"Valery Khodemchuk's body was never recovered. He is permanently entomed under Reactor 4." God, that part broke me. R.I.P everbody who suffered.

@nathanrigg2790

4 жыл бұрын

They may find some of him, as they dismantle the wreckage, nobody can really say how he died, some say he was crushed to death by the pumps, some say he was killed by the blast wave, some even say he was vaporised, one day we will find out.

@chikin5

4 жыл бұрын

m8, i dont think we ever will, I hope he had a quick demise without suffering. forever entombed in the hell gate that is Chernobyl reactor 4

@leomessi-tf3ob

4 жыл бұрын

What ‘entomed’ means?

@nathanrigg2790

4 жыл бұрын

@@leomessi-tf3ob He is forever buried in reactor 4 Entombed is basically buried where your not meant to be.

@FATMANN_

4 жыл бұрын

@@nathanrigg2790 That is not entirely true. Entombed means that you are buried within or underneath something. An example would be the mummified bodies of the Pharaohs of Egypt, as they were entombed within the Pyramids. Valery was entombed within/underneath the ruins of Reactor 4.

"She lives with her son in kiev" Oh, fuck.

@Xagii1

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine running out of a nuclear disaster to end in the middle of a war

@spinlok3943

2 жыл бұрын

I first watched this show the other day and I screamed when I saw that caption.

@ricarleite

2 жыл бұрын

She had moved away from Kiev by the time the show aired and was living in a small town near Poland. She most likely got away, but her son is an adult, so he probably stayed behind!

@mikicerise6250

2 жыл бұрын

@@Xagii1 Special nuclear operation.

@imastatistic8347

2 жыл бұрын

Poor woman can’t catch a freaking break

"In fact, all three survived after hospitalization. Two are still alive today". The sole HELL YEAH moment from this entire mess

@hebaali2359

2 жыл бұрын

That and Lyudmilla surviving and having a son

@antoniomv9444

2 жыл бұрын

Kurt, a quarter of a million where displaced and dozens got a horrible painful death. If saving two lives is all what the gods could do while not sparring the lives of thousands of innocents, then that doesn't seem so powerful at all does it? It seems like a sick joke to give praise to a God when only one of a family member survives while the rest dies by ransom. A pitiful non victory is your claim for your omnipotent God?

@hermanwillem7057

2 жыл бұрын

@@antoniomv9444 one thing ppl like you seems to forget, if someone or something is omnipotent why should they help anything and everyone? bcs fhey could? why? if they're omnipotent the mere presence of human like you and the entirety of the species didn't matter. omnipotent doesn't come with obligation and nor did labels of worthiness thrown by human means much to something that's omnipotent.

@RikkieB100

Жыл бұрын

I read somewhere that the two divers are actually neighbours to this day!

@ThatRatBastard

Жыл бұрын

@@antoniomv9444 "If god real, why suffering? I am very smart!"

This epilogue is perfection, it captures the tone and scale of the disaster and brilliantly pays tribute to all involved.

@itsblitz4437

3 жыл бұрын

Very well said.

@domonicredmond1894

2 жыл бұрын

It in a way reminds me of the end of Schindler’s List

@Cat-kq5qg

2 жыл бұрын

Most tragedys caused by the fools errend to pursue socialism tend to do that their own actions can be defined by the deaths of millions of human lives for a fantasy a dream and lie.

@cubsfan720

2 жыл бұрын

It’s even more fitting because this is Vichnaya Pamyat (eternal memory) the Eastern Orthodox funeral/memorial chant the Church Slavonic version that would be used in Ukrainian Belarus and Russia

@bmo14lax

Жыл бұрын

Just goes to show you can't hide everything. 31 people versus tens of thousands. Soviet union fell hard and it's just bleak now everywhere.

When Scherebina told the plant workers: "You will do it because it must be done. You will do it because no one else can. If you don't, millions will die." He was saying that to real people. Real people willingly marched into a literal hell to safeguard their country and the world. Thank you to all those who sacrificed everything for all of us.

@VPannagS

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and these soldiers not only saved the country, but whole world.

@nottodisushttoagen1309

2 жыл бұрын

@@VPannagS Except they didn't, there was never any threat of a multimegaton blast. Only, at worst, a possible second steam explosion. Still could have been bad, but it wouldn't have been anywhere near as bad as the show depicts. More likely it would have just contaminated more of the groundwater, again, not good, but not world ending either. A Nuclear power plant cannot become a Nuclear Bomb, and Chernobyl was no exception, it became a Dirty Bomb yes, but not a Nuclear one, let alone a thermonuclear one. It makes for good TV, good Drama, but it's not real.

@factanonverba7547

2 жыл бұрын

You guys are dopes

@MrZarewna

2 жыл бұрын

But actually one of the divers said in an interview that the scene never happened in real life. Divers weren't even aware of the dangers. They were commanded to do it and they did because it was their job.

@factanonverba7547

2 жыл бұрын

@@MrZarewna my hero

I hope there is a heaven... because men like Valery Legasov and Boris Sherebina deserve to be there.

@kkwik5

4 жыл бұрын

and i hope also there is hell, for dyatlov.

@jackmunday7602

3 жыл бұрын

matan ravia I myself feel that history has been too harsh on Dyatlov. Yes he caused the disaster by pushing the reactor too far but he wasn’t aware of the risks. At the time of the disaster the Soviet Union has boasted that there had been no incidents at a soviet nuclear reactor and that the RBMK design was flawless. In actual fact there had been fourteen major incidents with the RBMK design and countless other smaller ones. These were all hushed up and kept secret. For the Soviet Union and all communist countries, looking good was more important than safety. And that for me is the fascinating thing about Chernobyl. Who do you blame? You can’t blame the control room staff because they were just following orders. You can’t really blame Dyatlov as he wasn’t aware of the risks. You really can’t blame Brokanov or Fomin as they too were ignorant of the dangers. So who is accountable. The only thing you can conclusively blame for the disaster is the Soviet state itself as it kept all involved ignorant of the dangers and consequences. It’s like I say if you don’t tell a child that fire is hot, they will inevitably put their hand in it and get burned.

@christophergarcia3695

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackmunday7602 yeah but in a way, some of those you mention can be blamed. Dyatlov operated on the belief of a failsafe but he also consistently preached safety regulations and ignored warnings. The Soviet state may not have seen this coming but they were still mechanically and financially complacent. Brokanov and Formin didn't know of the dangers but one of them did let a reaction go into operation leaving one safety test undone. There are some who were just following orders and were just following orders yeah so you can't really blame some. I think the harshness is just us perceiving one as the sole cause instead of recognizing that many played a part. There are some things that can explain their actions but there are some aspects that validate responsibility.

@defend4ever

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackmunday7602 Dyatlov looking like a broken man with deep regrets. You can hate him all you want but the Soviet system is mostly responsible.

@cryptidian3530

3 жыл бұрын

@@kkwik5 Dyatlov didn't know about the faulty reactor construction. He thought it would withstand any test because he believed in the shutdown button. I'm sure he felt regret for the rest of his life.

No zombies.... No mutants.... No creepy monsters.....Only truth 😔 Rip all victims of Chernobyl 🥀

@wikansaktianto9215

3 жыл бұрын

Somehow we are living on those time..and might be even worse.

@filip1764

3 жыл бұрын

Who knows, maybe in the Red Forest near Pripyat there are some mutants.

@pietro_ferrari

2 жыл бұрын

😢

@briankaka7332

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you Should try playing Stalker

@PUARockstar

2 жыл бұрын

well, there were couple of mutants in Chornobyl. Actually, due to mutant scare, I was almost not born. My father was a liquidator. Doctors persuaded both my parents to abort me. Since I could be a monster of sorts. Gladly, they were wrong, and the whole thing vastly exaggerated based on couple of instances.

KGB Chairman Charkov: "Why worry about something that isn't going to happen" Valery Legasov: "Oh, that's brilliant,..they should put that on our money."

@kroelld

3 жыл бұрын

It's kind of apt that we put "In God, we trust" on the dollar. Because that's the only thing we can trust when it comes to the value and worth of that bill of paper.

@temuulenu5087

2 жыл бұрын

@@kroelld :o

@zippyzipster46

2 жыл бұрын

@@kroelld And communist trust in Government. Which failed as it usually does. And the people pay. And pay for a fat blood sucking government. No checks. No balances. Chernobyl was the result of such. Among many other things. Soviets were starving when they finally shed communism/socialism.

@glennmandigo6069

2 жыл бұрын

@@kroelld Exactly

@ousarlxsfjsbvbg8588

2 жыл бұрын

@@zippyzipster46 that “starving”, thing is a complete myth. It is untrue. In fact, many people probably started to starve in the 90s as a result of the unions collapse. But as for Chernobyl, you could say it was indirectly a result of the system in place in the USSR.

I literally broke into tears during the final scene of this, the greatest TV production ever conceived. The footage shown at the end served to cement the fact, *This isn't fiction* - These were actual true heroes, who paid with their lives. The epilogue accompanied by a beautiful Slavic orthodox hymn paved the way for some brutally heart wrenching minutes. The episode recieved a rare high rating of 10 on IMDb.

@kovbaska6753

5 жыл бұрын

It's actually a prayer, not a hymn

@Lasse3

5 жыл бұрын

@@kovbaska6753 I've always loved the Slavic/russian choral music, and especially the amazing depth of their oktavist (slavic Bass singer)

@JustPippaNY

5 жыл бұрын

I did too. I think the tears really started following when I saw that Lyudmilla would have a son.

@strigonshitposting793

4 жыл бұрын

What makes me angry is how easily it could have been prevented by reviewing the design flaws/cancelling the test in the first place. But, of course, this is the Soviet government we’re talking about, and of course, they didn’t. RIP to all those who are lost.

@horsie1856

4 жыл бұрын

They did an incredible job depicting the historical accuracy of Chernobyl. Considering how much the KGB tried to cover it up.

2:52 “They were wrong. She lives with her son in Kiev.” To think that both of them could be dead by now thanks to the ongoing war is depressing.

@justarandommalayboi8231

2 жыл бұрын

she moved from Kyiv to a city in Poland, she's most likely okay, not sure about her son though...

@dboygamer8184

2 жыл бұрын

A never ending cycle of horror and tragedy

@mikicerise6250

2 жыл бұрын

Got to love the Russians.

@furanduron4926

2 жыл бұрын

Last I heard about it they are still living in misery. Making enough money to survive despite her poor condition never to have been compensated by the people who caused this.

@snakey934Snakeybakey

2 жыл бұрын

@@mikicerise6250 A Good chunk if not a majority of the liquidators who prevented this disaster from spreading were Russians.

My grandpa served as a chemist in the soviet army. He was one of those liquidators at Chernobyl. Now he's spending his last days on earth in fear of russian bombs.

@kyleshiflet9952

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts are with that brave man

@dewjade4897

Жыл бұрын

🇰🇷 ♡ 🇺🇦

@user-ez3yz5tg2t

Жыл бұрын

あなたの祖父のご無事を祈ってます🇯🇵🇺🇦

@adamb2193

Жыл бұрын

Liar.

@carloslaguardia2190

Жыл бұрын

My god be with him for doing his part 😕

Those 4 dislikes are people who don't think RBMK reactors can explode

@joefeeney5497

3 жыл бұрын

They’re delusional!

@Xipe-totex

2 жыл бұрын

Like 1980 soviet officials. There are people in Russia ukriane Belarus who actually think chernobyl was a myth or legend

@PUARockstar

2 жыл бұрын

@@Xipe-totex I'm from Ukraine, noone think it was a myth here. There are couple of idiots or vatniks who believe in conspiracies about it, but noone actually denying it happened.

@thememingoflife5452

2 жыл бұрын

I don't see any dislikes, do you see any? Get it, cause they removed the dislike button?

@superdicas7815

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

The poor woman who lost her husband and child “lives in Kiev with her son.” My heart sank when I read that. Hope they are both well.

@firmak2

11 ай бұрын

according to another comment, there was a book written about ther. In short, hers and many who were effected by this did not lead good lives due to being abandoned by the state.

@user-oq8fq3zq3l

7 ай бұрын

her son died..

@rejvaik00

5 ай бұрын

@@user-oq8fq3zq3l no..... 😥 Oh God! Even after all that they still have to suffer more

The bridge part wrecked me.

@Jackobee231

5 жыл бұрын

Same, the guy who died near reactor and his body wasn't found got me

@anonymousanonymous7250

4 жыл бұрын

The "Bridge of Death" is a bit of an urban legend. There are no accounts of anyone on that bridge.

@benkerr5494

4 жыл бұрын

I immediately thought of all those kids when I saw it

@Harry-cj6bx

4 жыл бұрын

@@benkerr5494 It is not true however, it's more like an urban legend. It is a drama not a documentary

@benkerr5494

4 жыл бұрын

@@Harry-cj6bx well I thought it was true

2:50 I just watched this series the other day and I screamed when I saw this. Poor woman, to go through Chernobyl and now a war.

@ricarleite

2 жыл бұрын

She had moved away from Kiev by the time the show aired and was living in a small town near Poland. She most likely got away, but her son is an adult, so he probably stayed behind!

@stookinthemiddle

2 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking the same!

@LordVader1094

2 жыл бұрын

I highly doubt you screamed, but okay.

@linksmokes420

2 жыл бұрын

@@LordVader1094 don't need to be a dick now

"The firefighters clothing still remains in the basement of Pripyat hospital. It is dangerously radioactive to this day" Wow!

@ElderStatesman

3 жыл бұрын

The host behind Veritasium visited the very basement depicted in this show, and it’s arguably one of the most dangerous places to be on Earth apart from the broken reactor core at Chernobyl. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hoaAmdFrm7PXp5M.html

@Seadog7981

3 жыл бұрын

I heard someone might have taken a helmet from the basement.

@igotanM16

3 жыл бұрын

@@Seadog7981 I'm not sure if the helmets were as radioactive as the boots and pants. But still: a dumb move nonetheless.

@Seadog7981

3 жыл бұрын

@@igotanM16 I can't tell how radioactive it is, but it would be illegal and dangerous to transport it.

@lepusistlich6930

3 жыл бұрын

@@Seadog7981 Go there, enter that room, put a piece of firefighters' gear on and you'll get a lethal dose of radiation in few minutes. That's how radioactive it is. It's horrifying.

Honestly, Lyudmilla Ignatenko’s story was the most heartbreaking in my opinion from this whole story. To go from being a newlywed living in a stable living situation to losing your husband and daughter to horrific deaths in days must be the hardest thing to live through. I’m so happy that she recovered and now has a son after defying all odds and expectations

@NikopolAU

3 жыл бұрын

"recovered" may be a little bit of a stretch here. Both her and her son have serious health problems. Plus they live basically in poverty.

@EscMoonlight

3 жыл бұрын

@@NikopolAU yeah that’s true, I didn’t really phrase it correctly. Basically she’s doing a bit better than she was before

@jjs1300000

3 жыл бұрын

@@NikopolAU Her son has asthma

@jparker7424

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly if you haven’t had the chance to read voices from Chernobyl she has an account in the book and you’ll see how much she went through. I won’t give off any spoilers

@vacciniumaugustifolium1420

2 жыл бұрын

I hope she's ok with her son 😢

This is the most chilling 6 min in the history of cinematography.

@pietro_ferrari

2 жыл бұрын

True. Because is real. That's the true horror.

@JohnnyCoyote

2 жыл бұрын

Shivers down my spine every time.

@manmaje3596

2 жыл бұрын

No it’s not.

@thewalkingjed4893

2 жыл бұрын

@@manmaje3596 Shut up

@GK-il3fn

2 жыл бұрын

@242turbo try watching ‘Come and See’ - a soviet film about partisans in Belarus in WW2. That film has the most disturbing cinematography you’ll ever see

Interesting fact: In Chinese language, specifically Mandarin, the pronunciation of the number “four” is similar to “Die” or “Death”. Therefore, number 4 is usually seen as a bad omen. Boris died in four years and four months after he was sent to Chernobyl, so for us Chinese audience, his death was almost prophetic.

@batrachian149

2 жыл бұрын

It was Chernobyl reactor number four that blew up too.

@furioussherman7265

Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that Winnie the Pooh allowed people in China to watch the show, considering that questioning and objecting against authority when they get things wrong is a major theme in it.

@ka-boom2083

Жыл бұрын

@@furioussherman7265 most people just hop the fire wall via vpn, can’t even use KZread in China

@silentedict4256

Жыл бұрын

It was prophetic. Remember, Legasov told him they would both be dead in 5 years.

@nothingbutnegativity7495

Жыл бұрын

Yes finally I see someone mentioning this. So true.

Think the greatest injustice in all this was Fomin was able to go work in another nuclear power plant.

@TyrannosaurusCHEX

4 жыл бұрын

Very likely he cut a deal to take the sentence to protect higher ups from recrimination for keeping the reactor design flaw a secret, and ordering unsafe tests at his plant. The fact that there was never another disaster implies that he, hopefully, learned a hard lesson that he took into his new job

@JadeEyes1

4 жыл бұрын

Only in the movie version of events. In reality, nobody knows what happened to him.

@PantherZalayeta

4 жыл бұрын

@@JadeEyes1 i dont get what you are saying mate, he literally got another job at a nuclear plant after Chernobyl

@itsblitz4437

4 жыл бұрын

@@PantherZalayeta well actually he is a low ranking worker working under someone else.

@nivihally2421

3 жыл бұрын

@@itsblitz4437 im sorry but serves him right

All of them ... heroes .....

@sergiusincredible5607

5 жыл бұрын

Even Comrade "is in shock" Dyatlov.

@matenagy5672

5 жыл бұрын

@@sergiusincredible5607 Why?

@gilgamesh8334

5 жыл бұрын

Máté Nagy because he literally caused thousands of deaths through his lies, deception and delusions

@matenagy5672

5 жыл бұрын

@@gilgamesh8334 Are you serious or not? It's not clear for me.

@gilgamesh8334

5 жыл бұрын

Máté Nagy how is it not obvious, Dyatlov was a cun*

What's sad is that I was never taught about this disaster in High school.

@MartinezMKD1

3 жыл бұрын

IN Europe we learn a bit about it. The further east you go, the more you learn about it i would say. I'm Macedonian and I probably learned more about this in school than the Belgians did but probably less than the Polish and Belarussians.

@anthe999

3 жыл бұрын

@@MartinezMKD1 true, in Belgian schools it is mentioned but nothing more.

@theplourde

3 жыл бұрын

My 9th grade history teacher passed over it saying “it’s not that relevant to today, some (idiots) in a power plant made the wrong decision”

@christophergarcia3695

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe the school systems in high school don't include the event as it was in another country and believed the issue wouldn't pertain to the US. Maybe it's because it's a very sensitive topic. There may be multiple reasons.

@AkmBeats16

3 жыл бұрын

i live in czech republic and we never taught about this in school

“Where I once would fear the cost of truth, now I only ask, What is the cost of lies?” -Valery Lagasov

@ponchikshorts

2 жыл бұрын

- TheGamersTeg "What cost of bad typing?" Also Not Lagasov, A Legosov..

@TheGamersTag1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ponchikshorts jesus christ can people go one second without understanding that people make mistakes

@manmaje3596

2 жыл бұрын

@@ponchikshorts Have I spelt prick correctly?

This series is proof, if ever proof was needed in the first place, that hero’s exist and the don’t wear stupid costumes, the come from all walks of life. some don’t want to be hero’s and many don’t expect to be

@samuelrowbotham6322

2 жыл бұрын

And unfortunately they are rarely rewarded, more likely to be punished for their good deeds and then forgotten

@polarisukyc1204

2 жыл бұрын

@@samuelrowbotham6322unfortunately your right

@pannedokonaly4947

2 жыл бұрын

This is especially true during events in Ukraine today. Slava Ukraine,gerojam slava!

@polarisukyc1204

2 жыл бұрын

@@pannedokonaly4947 you are absolutely right

@tingispingis

2 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks for telling me comic book heroes aren't real I would never have figured it out otherwise

"In memory of all who suffered and sacrificed" gets me everytime...

Hello. I'm from Russia. I am glad that thanks to this series, the whole world will know (maybe someone will just remember) about this catastrophe. Keep the souls of the dead

@deepfriedorange4066

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it indeed did boost up alot of fame, Chernobyl was already famous though even before the series like for example in my hometown in mexico, all the way in mexico!, Knew about this disaster like the palm of their hand, Ever since i can remember this story has been known world wide ever since the soviets released info it was a hit story, But then the hype kind of died out and this series brought it all together again.

@spc31074

3 жыл бұрын

🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🌹

@jockwhisky1

3 жыл бұрын

Hello from Poland and now from Scotland. I remember very well the catastrophe and despite the censorship, I know that the sacrifice of the people was HEROIC.

@wikansaktianto9215

3 жыл бұрын

These series introduce me to how Sovyet was trying to cope their mistake...its really honorable how their people try to mend up the faulty of Sovyet Government...not just simply put blame on everything like The USA told us to.. But in the end..those people of Sovyet Union were forgotten...and the big name, the villain, the hero, and the other will always be remembered.

@Xipe-totex

2 жыл бұрын

I was a kid when this happened. I was living on the Belarusian border with Russia. Sad that I was somewhat close when it happened. I didn't even know the true scale until I watched this. Thank you writers and creators of this mini-series

Rest in peace *Valery Legasov*

@TusharSundarka

2 жыл бұрын

Ironic

@alHollandi_1998

2 жыл бұрын

@@TusharSundarka Your delusional get to the infirmary

@djb9734

2 жыл бұрын

1936-1988 a true hero

For those of you wondering, this piece titled “Vichnaya Pamyat”translates to “Perpetual Memory” or “Eternal Memory”. Very chilling and somber. In memory of all who suffered and sacrificed ❤️ You will always be remembered.

@nemanjabrkovic612

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed, it’s called Вјечнаја Памјат!

@james-97209

Жыл бұрын

And is an extremely common wish in orthodox christianity (which most of Ukrainians and Russians are ). Mostly heard in funerals

@rvoloshchukify

Жыл бұрын

This is the song we sing at funerals in Ukraine

Legasov, Shcherbina, Pikalov, Tarakanov, and hundreds more. Thank you for your service.

@bobbyrobbisn9732

3 жыл бұрын

It’s really quite sad how they died for us and the only way we can repay them is to remember

@giovannious

Жыл бұрын

@@bobbyrobbisn9732 obviously you can't donate on their patreon or something. And actually, remembering them is the best way to tribute because people live until they are forgotten. Those people were true heroes who sacrificed their lives for ours. May they rest well

My girlfriend is Ukrainian. In 2016 I went with her to visit her family. Of course I’ve been to Ukraine many more times since then. I told her how I badly wanted to visit Pripyat and see everything. She was very upset with me and told me not to go. I spoke with her family on other occasions about this disaster. It’s heartbreaking. But when this series came out? It was very hard for me to watch it. I love my girlfriend and her family deeply. And to see what happened to the Ukrainian people at that time broke me. I know why she didn’t want me to go. It just wasn’t about the radiation. It’s about the deaths of many people and what the Soviets did to their own people. Ukraine will always have a special place in my heart.

@Charles-7

Жыл бұрын

i'm glad your respecting your girlfriend's wishes.

@badcornflakes6374

7 ай бұрын

You leave the war out?

@alexdentondxiw

7 ай бұрын

@@badcornflakes6374 I was in Ukraine before the recent Russian invasion….

@joshg4953

4 ай бұрын

I've seen videos of tours there. Some actually take you right next to the wall where the reactor itself was along with the debris, then you get to go into the control room but due to radiation levels there, you can't be there long and the tour guide rushes you. I really wanna visit it just to see for myself

"They were wrong"

@siddhantbanerjee3328

3 жыл бұрын

Literally the only happy tears I shed during this epilogue

@zaidanahnaf9431

2 жыл бұрын

@@siddhantbanerjee3328 What about 3:25?

I didn't know about everyone on the bridge dying, but that hit me HARD.

@cormacmcg1232

4 жыл бұрын

they actually didnt go onto the bridge, everyone in pripyat slept through it. nobody really realised something was wrong until the morning

@dimasvillanueva9334

3 жыл бұрын

I've heard that that actually wasn't true

@EscMoonlight

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, fortunately this has been proven false on at least one account

@weathermanofthenorth1547

3 жыл бұрын

@@EscMoonlight I'm hearing many stories from people in Pripyat, from a few people there getting cancer, to no one, to a huge crowd. Who knows??? It's a mixed bag. We just may never truly know....

There’s something so terrifying to me about Khodemchuk, if I’m spelling that right. A lot of people have died as a cause of Chernobyl and the lies that followed, of course. But I find his fate so much scarier. To not only die in reactor 4, not only has his body never been recovered, but to be told he is PERMANENTLY ENTOMBED UNDERNEATH THE EXPLODED REACTOR… really got to me. This series isn’t just my favourite miniseries, not just tv show,, but my favourite piece of visual media. The way it can build up all of these domino pieces and knock them all back down by the end is incredible, as is every single filmmaking element you could think of. And this ending montage just goes to show how much scarier reality is than fiction. I may never not cry when hearing, “what is the cost of lies,” ever again.

@Seadog7981

Жыл бұрын

If it helps he probably died instantly and did not suffer.

@WMarcilVA

Жыл бұрын

One has to hope he died immediately because the alternative, a slow prolonged death by ARS, or worse, starvation or thirst, trapped alone beneath a burning nuclear reactor, doesn't bear thinking about.

@janelleg597

Жыл бұрын

In an overly politicized world, to create such a powerful message that transcends all else in especially extraordinary. It is the highest form of art. Amazing 👏

@trenchcoatjoe1891

10 ай бұрын

​@@janelleg597This disaster was 200% caused by Soviet politics.

I feel like the choir at 3:54-4:24 is chanting out the pain, anger, anguish, and betrayal that the people affected by this disaster felt. It's truly heartbreaking

@rejvaik00

5 ай бұрын

The song is called Vichnaya pamyat I think and it's typically sung at Orthodox church services for funerals

I was very thankful for the ending monologue, it was nice for once to get questions answered or details that were eluded to but not really answer until the end. specifically the bridge scene. The fact they were not able to find anyone who survived the bridge viewing from episode one and that two of the men who opened the valves in episode 3 are still alive impressed me they really did there research for this show. I am glad HBO actually released this after that disastrous season 8 game of thrones. Boris Shcherbina started out as someone i did not like at all and by the ending of the show he reminded me of my father all discipline, all hard noise, and no apology for it his ending monologue about not being important that made me see the connection.

@Lasse3

5 жыл бұрын

*Let him finish* It was a heartwarming moment! A true redemption.

@lucklesscope8367

3 жыл бұрын

@@Lasse3 A journey that started with: "... or I'll have one of these soldiers throw you out of the helicopter."

@NovaG0

2 жыл бұрын

It's unfortunate though that the Bridge of Death is mostly urban myth according to the people who knew people went to the bridge and were still alive. In fact, survivors are kinda annoyed over this myth

@parsnip5401

Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately (or more accurately, fortunately) the line about the Bridge of Death is, for an incredibly well researched and accurate series, almost certainly false and quite surprising it was included. There is essentially zero evidence for it, and there are recorded interviews with at least one of the people there by a leading author on Chernobyl no less (who would have been a major research source), making it bizarre to claim they couldn't find anyone alive despite all their research.

My favorite part of this music begins at 3:10. The music builds, grows louder, adds more voices to the harmony, until the bass comes in just after 3:24 below a full stack of voices. "It has been widely reported that the three divers who drained the bubbler tanks died as a result of their heroic actions." Then the primary choir returns, almost hopeful, when the text says the three divers survived at 3:31.

@mikerosoft1009

3 жыл бұрын

May favorite part too. A little hope in all this...

@defend4ever

3 жыл бұрын

I firmly believe they were blessed by God.

@bdtmstrs

3 жыл бұрын

This is the most surprising part, those guys survived, when everyone everyone around them died of radiation inna way or another

@giantWario

3 жыл бұрын

@@bdtmstrs It's not that surprising in hindsight. Before Chernobyl happened they didn't really know the widespread effect of radiation or how much radiation the protective equipment they had at the time could take. While this level of radiation turned out to be even deadlier than people thought, protective equipment, especially those made with lead, also turned out to be much better than they thought at protecting people from radiation poisoning. The equipment those guys had could have protected them from double the dose of radiation they received without much trouble. It's the same reason why General Pikalov survived without getting sick even though he got so close to the core.

@rootin222

2 жыл бұрын

1:40 when Dyatlov turns his head

A dark reminder of how much human pride can destroy an entire country and it's people throughout history in a vicious cycle of mistakes that will never end.

As powerful this all is, I was quite surprised to find out that the other 3 reactors continued to operate till the final one was shut down in 2000. They are still in the process of decommissioning as of 2021.

@fuckenoathcunt4230

2 жыл бұрын

Each RBMK reactor was retrofitted with a simple safety device that stopped what Dyatlov did from ever happening again. Not the best designed nuclear reactor, but I'm very sure if that wasn't looked over like it was we'd be in a different situation.

@BrownBomber92181

2 жыл бұрын

@@fuckenoathcunt4230 there already were interlocks to prevent Dyatlov from performing that "safety" test. But they were jumpered out (bypassed) in order for the test to happen. He, the other engineer and plant manager broke procedures

@Aletek

2 жыл бұрын

People still need energy. You just cannot leave the population in the dark...

@serhafiye7046

Жыл бұрын

@@Aletek Sadly yes but they didn't had to use Chernobyl, the radiation levels were insane probably.

@Kamina.D.Fierce

Жыл бұрын

​@@AletekI'll spend a few hours, days, or even weeks without power if the alternative means risking a nuclear meltdown like Chernobyl or worse.

Yesterday marked 34 years since the disaster, I rewatched this ending just to make myself shed as many tears as I could. It was before my time but I still feel I owe them that.

@wikansaktianto9215

3 жыл бұрын

If they didn't act like the movie told us..we might not even here right now. Imagine, mass evacuation of entire Europe Continent and radiated Atlantic Ocean...The world surely will colapse straightly in just 2 years..means 1990 will never going to exist at all.

@dendi9883

2 жыл бұрын

@@wikansaktianto9215 yep without these men the world might be stop at that time

@princesssprinklesthecat4192

2 жыл бұрын

Mobilegamer LOVES black men

This music... what a masterpiece : O

@MegaMangaGTA-9417

2 жыл бұрын

It's beautiful

3:26 These three brave men unknowingly saved the entire world and history may not remember them, but we will. Rest in peace Alexei Ananenko, Valeri Bespalov, and Boris Baranov

@Infinite-void908

Жыл бұрын

Two of them are still alive today, Alexei and Valeri, Boris Baranov died in 2005 of a heart attack, at 65.

Remember the liquidators. Heroes every one of them. A very touching epilogue.

that is hands down the saddes credits I ever witnessed rolling over the screen

I watched this series about a month ago. In light of the current war in Ukraine, I definitely hope that Lyudmilla and her son are alive and safe. I also thought I would share this information that I found out about some other Chernobyl survivors who are, or are likely, being impacted by the war. According to the Daily Mail, Alexei Ananenko, one of the two still living divers, had to flee Kyiv with his wife near the start of the war. I also found another KZread video from 2019 where the person who posted it was visiting the memorial to Valery Khodemchuk during a tour at the plant. According to the plant worker who was giving the tour, as of 2019, Valery's widow was living in Kyiv while his daughter was living with her family in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. Belarus is Russia's ally in this, so I can't imagine the impact this war must be having on the Khodemchuk family. It's just awful that these survivors have to go through trauma for a second time in their lives.

@rejvaik00

5 ай бұрын

Sadly it looks like her son has passed away

This was a beautiful and well made series but I must say, I take umbrage with their depiction of Dyatlov. In the show he's framed as a villain who's all too keen to throw his colleagues under the bus. In reality, he stayed at the plant until he got too sick to help clean up any more and at the trial, he stood by men like Akimov and Toptunov and maintained that they were only doing what he had told them to. He was a deeply damaged man who'd lost his son to leukemia, likely caused by radiation, and he died a sick, broken old man who had lost everything. The attempt to make him the villain of the piece is not only ghoulish, it completely contradicts Legasov's monologue at the start about how we shouldn't arbitrarily select heroes and villains in real life situations!

@emilmillet1389

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed they were far too harsh on his character and it was unfair to portray him in this light if those are true facts

@alvinpamplona6019

2 жыл бұрын

To be honest, there is no villain in the series, only lies.😞

@harishs8567

2 жыл бұрын

Reality is never black or white, always shades of grey

@therabbit2253

2 жыл бұрын

Tbh I think once you get to the end you no longer see Dytlov as a villain, after they explain how the reactor exploded they show that He actually did the right call an did the proper procedures that he was trained to do an the only villains at the end of it all were the lies that were told that caused more harm

@alexanderrudavka700

2 жыл бұрын

@@therabbit2253 right call at that point was to cancel the experiment but he was under pressure to finish it sooner. He knew it wasn't safe, even Akimov clearly told him that, but of course he didn't know it was unsafe to the point it would explode, but still.

The dramatic spike in cancer rates mostly children part killed me! 😢

@samporter7018

3 жыл бұрын

It's heartbreaking

@Xipe-totex

2 жыл бұрын

Sad

@pietro_ferrari

2 жыл бұрын

The part of Valery Khodemchuk's body that never found was cruel too :'(

@Dac2099

2 жыл бұрын

My roommate is one of them

@Croz89

2 жыл бұрын

Thankfully a lot of them were thyroid cancer, which has a high survival rate even back then.

Jared Harris actually does look a lot like the real Legasov.

Where I once would fear the cost of truth... ...now I only ask... *_"What is the cost of lies...?"_* - Valery Leagsov

I just came back to this video, as I remembered the information of Ludmilla Ignatenko living in Kyiv. Thinking about her these days and it breaks my heart to think, she has go through hell twice in her life, probably need to send her son to armed forces, based on his estimated age.

@williamplayfair364

2 жыл бұрын

its unbelievable

@alexanderscratch3748

2 жыл бұрын

she left kyiv awhile ago and lives in a small town somewhere in poland i think

I was born in 1997 in Poland, shortly thereafter my parents moved me and my brother to the UK in search of a better life. I love my parents and how they pushed me and my brother to have a better life. However, given the time of our births, I feel like a lifedebt is forever owwed on my part to these fallen heroes. What is this had gone unchecked? Would Poland have become uninhabitable? Would my parents have met? I certainly doubt it. To the producers at HBO, thank you for honouring the fallen with this touching memorial, and I once again, am eternally thankful to those that payed the ultimate price. I owe you more than my mere life, I owe my entire existence.

@mortus7591

6 ай бұрын

I was born in 1985 also in Poland i had 1 year when disaster struck i received “lugola”medicine it was to stop thyroid from absorbing radioactive iodine in air my parents told me it was one of most frightening part of their life i hope humanity will never again be subjected to radiation going out of control .

The pile of fire fighters cloths and the meter made my jaw drop. It’s scary to think how dangerous radiation really is and how long it remains.

Nuclear physics is god level tier tech. It must be treated with the respect and safety that it deserves, period.

@lifevest1

2 жыл бұрын

I think it is our salvation if we are to break away from Fossil Fuels for electricity generation, especially considering the idea of Thorium reactors. But the utmost care needs to be put into place. Chernobyl unfortunately gets used so much to oppose nuclear power, when in reality every part of the process (reactor designer, engineers on site and USSR government regulation) failed miserably.

To the brave men and women, thank you for giving the ultimate sacrifice to not only Ukraine but to all of Europe. May god bring you ever lasting peace forever. May you continue to rest in peace.

"They were wrong. She lives with her son in Kiev." The city that is currently being shelled by the red army...

Me coincidentally watching this on 26th April 2024. its 3:31 AM.

@lonewolf9390

21 күн бұрын

Not great....not terrible.

This was really heartbreaking to watch..

My grandmother was one of the scientists who was involved in the process of liquidating. She worked in the institute of Nuclear Power in Kyiv. Same building that was shown as nuclear institute in Belarus in the show. They had frames, like a metal detector, but ones that detect active particles. To check if you are not contaminated after an experiment for example. So the thing is that after the explosion, the frames would ring alarm when workers were coming FROM OUTSIDE into the building. This mess was all over the streets of my hometown. And now my home is bombed by other enemy - Russia, who is a direct heir of soviet regime. I am lucky that I left the country long ago, but my grandmother is still alive and lives in Kyiv. She was born during ww2, survived chernobyl and now there is another war. I love her so much, but afraid that will never see her again

120 likes & 0 dislikes. Not great, not terrible. In all seriousness, this is a beautiful ending to such a tragic event, it kind of sad that I was not alive during the time of Chernobyl and was also never really taught about it. Because of this series, I’m glad to finally know how it all came to be. May those who sacrificed their live to prevent this disaster from spreading further Rest in Peace.

@thekiller7994

3 жыл бұрын

Now 4 dislikes

@TheEnglishScotsman

3 жыл бұрын

@@thekiller7994 well, no one’s perfect

@hiddendagger7

2 жыл бұрын

now literally no dislikes because its impossible to see

@10YearsInTheJ0int

Жыл бұрын

67 dislikes

*2024 still masterpiece..Rip all heroes*

The railway bridge was 4,000 feet from Reactor 4...those people stood no chance.

@jakem5689

3 жыл бұрын

It practically snowed radiation on them from the ash of the explosion. They were dead as soon as they saw the ash...

Tschernobyl in a sentence: "Man's reach exceeded his grasp." We will never forget what happened and those that sacrificed themselves to save the rest of the world.

Nothing will compare to watching this at 2 am during the original broadcast alone in a dark room Such a amazing ending to an amazing show

@salamisumo2

Жыл бұрын

Same, I’ll never forget that. I was a weeping mess.

@josephking3782

Жыл бұрын

Me and my family watched it all in one go, finishing at 4am, I can't say ive ever seen my whole family so somber

This ending music captures the scale and doom of the Chernobyl disaster, I also believe this music sums up all disasters in history and the horrific aftermath that always follows. I could not help but think of this music being used on a tribute of the aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic, it just fits so well.

@redsoxu571

Жыл бұрын

Indeed, that is the purpose of all Memory Eternal pieces, which are sung at funerals and other memorial services at Orthodox Christian churches. No matter the scale of the loss or tragedy, it is given to those of us who live to never forget those who have left us. Just this past Sunday at my church, we ended our usual service with a full memorial in honor of those celebrated on Memorial Day - with all the living former members of the armed services up front to honor those departed. The music suits such a day, Chernobyl, the sinking of the Titantic, and all other such losses both past and to come!

I'm praying for Ukraine.God May god protect her people in her hardest of times. Bless Ukraine & its heroic People💙💛

@glorious.mel.

2 жыл бұрын

thank you🥺🇺🇦

It is never bad to come once in a while and remember them. 26/04/21

Remains the best television I’ve ever seen

2 of my uncles were liquidators in Chernobyl. Both have cancer now 😥

@nivihally2421

3 жыл бұрын

Aw no 😢

@jjs1300000

3 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry

@cihangirzulfikar1793

3 жыл бұрын

They are heroes, you should be proud. God bless them

@thunder_heads

3 жыл бұрын

I am so so sorry

@jamesfrank3213

3 жыл бұрын

Share their stories....the world owes them a huge debt

They left out a really interesting fact that Chernobyl still continued to make power with its other 3 reactors even after the meltdown. It stopped making power in 2000.

For those of us who remember Chernobyl as a real time event, I can tell you, our information was very limited at the time. We knew something had occurred because of Scandinavian radiation detectors. It took days for the Kremlin to acknowledge the accident. In the 80s, life was a continual bluff and military buildup between the US and the USSR. A nuclear accident in the USSR just amped the tension. I remember reading articles about the "liquidators" and the miners building the containment buffer, but the extent of the accident was not well known at the time. Watching Chernobyl was doubly horrific. Both as a devastating event for Ukraine and Belarus and vivid memory for those alive during that time.

I feel like HBO was very harsh on Dylatlov.. He wasn't aware of the risks.. In the 1994. interview with him you can just see an 64 years old depressed man looking like he is 90 (because of the radiation) with sadness and regret in his eyes. You can't really blame him. All you can say he was "Not great, not terrible" chief..

@Nobli82

2 ай бұрын

He really seemed to be a broken man in the epilogue wearing that blue (prison?) suit. I started to feel sorry for him. Well, none of us were there in the control room that night, so we will never exactly know what happened. We never knew him personally to decide how "great" or "terrible" person he was. Catastrophes happen when a series of wrong decisions are piled on top of each other. And the base for these wrong decisions is always in the system. So there is global system error and a chain of many local (personal) errors that become fatal added together. And then the reactor blows up. "When the truth offends, we lie and lie..." This last episode in the courtroom was so beautifully metaphorical and philosophical, and no longer about just Chernobyl.

I finally got the balls to watch the series last October and wow, it was phenomenal and so anxiety inducing and gut wrenching.

Today is a day…38 years ago…

@dylansitas4955

26 күн бұрын

I wonder why will happen when it reaches 50 years

i watched this series with my dad who has dyslexia. as i was reading out the words on this epilogue to him they've become engrained in my mind. some traumatising stuff.

This epilogue is hauntingly beautiful. You can see the brave men and women who saved the world from a terrible fate, but the price they had to pay for it was high. Despite their bold sacrifices, justice was never truly served in the CCCP. Only after it collapsed in 1991 did all of us hear what actually happened in that irradiated nightmare during 1986. It was only years later that I learnt my uncle was a liquidator and that it ultimately costed him his life. He had brought me to the outskirts of the exclusion zone a couple of years before his death. I asked him: “What happened to the people who cleaned this place up?” In his usual deep and vibrating voice he said: “Bad things happened to alot of them, but they are at peace now. Trough sacrifice and tears, there was victory, but at a cost. Our family will notice sooner or later what was sacrificed.” I had no idea that he was actually talking about himself here, and it blew me away into a emotional rollercoaster when I finally realized. I’m still in possession of his liquidators medal.

@eliasrodriguez1419

6 ай бұрын

Damn your uncle was honestly something else. You and your family should be proud to be related to someone like that.

I went there in 2018. If youre old enough to remember this (not just heard about it from this series), it was cool to put a vision to the memories.... even in Los Angeles we were worried about the radioactive cloud that was being carried by the jet stream... Pripyat, the city just outside of the Reactor area, is a trip. Totally surreal. Major city with high rise buildings, completely abandoned, with a forrest growing all through it. Photographers dream. Highly recommend getting out there if you can. And this series was amazing.

@HinataElyonToph

2 жыл бұрын

I want to see the memorial wall for Khodemchuck. It’s on the wall that sections Reactor 4 off from the rest of the plant. I hope someday in the future they are able to find any of his remains, or at least where he was in his last moments. But it’s suspected that he was either vaporized instantly by the explosion, or the amount of radiation cause his entire body to melt. Either way, his death was quick. This happened nine years before I was born. The biggest disaster I’ve ever been witness to live (sort of) was 9/11, which happened when I was five. I remember watching it on TV at school. but I still really want to go and see Chernobyl and Pripyat. How do I explain it…it’s like, you read and learn about these disastrous events, and you see the pictures, and you know it really happened, but it still doesn’t quite feel real. The only way to cement that it happened is to see it for yourself. Kinda like how I wanted to take a trip in a sub to see the Titanic’s resting place (not possible of course, as I’m pretty sure they’ve declared you can’t dive to it anymore). I did take a trip to NYC a few years after 9/11 and we saw ground zero, and it was really surreal. Just a big empty space where the twin towers used to be. I think they were even still cleaning away the rubble, because the area was fenced off.

Something they left out but also really should be known about this: The other 3 reactors at Chernobyl remained in operation until a fire broke out in the turbine hall of Reactor No. 2 in 1991 forcing them to shut that one down permanently too. This incident ended up compelling the Ukrainian government to start decommissioning the facility in 1996 and shut down Reactor No. 1. Final operations ceased when Reactor No. 3 was shut down in 2000.

@sliiiin

2 жыл бұрын

Chernobyl power plant was needed to feed huge over-the-horizon missile launch detection system hosted nearby en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duga_radar, so shutting the satiation down during Soviet Union was not possible until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1992. In 1992 Ukraine got the independence, in 1994 there were first more-or-less democratic parliamentary elections in Ukraine, it took some for the Ukrainian Parliament to get to the Chernobyl issue (as there were other issues, believe me), and then there was a decision to decommission the station.

@aluminium5738

Жыл бұрын

@@sliiiin There is a massive electric grid in the USSR that could have done that, it's just that this grid was very important in the USSR, and men like Valery Legasov even said themselves that an unexpected shutdown of a Nuclear Reactor is a serious incident.

I live in Bogota Colombia and in high school our history teacher told us the whole story in detail and how it happened, she didn't have to do it because it wasn't among the topics we were supposed to learn but she took her time to tell us everything what she knew about the disaster, one of the few teachers with a real vocation to teach that I had in my entire life.

Hope that poor woman is safe right now!

Watched this show over and over and still gives me chills

"What's something that stuck with you after making this series?" "You can be at fault but also be the victim, every time we go through a traffic light, we're in a conspiracy of thought, we're trusting something that to us is a sure fact, that others will let us go. Just how everyone knows no matter how much you push it, the reactor won't explode"

It has been 35 years today since what happened to Chernobyl. Thank you again to the people who sacrificed. The world would probably not be like that if they did not do that.

This epilogue still makes me cry just knowing how much pain and misery Chernobyl caused not only to the heroes who worked around the clock to stop it from getting worse but also to the world that watched in horror I believe Chernobyl if it's not already should be a World Heritage site as a reminder that humanity is fragile and delicate

@juliofranciscogomezstoppel1860

Жыл бұрын

As a reminder that goverment is stupid and only individuals can do the right thing.

She lives w her son in Kiev...which is about to be invaded by Russian and is being encircled by Russia as we speak...😢😢

I went into the show expecting a harrowing documentative drama about the Chernobyl disaster, and I got it. But I was also presented with a glimpse into Soviet paranoia, a few of the most compellingly written characters I've ever seen, and an epic of tragic bravery. What a show.

The music along with the pictures/ clips and the information that accompanied absolutely broke me... incredible TV series. Just incredible.

R.I.P Valery Khodemchuk. May you rest in peace and your soul be free from the pain you suffered in your final moments

Watching them bury the firefighters in metal coffins, putting them in mass graves and the covering them with Concrete really brought home how much radiation the absorbed.

спасибо за вашу жертву, за вашу храбрость. вичная память

Chernobyl 35 years later on this day. Rest in peace to all who suffered and sacrificed. 🙏

You can take tours around Pripyat and indeed around the Chernobyl plant itself, away from the sarcophagus, of course. A particular dream of mine is to walk around such a place. A period of history pretty much frozen in time. Of course there are people who still live and work there, but the point stands.

And there it sits. Entombed. Never sleeping Never stopping. Still alive and still deadly.

To those who worked around the clock to stop the reactor from leaking, you saved the lives of not just every man and women in the region but all life on earth.

RIP Valery Legasov (September 1, 1936 - April 27, 1988), aged 51 You will be remembered as a hero.

"The Bridge of Death" is just an urban legend btw

This is the best epilogue I've ever watched in my life. This is so sad.♥️

HBO needed to save themselves after Game of Thrones died on its backside... With Chernobyl, they created the greatest thing I've ever seen on television. There is no sequel to Chernobyl. There is no prequel to Chernobyl. There is no spin-off to Chernobyl. There is only this. And it will stand the test of time as an absolute masterpiece.

@vksasdgaming9472

2 жыл бұрын

Twin Peaks will challenge.

@vksasdgaming9472

2 жыл бұрын

@@HelghastStalker Indeed no chance. Twin Peaks being best TV-series ever is physical reality.

@vksasdgaming9472

2 жыл бұрын

@@HelghastStalker Only fact. Not a bloated mess of sociopaths scheming who is worst of them.

@TheWhaller

Жыл бұрын

Chernobyl 2: The Return of the Graphite!

may the liquidators rest in peace

Soundtrack is just perfect!

My God, the music......A perfect accompaniment to a perfect ending for a perfect miniseries.

after a couple days of processing I will say this is the most depressing combination of stills and music I've ever seen