Some advise，1.maybe play some popular 80s songs（like spirit in the sky ）at the vedio beginning will be good，2.hope to see something from COD：BlackOps COLDWAR.3.Maybe changing the fonts that appear in the video to a typewriter will give you a more cold war taste. I really love your guys' vedio ,more COLD WAR please.
In grad school, one of my classmates was from Pripyat. It was her birthday that weekend and she was excited about the new amusement park and her party, which never happened. She told me that they were evacuated to Moscow but were heavily discriminated against as everyone thought they were contagious. Eventually they were allowed to leave the Soviet Union and ended up in the US.
My fathers 2 cousins were around 20 and 17 at that time, and they went trekking in polish subcarpathia mountins/hills/forests. So pretty close to ukrainian border. They arrived at the start point about 2 days after the "worst day" Sergei mentions. There was a heavy rainfall there at that time. They wish they had camera to photograph it, but they swear to this day that puddles were yellow and purplish-pink. Not "clay mud yellow" but yellow-yellow. And since they were listening to Free Europe at their house, they connected the facts and turned back. So yeah....
I really enjoyed listening to Sergei. I laughed when he was talking about the western radio broadcasters (Voices of Enemies). 🤣🤣🤣 Great interview from someone who lived 'behind the Iron Curtain'.
Probably, the only good song in my Soviet playlist. Russian is not the best language for music, if you don’t understand the language. My other two favorite Kino- Bloodtype , Alla pugacheva million of scarlet roses.
Really cool to hear this guy's person experience of living in Ukraine during the Chernobyl disaster. Great video, hope to continue to have more episodes like this with other guests
I lived in Warsaw when it all went down. Remember popping iodine pills to minimize exposure. His accounts are crazy accurate and bring back some vivid memories. Great job fellas
Fascinating, I'm plenty old enough to remember the event. This interview adds a lot of "colour" to the story. Liked how the culture gives us perspective. Thanks CWC !
Imagine the government annoucing : “nothing going on, please remain calm, no worries. Repeat, nothing dangerious is happening. “ U would worry to. Exilent content
I was too young then to recall those events, but years later I talked to my parents who said that in Poland the authorities did not inform the people about the radiation hazard for a few days after April 26th. However, it supposedly was just a few days and then they did inform about the accident in the media. Also, local authorities were ordered to distribute Lugol's iodine for thyroid protection. But my mom told me that right after the accident - these few first days - nobody knew about the radiation danger and since the weather was great everyone would spend a lot of time outdoors. Several months ago, I watched a program, on one of Polish yt channels about science, devoted to the Chernobyl disaster. Some nuclear scientists were interviewed, and they said they immediately knew something serious had happened as their equipment started showing a huge increase in radiation. At first they were kept in the dark about what actually happened cause the govt had to contact Moscow and get instructions how to proceed in that situation. Those were interesting times.
this is a perfect channel. the audio and lighting are super buttery and your actual content is captivating, both historical and anecdotal. also, sergei rules.
During that period I was on an SSN in the Western Pacific, conducting operations of a classified nature. I recall reading the teletypes regarding extraordinary activities within the Soviet Union and the heightened alert level that resulted. It's tragic that the Soviet government refused outside help from the West, even after they knew we were aware of the scale of the disaster. I think we could have saved lives, had the Politburo shaken-off it's distrust and paranoia to benefit Soviet citizens. I fear we're seeing a replay of that scenario in China, as the world grapples with the Coven-19 Pandemic............................................................
My grandfather was a fairly high ranking officer in the US airforce at the time that dealt with almost all things related to radiation and how to keep people safe from it. When i asked him how soon he new something serious was definitely going on he said within 2 days of the incident and he said they had a pretty good idea that it was a nuclear meltdown. How this relates, im not sure but i just thought is add this in
Sergei's channel gives you a great view of a young person's life in the last year's of the Soviet Union, and the memories of his parents and grandparents.
I was 2 years old when Chernobyl disaster happened. I lived near Kuopio,Finland. 2 days before chernobyl there were 6cm (2 inches) of show. On the day of the disaster no show and +9C (48F) so I probably played in a pubble of water that day. Only some minor acidous rain came to Finland but I guess that was just luck.
I don't have time to watch it now, but I'll definitely check it out later. I'm just dropping by to give this video a like and wish everyone a merry Christmas :)
I remember this kind of stuff......when I was a kid Iived in the San Francisco bay area......China was still doing above ground nuclear tests and we'd get advisories on the fallout levels and what people should do etc.....being a kid I kinda mentally shrugged it off as something out of my hands.....but it was weird to think there was something in the air......invisible.....potentially harmful.....always got the feeling there was nothing that could be done about it.
The contamination is in your imagination. The miniscule amount of radiation from Chernobyl has no direct harmfull health effects. The actual negative health effects come from irrational fear of radiation. www.unscear.org/unscear/en/chernobyl.html#Health yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/lapland_reindeer_herders_still_carrying_radiation_from_cold_war_nuclear_tests/9548131
My mother was a 'no nukes is good nukes' activist. I was always terrified of imminent nuclear war, she made me study the horror that happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a child, giving me night terrors. We watched the movie about the impending nuclear Armagedon 'The Day After ', when it came out. It messed me up. The constant knowledge that it could arrive in a few minutes. 40 years later, no peace anywhere on Earth, not enough good will towards people.
28:54 Border guy sees the 3,6 roentgen (actually different as they got sieverts) readout and shrugs his shoulders muttering: Not great but also not terrible move along.
The old Discovery Wings of the Red Star channel did an episode on the Mig-15 " _Duel Over Korea_ ". In it they had an interview with a Russian " _Honcho_ ". That had to have been around 1988-90 time frame.
Nice! I was in Romania and there we also had news only by radio free Europa etc. My father brought a Gyger_counter from bis work place and the worst was near the tyres of a car. This was in Bucharest. Lot of people went crazy when they distributed the first iodide tablets (Not enough), but in fact it was too late. Never seen so much fresh food on the market!!! You could cry just seeing it rot when before you couldnt find any of the things...
I was 15 at the time of the explosion in Scotland, it is difficult to explain to the younger generations just how few channels of information we had at the time, TV, radio, newspapers that was it. If these channels weren't interested in a story or they were spinning a line then you were unlikely to hear an alternative view.
My father studied at university in Kyiv as a foreign student (he's Czech) where he met my mother (I've got relatives in Ukraine and Russia). When this happened, he was camping with a classmate downstream from Chernobyl, not realizing anything happened until few days later. My mother told me similar story like in the video, iodine tablets and all. I think my grandparents threw some things out, too. It was raining heavily, with rain being all weird. It had definitely shortened life of the liquidators, some of them drastically. Months later there was a higher amount of babies being born with genetic conditions... AFAIK I dodged that bullet, but it makes one respect the nuclear power (which I see as a clean source, but that would be another topic). No only in USSR, but also back in Czechoslovakia (half the Europe got affected) people would celebrate May 1st without any warning about the clear danger. BTW, Fukushima was a mere spark compared to Chernobyl. If Fukushima was like Chernobyl, half the Japan would need to be decontaminated, incl. greater Tokio.
9:30 I inherited an ancient Blaupunkt hifi from my grandfather and have often wondered why there are 2 tuning knobs, 1 for tuning and the other for "fine tuning" now i know!
Chernobyl. One of the Final nails in the coffin for the Soviet union. It is a splendid present to end Christmas: thanks to the present, Cold war channel!
@Leo Walzim The CIA has done a lot of terrible stuff to the world, but Cosmic is making shit up. Not even the Soviet authorities of the time believed that.
I remember Chernobyl in 1986 I was 11 years old in the UK and we were on a school trip in Wales - it was on the news and our teachers talked to us about it. To be honest it didn’t really worry us, we were too young to understand plus having too much fun on our trip and didn’t really understand the issues. I remember seeing footage of the smoking reactor etc
I remember the Chernobyl incident when I was a kid in school. Of course, I've learned a lot MORE since then, but it sounded bad enough when I was a kid!
The thing i like most is how he doesn't remember much about this time period except The World Cup. It shows you how life was like. I will watch the show Chernobyl with that in mind, just thinking about how the people really reacted.
Damn RBMK reactors! Should have just used VVER or PWC designs.... both use water as a moderator and coolant, that way if either fails, the reaction shuts down by itself. How can you not like Sergei? He's such a genuine guy.... no bullshit, no embellishments; what you see is what you get. That's a surprisingly rare quality these days.
The next big advance in nuclear energy will be the successful exploitation of nuclear power generation capable elements that have short radio half-life. Or simply a way to clinch the radio decay of fissile waste products being currently used, for certain that would be a Nobel Prize worthy accomplishment
Anyone defending Gorbachev for his "reforms" remember how he handled Chernobyl. Also recall that he was furiously trying to keep the USSR intact until the last days.
I have friends in China who can relate to the Ukrainian man's experiences with the propaganda control. Except it has to do with the current health care crisis. Everything is fine - we have everything in control! It is the fault of the imperialist running dogs (who shall not be named) who are responsible for our great nation's fall.etc. etc.
On Sergei's channel he posted an awesome vid on this topic.. learned a huge amount about life on the ground there.. anyone watching this vid should also watch his too..
I was stationed in West Germany at the time of the accident. My unit was in the field training and I don't recall getting any special information from Armed Forces Television on the accident. We stayed out near the East German border and didn't do anything different than if it hadn't happened. No Alert, nothing.
My dad when he was 11 was in Kiev with my Grandmother when the acid rains started he has a little scat from a acid rain in Kiev on his hand because of chernobyl.
We have more episodes like this coming very soon. We will discuss life in the Soviet Union in detail. Stay tuned.
please make a video on the Naxalbari Movement a Maoist Movement in India which shook the government.
Some advise，1.maybe play some popular 80s songs（like spirit in the sky ）at the vedio beginning will be good，2.hope to see something from COD：BlackOps COLDWAR.3.Maybe changing the fonts that appear in the video to a typewriter will give you a more cold war taste.
I really love your guys' vedio ,more COLD WAR please.
Please make a video about the Kursk submarine disaster 2000.
In grad school, one of my classmates was from Pripyat. It was her birthday that weekend and she was excited about the new amusement park and her party, which never happened. She told me that they were evacuated to Moscow but were heavily discriminated against as everyone thought they were contagious. Eventually they were allowed to leave the Soviet Union and ended up in the US.
My fathers 2 cousins were around 20 and 17 at that time, and they went trekking in polish subcarpathia mountins/hills/forests. So pretty close to ukrainian border.
They arrived at the start point about 2 days after the "worst day" Sergei mentions. There was a heavy rainfall there at that time. They wish they had camera to photograph it, but they swear to this day that puddles were yellow and purplish-pink. Not "clay mud yellow" but yellow-yellow. And since they were listening to Free Europe at their house, they connected the facts and turned back. So yeah....
...love the kid's "perspective".... oooh, classical music . . . a day off skool. Cheers
"Here we are: at school while the world is on fire."
I can't believe Serguei has not been memed already.
Not yet)))
I really enjoyed listening to Sergei. I laughed when he was talking about the western radio broadcasters (Voices of Enemies). 🤣🤣🤣
Great interview from someone who lived 'behind the Iron Curtain'.
Sergei
"Chernobyl made my brother a red head" I'm sorry for your loss :P
Is amazing to hear the experience of someone who was there. Thank you both for this magnificent episode
The Soviet Union national anthem is Boss, can't deny it
I heard it in memes and now it's my ringtone.
Probably, the only good song in my Soviet playlist. Russian is not the best language for music, if you don’t understand the language. My other two favorite Kino- Bloodtype , Alla pugacheva million of scarlet roses.
I love the Masquerade Suite by Aram Khachaturian, but he was Armenian. Probably not a willing soviet.
It's just a pity that it's so deeply connected to such an evil regime.
Russia has always had some of the best composers and artists on all fields throughout history.
Pulling out all the stops to compete with Indie Nydell I like it
lamo lambda the more knowledge, the better!
@@slandgsmith I too am enjoying this armsrace in production quality and content
lamo lambda Indie nydell should have interviews like this.
They should get Indie on
Indie and The Great War was the reason I gave this channel a shot- so glad I did!!!
Really cool to hear this guy's person experience of living in Ukraine during the Chernobyl disaster. Great video, hope to continue to have more episodes like this with other guests
I lived in Warsaw when it all went down. Remember popping iodine pills to minimize exposure. His accounts are crazy accurate and bring back some vivid memories. Great job fellas
Great interview host and guest. The line "radio is playing classical music.....day off from school" I love it. Keep up the good work
Pls. continue doing more podcasts like that because this was amazing!
probably your beast video yet at least to my opinion.
Great interview! I (1972) also follow the Ushanka Show.
Nice crossover episode
2 of my uncles were liquidators in Chernobyl
FDR R your uncles where heroes , may they rest in peace .
Very nice video, and I am glad to finally see Sergei in an proper interview setting
Ushanka and coldwar? Best Christmas ever!
Epic clash.
Comrade's subscriptions about to jump again - nice job with interview Sergei
Thanks! Me thinks 3.6K new subs wouldn't be terrible
Fascinating, I'm plenty old enough to remember the event. This interview adds a lot of "colour" to the story. Liked how the culture gives us perspective.
Thanks CWC !
Sitting in school while the world is on fire! Those were the 80s
My bonkers old man bothered about school shit at the height of the nuclear scare 1983...
Imagine the government annoucing : “nothing going on, please remain calm, no worries. Repeat, nothing dangerious is happening. “ U would worry to. Exilent content
They do that everytime. You need to be an idiot to trust the government to do anything right except failing in their job
I was too young then to recall those events, but years later I talked to my parents who said that in Poland the authorities did not inform the people about the radiation hazard for a few days after April 26th. However, it supposedly was just a few days and then they did inform about the accident in the media. Also, local authorities were ordered to distribute Lugol's iodine for thyroid protection. But my mom told me that right after the accident - these few first days - nobody knew about the radiation danger and since the weather was great everyone would spend a lot of time outdoors.
Several months ago, I watched a program, on one of Polish yt channels about science, devoted to the Chernobyl disaster. Some nuclear scientists were interviewed, and they said they immediately knew something serious had happened as their equipment started showing a huge increase in radiation. At first they were kept in the dark about what actually happened cause the govt had to contact Moscow and get instructions how to proceed in that situation. Those were interesting times.
Don't you miss those good old days? A lot of people in Russia do
@@UshankaShow Come to think of it - I don't. I do miss the 1990s, however.
Glad I looked into the older videos, so cool to see Sergei on here. I’ve been subscribed to Ushanka Show for a few years now. Great video! ✌🏻
this is a perfect channel. the audio and lighting are super buttery and your actual content is captivating, both historical and anecdotal. also, sergei rules.
During that period I was on an SSN in the Western Pacific, conducting operations of a classified nature. I recall reading the teletypes regarding extraordinary activities within the Soviet Union and the heightened alert level that resulted.
It's tragic that the Soviet government refused outside help from the West, even after they knew we were aware of the scale of the disaster. I think we could have saved lives, had the Politburo shaken-off it's distrust and paranoia to benefit Soviet citizens.
I fear we're seeing a replay of that scenario in China, as the world grapples with the Coven-19 Pandemic............................................................
Are you from the future
This man predicted the whole pandemic 😭😭😭😢
@@alejandrokaplan7243 No, he's from the past.
My grandfather was a fairly high ranking officer in the US airforce at the time that dealt with almost all things related to radiation and how to keep people safe from it. When i asked him how soon he new something serious was definitely going on he said within 2 days of the incident and he said they had a pretty good idea that it was a nuclear meltdown. How this relates, im not sure but i just thought is add this in
Yes, the advent of witches beginning in 2019 has had a devastating effect.
Great interview, I will now follow both channels.
Loved this! Thank you.
He’s hilarious. “Oh he’s old. Another day off is coming soon!”
There were no snow days in the Soviet Schools. Just Dead Dear Leader days. So, yes
I love this guy! I love his candidness and how he always talks without filters lol. His channel is great too!
"Besides being a redhead, he's fine", this guy's hilarious.
I really love the Videos of Sergei, i think it's a great choice of you guys to get him on this video!
I've seen so much material about chernobyl and yet I'm still learning new things, thank you for sharing!
Sergei's channel gives you a great view of a young person's life in the last year's of the Soviet Union, and the memories of his parents and grandparents.
Thanks for this video.
A lot of heroes that gave their lives, many not knowing what the dangers were.
Best episode yet.
I was 2 years old when Chernobyl disaster happened. I lived near Kuopio,Finland. 2 days before chernobyl there were 6cm (2 inches) of show. On the day of the disaster no show and +9C (48F) so I probably played in a pubble of water that day. Only some minor acidous rain came to Finland but I guess that was just luck.
I was so happy when I saw you both did a collaboration! I can't wait to see more collaborations between both of you in the future
I don't have time to watch it now, but I'll definitely check it out later.
I'm just dropping by to give this video a like and wish everyone a merry Christmas :)
This is one of the best collaborations on the platform to date !
I remember this kind of stuff......when I was a kid Iived in the San Francisco bay area......China was still doing above ground nuclear tests and we'd get advisories on the fallout levels and what people should do etc.....being a kid I kinda mentally shrugged it off as something out of my hands.....but it was weird to think there was something in the air......invisible.....potentially harmful.....always got the feeling there was nothing that could be done about it.
Bavaria is still contaminated from Chernobyl they advise people not to eat wild mushrooms since they pull the caesium out of the ground.
The contamination is in your imagination. The miniscule amount of radiation from Chernobyl has no direct harmfull health effects. The actual negative health effects come from irrational fear of radiation.
www.unscear.org/unscear/en/chernobyl.html#Health
yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/lapland_reindeer_herders_still_carrying_radiation_from_cold_war_nuclear_tests/9548131
My mother was a 'no nukes is good nukes' activist. I was always terrified of imminent nuclear war, she made me study the horror that happened in Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a child, giving me night terrors. We watched the movie about the impending nuclear Armagedon 'The Day After ', when it came out. It messed me up. The constant knowledge that it could arrive in a few minutes. 40 years later, no peace anywhere on Earth, not enough good will towards people.
28:54 Border guy sees the 3,6 roentgen (actually different as they got sieverts) readout and shrugs his shoulders muttering: Not great but also not terrible move along.
Do a video on Soviet pilots in Korea
They were all like cyka blyat and then they got into their planes and flew away
what ?????
The old Discovery Wings of the Red Star channel did an episode on the Mig-15 " _Duel Over Korea_ ". In it they had an interview with a Russian " _Honcho_ ". That had to have been around 1988-90 time frame.
I remembered about Li Xi Tsun but then realized he was Vietnamese.
another really, really solid episode. good work!
Nice! I was in Romania and there we also had news only by radio free Europa etc. My father brought a Gyger_counter from bis work place and the worst was near the tyres of a car. This was in Bucharest. Lot of people went crazy when they distributed the first iodide tablets (Not enough), but in fact it was too late. Never seen so much fresh food on the market!!! You could cry just seeing it rot when before you couldnt find any of the things...
Ushanka brings me here
What a great video.
Thank you
Cool interview. Great work, as always
Really cool interview, glad you brought him on
Merry Christmas to everyone at The Cold War channel, including subscribers :) Have a great day!
I was 15 at the time of the explosion in Scotland, it is difficult to explain to the younger generations just how few channels of information we had at the time, TV, radio, newspapers that was it. If these channels weren't interested in a story or they were spinning a line then you were unlikely to hear an alternative view.
26:50
At the 86 WC USSR won their group while Canada as usually crashed out with 0 points!
USSR then lost to Belgium in the round of 16.
Great collaboration between two excellent TH-cam channels.
3:52 It is indeed the most beautiful anthem in the world!
Thank you so much for this, merry Christmas
Really nice video, also nice ambiance sound in the background.
Great job, Sergei. Merry Christmas.
My father studied at university in Kyiv as a foreign student (he's Czech) where he met my mother (I've got relatives in Ukraine and Russia). When this happened, he was camping with a classmate downstream from Chernobyl, not realizing anything happened until few days later. My mother told me similar story like in the video, iodine tablets and all. I think my grandparents threw some things out, too. It was raining heavily, with rain being all weird. It had definitely shortened life of the liquidators, some of them drastically. Months later there was a higher amount of babies being born with genetic conditions... AFAIK I dodged that bullet, but it makes one respect the nuclear power (which I see as a clean source, but that would be another topic).
No only in USSR, but also back in Czechoslovakia (half the Europe got affected) people would celebrate May 1st without any warning about the clear danger. BTW, Fukushima was a mere spark compared to Chernobyl. If Fukushima was like Chernobyl, half the Japan would need to be decontaminated, incl. greater Tokio.
I saw the yellow ads dots under the video and was scared for a moment.
Amazing show
Is that background music one of the tracks from the STALKER series? It sounds like The Zone
Nice interview, Sergei.
Thanks!
Interesting eyewitness testimony. Tragic, but including funny moments ! Thanks !
Really interesting perspective. Thank you for the story.
Fantastic episode, what a great insight!
Wow! Thanks for posting! Liked and shared. Was already subscribed.
Sergei looks like the perfect KGB operative.
Thank you! Comrade Major will be happy to hear that!
9:30 I inherited an ancient Blaupunkt hifi from my grandfather and have often wondered why there are 2 tuning knobs, 1 for tuning and the other for "fine tuning" now i know!
incredible interview!
Chernobyl.
One of the Final nails in the coffin for the Soviet union.
It is a splendid present to end Christmas: thanks to the present, Cold war channel!
@Leo Walzim The CIA has done a lot of terrible stuff to the world, but Cosmic is making shit up. Not even the Soviet authorities of the time believed that.
@@cosmicwakes6443 I am no fan of CIA. But this is bs.
I remember Chernobyl in 1986 I was 11 years old in the UK and we were on a school trip in Wales - it was on the news and our teachers talked to us about it. To be honest it didn’t really worry us, we were too young to understand plus having too much fun on our trip and didn’t really understand the issues. I remember seeing footage of the smoking reactor etc
This is awesome insight.
I remember the Chernobyl incident when I was a kid in school. Of course, I've learned a lot MORE since then, but it sounded bad enough when I was a kid!
The thing i like most is how he doesn't remember much about this time period except The World Cup. It shows you how life was like. I will watch the show Chernobyl with that in mind, just thinking about how the people really reacted.
Damn RBMK reactors! Should have just used VVER or PWC designs.... both use water as a moderator and coolant, that way if either fails, the reaction shuts down by itself. How can you not like Sergei? He's such a genuine guy.... no bullshit, no embellishments; what you see is what you get. That's a surprisingly rare quality these days.
The next big advance in nuclear energy will be the successful exploitation of nuclear power generation capable elements that have short radio half-life. Or simply a way to clinch the radio decay of fissile waste products being currently used, for certain that would be a Nobel Prize worthy accomplishment
Anyone defending Gorbachev for his "reforms" remember how he handled Chernobyl. Also recall that he was furiously trying to keep the USSR intact until the last days.
Comrade Sergei 👍
...now you know why DPRK radios + tv sets have n0 tuning mechanism
they are built for the One Glorious Frequency of the State
Thank you!
Your best video to date by far.
I was 2 at that time and my father was pretty much unaware of the fallout ETC. so I was on his shoulders getting the great 1 of May rain in Minsk
Thanks
I have friends in China who can relate to the Ukrainian man's experiences with the propaganda control. Except it has to do with the current health care crisis. Everything is fine - we have everything in control! It is the fault of the imperialist running dogs (who shall not be named) who are responsible for our great nation's fall.etc. etc.
Great video!
Sergei is my favorite comrade
Russian/Soviet anthem was indeed and is still among the best anthems.
Everyone knows it for a reason, it's catchy.
eternal gratitude to the Liquidators.
Good ole comrade Sergei
Wow... amazing
Very interesting to hear his perspective.
Merry Christmas!
Gorbachev: "Nah, it'll be fine."
Great video.
On Sergei's channel he posted an awesome vid on this topic.. learned a huge amount about life on the ground there.. anyone watching this vid should also watch his too..
I love this channel so much
I was stationed in West Germany at the time of the accident. My unit was in the field training and I don't recall getting any special information from Armed Forces Television on the accident. We stayed out near the East German border and didn't do anything different than if it hadn't happened. No Alert, nothing.
Cool collaboration!
My dad when he was 11 was in Kiev with my Grandmother when the acid rains started he has a little scat from a acid rain in Kiev on his hand because of chernobyl.