basically lost the will to live. She said she cries every day for the two weeks she spends there as the situation is so helpless. They do what they can for the adults by trying to improve living conditions by carrying out repairs, providing furnishings and white goods like fridges, supplies of food and medicines . The world seems to think that the evacuees just picked up and carried on elsewhere, sadly, this is far from the case.

[@kath_23_]

The Chernobyl silencing sounds very similar to the Covid-19 silencing... seems that humans don't learn from mistakes.

[@ambercason5100]

Nothing about covid was silent. Were you not there when the entire world shut down? And half of America lost their jobs? Covid wasn’t silenced. It was everywhere, all day, everyday, talked about by the entire world.

[@kath_23_]

@@ambercason5100 I'm talking about the doctors and whistle blowers that were silenced remember covid was a virus in China months before it reached the other side of the world

[@zmajodnocaja5088]

c0v1d was blown out of proportion by the governments in order to control and enslave the people. it is the exact opposite. they made people all over the world wear useless masks, they inject them with suspicious and untested chemicals, they destroyed entire economies, businesses were ruined, people died alone because families were not allowed to visit them on their death bed due to quarantine, etc.and for what? a disease that will kill a tiny percentage of people, mostly over 80 years of age? this was done to enslave people and get us sed to taking orders from the government. they don't want us thinking, let alone telling the government what to do. now you are a slave and they tell you what to do. or, as a wonderful display of orwellian society, they get people to DEMAND more control. there are now brainwashed lunatics who demand more control, more paranoia, total surrender to the will of a government that is destroying our lives, yet claiming to care about us. if they wanted to combat disease, there are dozens of more deadly ones, that more people die from per year. and they did nothing about these diseases. because they don't care. but they do want you to submit. now they can invent new 'crises', new variations of the virus, and endlessly keep you locked in your home, not living a normal human life, as they wreck the economy. then, they will take over total control over society, and you will be their slave.

[@GrumpyMeow-Meow]

@@ambercason5100treatments were silenced. Doctors and scientists were silenced. The only voice we heard was big pharma’s. And they made UNPRECEDENTED amounts of money from the crisis. Major, Major corruption occurred.

[@donnanail9597]

The narrator executed an exemplary performance and her pronunciation was flawless. I found this documentary both highly informative and profoundly sad.

[@sararummel8767]

I can't never give plasma or give blood ever again because we lived over seas real close to this when it happend

[@auroraborealis2442]

Please make sure, you have regular check ups, especially thyroid function, stay safe

[@sararummel8767]

@@auroraborealis2442 I do we are trying to figure out if the reason my teeth are completely destroyed and the reason why I've had to have three blood transfusions is from Chernobyl. Thank you for the kind message I hope you have a Happy New Year

[@kris.tea.p]

Wow, really? That’s crazy.. I live in Pennsylvania, my mom was traveling near Three Mile Island when they had their accident in the later 1970s(at least I think it was the 70s).. 15 or so years later, she started having a lot of health problems. Took years to figure out but finally realized it was her Thyroid. She had cancer and that Hashimoto Syndrome. She believed, and I do too, that the problems she had were attributed to being exposed to the radiation that was, back then, shrugged off as a minor accident when it was actually worse than they said. Radiation is hidden more than we’ll ever know

[@thatvampirelorraine]

Wow please please constant health checks, at the time i was 19 and lived in Scottish highlands, i kept geese and had several sitting on live eggs some due to hatch in days after Chernobyl, they left the meats as all eggs died not Long after the dust cloud was officialy Picked up over Sweden i think, so sad, i care as its nothing u did but yet ur paying for it

[@xianscion4271]

"Look at this place. Fifty thousand people used to live in this city. Now it's a ghost town... I've never seen anything like it". - *Capt. McMillan* from Call of Duty Modern Warfare 8: *Chernobyl Mission*

[@Nezsem]

🙄

[@undeadrc8275]

Wasn't there the "elephants foot" found under the reactor?, and a team took pictures practically on it? That's scary asf

[@kathiecassidy-smith2669]

Yes, terrifying!!

[@Xo.Harvey]

Elephants foot?

[@alyssahansen1400]

@@Xo.Harvey en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant's_Foot_(Chernobyl)

[@dbled34]

@@Xo.Harvey yeah. Part of the melted core poured out onto the floor and forming into what looks like an elephant's foot.

[@Xo.Harvey]

@@dbled34 thank you! Did some investigating soon after and I found out for myself. Very good documentary!!

[@jaye156]

Honestly radiation sickness is probably one of the worse ways to see someone you care about die, I have heard of worse situational things that would be horrible to see but nothing that like this, it's almost like it slowly decays your body from the inside-out while your still alive. Horrible to be honest.

[@franny5295]

I'd rather just look the other way and be shot.

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

John 3:16 New International Version 16 For God so loved(A) the world that he gave(B) his one and only Son,(C) that whoever believes(D) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(E)

[@sh0rtbus71]

The tourism part creeps me out, they never fixed anything there they just entombed it in concrete and other means of containment because they cant reasonably do anything else due to how dangerous it still is. The danger is still there because you cant get near the actual problem.

[@schipperkeandcats3469]

I cant imagine the pain of seeing your loved on die bc of radiation or leaving your beloved pets behind im glad the dogs living there are being helped now its amazing they survived stil had pups

[@abeloth-617]

16:34 45REM of radiation was released. R.E.M: "it's the end of the world as we know it".

[@michelletaylor3140]

Damn!

[@rijinplayz6738]

RIP to those people who died terribly and watching their cell dying one by one 😭 Btw This video made me understand the disaster clearly, one of the best explanations I have ever seen keep it up

[@amandalove2657]

This is by far the best documentary on Chernobyl I've seen! Great information! Such a sad, devastating case. Those men were absolutely heros. R.i.p to all those who died in the wake of this disaster. 💔

[@probablyjoeyy]

Imagine how much worse it would be if the brave divers who sacrificed their lives didn't go down... it'll be highly radioactive for tens of thousands of years.

[@juliemcgugan1244]

If I remember correctly, there was an Olympic gymnast whose Father went in as part of the crew to cleanup/limit the fall-out from the disaster. Heard that the poor man wasted away from cancer. Poor family! I watched all four of my Grandparents die from cancer and it is a really miserable way to die! Governments in the UK still in want us to believe that none of this is caused by pollution from big incineration plants that go up next to our homes! When my 13 y/o cousin was going through cancer, there were four other people on their street who has cancer too. And in more in the streets around them. They reported their concerns as they lived near to a big chemical production plant, but were told that this was just a sad coincidence; that the plant was not dumping or irresponsibly disposing of the waste products. I still don’t believe that! More and more cases of cancer and neurological disorders are cropping up in the cities and villages around these places all the time, in both of my parent’s home towns.

[@juliemcgugan1244]

Pretty sure it was Yelena Zamolodchikova

[@paulkasden9758]

ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC DOCUMENTARY!!!! Another winner!! 😎😎

[@bloodymaria]

The Battle of Chernobyl was best doc ever made!! Shame they removed it from the public to watch!! We still pay chernobyl and more generations are doomed!! Cesium is still everywhere! It rained a lot during easter here and we swallowed it all! I was 6. My mum had an abortion after doctor advice. Fireplaces still wake memories up from 1986..atmosphere had still chernobyl cesium! We cannot fathom the magnitude of this catastrophy sadly..we forgot chernobyl

[@bloodymaria]

@Tooth less oh great! It was gone for a couple of years! I got it unlisted coz when I publish it youtube deletes it! I m glad you did find it!

[@winnetouch]

The story of Lyudmila has been questioned over the years. Many specialists said that a person suffering from radiation poisoning are in fact not dangerous to others since they are not radioactive themselves. Ignatenkov was not wearing any clothing that would have been contaminated since the hospital staff disposed of it in the basement. He was also washed down by the staff, hence removing any radioactive material from his skin.

[@speedyz28]

Idk enough to fully speak of it, but one thing to consider, is they truly do bury people exposed to radiation in lead coffins. So clearly there is some risk if contamination

[@mint.efresh620]

Such a terrible disaster, a horror. That being said, you told the story with respect and class. This is one of your best videos. 🌼 Please tell more historical stories. Thank you 🐝

[@Peppers_007]

The human error people were arrested but how come the people who designed the flawed rector weren't jailed

[@finnwilliamson6969]

I’m pretty sure the people who designed it warned of the dangers but they (KJB or ussr) wanted their nuclear power up and running so it wasn’t fully built properly

[@KCsFunHouse]

The 3 men, Dyatlov, Fomin and Bryukhanov were the lead engineers at the plant. Each was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison for gross violations of safety measures leading to death. Is that what you meant?

[@starmaster9105]

Mistakes happen

[@starmaster9105]

It’s important to forgive no matter how angry you are

[@garrisonnichols7372]

@@starmaster9105 I can't forget or forgive the Soviet Union and I never will. I will die hating Communism and the fools that speak in favor of it. Communism/ Socialism dosen't create a utopian society. It only creates death and misery for millions.

[@mimclark3274]

Oddly enough, the radioactive clouds crossed the Atlantic Ocean, when it reached the northeastern tip of the US it was raining. I good friend of mine and I were pregnant in our first trimester when we got caught in the rain...we both had miscarriages a week or two later....😞

[@breb8418]

I’m so sorry for your loss

[@mimclark3274]

@@breb8418 thank you...it was just so odd!

[@fatbottombiker3038]

I was 15 years old when this happened. Once I older and the details were available, I often wondered if any radioactive material made it to the US. I lived in Germany from 1991 to 1994 and I wondered if there were any radioactive activity still around even after 5 years. I am so sorry you had to suffer such a terrible loss.

[@elieau]

Legasov didn't commit suicide, he was silenced because I believe he already knows/discovered too much.

[@micheleclark59]

It’s typical to have a few days where the radiation victim appears to be recovering and then they start melting, pretty gross

[@wakingohiomama9110]

Man I remember this I had just turned 13. We were terrified all over the world that this was IT for the world.20 days after my birthday I'll never forget this footage.

[@Roserosey04]

I knew they were going to judge that woman. I just knew. They always judge pregnant women for everything they do.

[@DivinevirgoFeminine]

It's insane people actually want to visit knowing the possible effects that could happen to themselves or the guide..

[@nolaray1062]

The areas that you are allowed to go to are limited and only for certain amounts of time. The amount of radiation you would encounter in that time is not an issue.

[@Maxx_XIII]

How do you not mention reactor 4's "elephant foot", which 8 months after the accident could kill a person just standing near it for 30 seconds?

[@veronicapeterson1403]

My heart went out to everyone who lost their lives and there families

[@danielc9731]

Perfect narrator. Her voice makes this documentary worth watching.

[@NatBKyiv]

I'm from Ukraine and I was born in January 1986. Didn't expect to see story about my country on this channel

[@garrisonnichols7372]

Sorry to hear that your Ukrainian. So how do you feel about the Russians screwing up your country? I know a few Polish people that turn red every time they think of the old days.

[@stangi-dletheselfproducing4501]

@@garrisonnichols7372 russians are still doing that?😬😐

[@garrisonnichols7372]

@@stangi-dletheselfproducing4501 yep I sure don't like Russians

[@Tor128]

@@garrisonnichols7372 u are sorry that someone is ukrainian? Omm.. what? Im finnish and i would not say that even to a russians,and we finns would have have hella good reason to hate russians..

[@garrisonnichols7372]

@@Tor128 no dummy 🤣 I'm saying it kinda sucks to be in that country with Russia right next door screwing with you.

[@DanaMusser]

it is very common in ARS patients for them to appear to be recovering before quickly becoming sick again.

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

Walking ghost phase is so terrible... the radiation has already destroyed the dna so the cells can’t replicate but the already made ones come to the surface a while after the initial exposure so it looks like a recovery but they’re already dead :(

[@metrogurl30]

Wow! A week before the people were made aware AND phone lines were cut. Yet we are all still only knowing bits n pieces of the “TRUE” story. Thank you for posting this

[@Vain06]

"50000 people used to live here. Now it's a ghost town". IYKYK.

[@BetterCallShannon]

This happened the year I was born. I’ve always wanted to know more about this. I’ve seen several shows and docs about it, and read several books. Seeing the poor children born after this happen is horrid. 30 years later...people still can’t go there unprotected. This is absolutely absurd.

[@tallulahmars2577]

There used to be a website many yrs ago called children of Chernobyl.(I think) It said that after the incident orphanages were overflowing with deformed and sick kids. Babies were born with deformed limbs, organs on the outside of the body, thyroid and lymphoma cancers sky rocketed, etc. There was also some sort of neurological issue of some kind (can't remember exactly) that caused many children to be severely mentally retarded. (Almost brain dead) They just laid there kinda curled up and non responsive. It was the worst thing I've ever seen.

[@charlesfitzgerald9461]

You can go an see it. I was their in 2000 September would like to go back in 2030. It's only 62 miles from Kiev to Chernoby.

[@stephenvanburen1818]

@@tallulahmars2577 if you can't find the site anymore you may still be able to find it on the "way back machine "

[@becgould3772]

You can definitely go there they even have a hotel there. The other nuclear plants that they had were still working until recently, there has also been people working there to build a new cover over it.

[@queenamg8979]

Just like the movies the hills have eyes

[@ianmoone6562]

The amount of radiation in Kyev its exactly the same as Pripyat the worst thing about going there are the animals, military patrols, freezing rivers, and some spots like red forest and the hospital. The only "drinkable" water around is a reservoir off rain water (I havent died yet)

[@NatBKyiv]

I live in Kyiv and I visited Prypyat 2 years ago. You can visit it with a tour group. It's safe. Some spots are dangerous but the tour leader explains where you should or shouldn't go

[@TaraTiaraBell]

It's what happened to the next generation that were born after the disaster is what saddens me the most, all those babies born with severe handicaps was unbelievable. God bless all who still suffer because of this mess ❤️🌹

[@rebeccaspellmeyer5761]

Agent Orange is just as bad. Many of the locals are sick and have deformed children. All of my dads friends that were highly exposed (including one that had it dumped on him) have died. He was lightly exposed and has a problem related to his blood that will cause a bad rash all over but especially his arms. My sister has something wrong with her eye that they think my be related. They still know little to nothing about the effects of this crap.

[@lisztomaniacenid]

The Suicide Squad's family should be taken care of by their government for generations to come. They literally saved many people from further tragedy.

[@Samuel-ku1qb]

In Sweden my mum was told (among other things) to NOT PICK THE MUSHROOMS, because they could hold radiation. *And I just find it funny, that we’re so Swedish there had to be a nationwide PSA about this very specific thing* 😂

[@bleakobituary]

I can’t believe I only just found this channel!! Amazing content, so mad I missed out on this for so long!🖤

[@EncodedAxolotl]

They're allowing TOURS there?! Will humanity never learn? 🤦‍♀️

[@doopil]

My money is sadly on NO!

[@nolaray1062]

There are only certain areas that ppl are allowed to “tour”, and tours are only permitted with licensed guides. The tour is kept to an extremely strict time frame. The amount of radiation that a human would encounter in those areas for that short amount of time is not dangerous.

[@no_peace]

They know where there's more and less radiation. Like you can't go off the road, or the time is limited, because the road is safer than everywhere else. You can see tours on KZbin

[@TrueCrimeQueen]

LOVE THE CHANNEL!! STAY SAFE EVERYONE 😃🧚🏽🤗

[@lori2339]

Thanks😊❤ same to you!!

[@Hushed_puppies]

Watching at 1.25 speed is much better. 😂

[@ambercason5100]

Yes! Omg thank you! This voice is soooooooo slow it’s hard to watch!

[@khalidsuxx]

thanks! now only i can watch it without feeling sleepy

[@deejiwahine]

Tried it at 1.5. Even better. 😂

[@Looneybin]

15:24 Untrue. 1) We have konwn about radiation for LONG before 1986 and 2), PROOF of this is that she PURPOSEFULLY broke the rules GIVEN to her that TAUGHT her what was known AND how to keep her baby safe.

[@alexanderortega7754]

Gonna get some popcorn for this one.

[@flutterg]

Since I'm originally from Ukraine, I could never understand why people are so fascinated going there...

[@bloodymaria]

They don't take it serious I guess..I can't understand either

[@quijybojanklebits8750]

Моя баба из Россия. Я из Америка или я понимаю по русский и английский и немецкий. How's your russian? Mine isn't as good as when I was a kid?

[@ghostqueen2082]

morbid curiosity

[@Shelbsalexis]

@@ghostqueen2082 absolutley. I would love to go there. It’s just sort of fascinating

[@lynellpablo9606]

I guess its like "Seeing is believing"

[@amandaschroeder799]

I'm really enjoying the new direction this channel has been going! From desert / abandoned camps to THIS! Been a fan for it ALL! Keep up the great work!

[@patricial3494]

I remember when that happened. It wasn't until the excellent HBO series "Chernobyl" that I found out what actually happened. Back in the day, the Soviets did a good job of hiding the truth.

[@speedyz28]

Things like this always freak me out. Theres a nuclear power plant within 25 miles of my home

[@BlackLung911]

The firefighters were the real heroes of this disaster. It could have been a lot worse if it was not for them..

[@prodbytarantino]

I can guarantee HBO didn’t ask anyone for the rights to that story lmao i believe her when she says they didn’t

[@Dobviews]

The man entombed at Chernobyl #4 is Valery Khodemchuk, there is a monument in the building to his memory. It is not "believed" it is well known. All of the firefighters were transferred to Moscow to Hospital No 6. Your claim that "none of the firefighters received blood transfusions" is *false* Angelina Guskova was the head doctor in charge of the radiation burn ward right after the Chernobyl explosion. She worked alongside some American doctors who went to offer assistance after the accident. Many firefighters were quickly typed for bone marrow transplants and this is covered in a book by Dr Robert Gale. Lyudmilla did not endanger her child by sitting near her husband. She was exposed while sitting on the balconey of their apartment block off Zavodska Street at the firestation. She was actually more a danger to him due to infection. She sat on the balconey all night waiting for the boys to return. She later went to the hospital in Pripyat to see him. Later she walked to the Yaniv Rail Station (even closer to the Chernobyl reactor) and caught a train to Moscow. All of her clothes were "hot" when she arrived. The firestation is just south of the Jupiter Building between it and the Yaniv Rail Station. The bridge to the right of the Yaniv Rail Station is the Bridge of Death. You should get your facts straight before doing a video.

[@iloveschicken6527]

I turned 18 in June of 86. I remember this! I didn't understand the magnitude of it at that time. Dear God.. I'm so sorry for what these folks went through! The innocent!

[@kayaye7481]

Not only an amazing telling of this horrific story, but coupled with the gorgeously-haunting imagery , definitely makes this one of the very best - if not the best, video on here of the ChernobyL disaster. Thank you for your wonderful work