There is a monument dedicated to all of those workers and firefighters (aka liquidators) at Chernobyl. The inscription there reads, "To those who saved the world".
The Liquidators weren't the firefighters. The Liquidators were the ones that cleaned the whole zone up, like the soldiers that hunted all the animals and chopped down all the trees, turned all the soil and such. I don't know if the rooftop soldiers count among them though.
It's crazy how such insane heroism can exist with such insane failure. For every Fomin who tries to insist there's no problem, there's one general who drives in with a dosimeter himself because he cannot get his men to do something so dangerous.
@@Ealsante more accurately, he wouldn't ask someone to do something so deadly if he wouldn't do it himself, and having done it himself, his soldiers know, that he is not asking them to something he wouldn't do. it probably killed him
When Boris smashes the phone to bits.... it was such a huge catharsis for me. It felt like he was doing that for me and every other member of the audience. Scherbina grows so much over the course of the series. Also this series gives me so much hope. The tough hardened solider taking mercy on Pavel in the scene with the puppies. Scherbina and Legasov laughing. The women gathering to help Ludmilla. This series does show something deeply wonderful about humanity.
Yeah, he had such a big ego, and let it rule him and who he interacted with. But as he grew with the task, he put the ego aside and pushed on.. that's when all of europe litterally got a fighting chance. In the beginning, I thought he was a genuine bastard, but glad to see him grow and save the day (and world).
I agree - with all the lies, incompetence and selfish idiocy, there were so many people who honestly did everything they could to clean up that fucking godawful mess - knowingly, even at the cost of their own lives. I liked Scherbina's speech, whether it ever happened or not. They did it simply because it had to be done.
@Strange Quark they did, small dosimeters that only measure total amount are quite cheap. here a modern one: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Filmdosimeter.jpg/1024px-Filmdosimeter.jpg one intetresting fact: Many of the rooftop workers actually worked longer there than 90 seconds, they tricked the system to protect less experienced members from going up there. How they did it was quite easy; each worker had a small dosimeter on his chest that would measure the dose they got, you had to stop working on the roof when that dosimeter reached around 25 Roentgen (Rem) often enough these workers either did not go up there with their dosimeter OR they took the dosimeter of someone else up there.
When you're able to induce such anxiety and fear in the audience with nothing but a radioactive roof and the "Bio-Robots" wearing Geiger counters, you know this is a cinematic masterpiece. Absolutely shattering episode.
@@Cassxowary Well yes, there is that, but being able to transcribe what happened is, in itself, very hard. Many Historical movies/tv shows/etc... failed in communicating these senses of urgency/anxiety/tension/etc... In fact, we could almost consider that the fact these events, as depicted, actually happened make them even more difficult to transcribe without "contaminating" the subject with unnecessary emotional stunts/cliches/etc...
Anuraag Muktevi The show also exaggerates the radiation dangers, playing off the ignorance of the general population about radiation. All Hollywood productions do this.
I like how you don’t hide your emotions and actually feel the pain in the series. Here, in Ukraine, we still get the ‘gifts’ of Chernobyl, the cancer rate is enormous.. Thank you for the reactions to the series. With ❤️ from 🇺🇦
An interesting fact my mom told me: The song sung during the animals' burial was about a man and a crow. The man sings to the crow that "you're not getting me" in the sense that the bird wants to feed on the man's corpse. What was not sang in the show was the last verse of the song. In the last verse the crow eventually gets to feast on that man.
I was 9 when it happened and I lived in Warsaw, Poland only 700 km away from Chernobyl. I remember this fear very well. Especially, my mother, she was so worried about us, her children. The radioactive cloud hit us on April 28th. But, I also must say that our communist government reacted suprisingly responsible in the first days. Russians did not share much information even with their allies. So, our national nuclear detection network discovered that something really bad is happening. At the beginning, scientists were paralysed by the thought that nuclear war had started, but quickly discovered, that it must had been massive civil reactor accident. In few hours Chernobyl was identified. Special Committee was created (kind like in the series) with scientists involved. At first, they ordered that everyone (especially children) should take a doze of iodine to block the thyroid and prevent thyroid cancer (most probable from radionucleids emmitted). In just three days 18,5 mln citizens from endengared regions received necessary treatment (Poland was 38 mln total population). Government used almost all military reserves of iodine they kept in case of nuclear war. As there was also some risk of food contamination, government warned people not to drink fresh milk, eat berries or mushrooms etc. They imported massive amount of milk from the West for children (with help of Western authorities). As for us, our mother told us not to go out. The first day when we learned that there is a contamination, she ordered us to take out all clothes and gave us really hard shower. Then, we were forbidden to go outside for some days. All the windows were closed, curtains down and we could not get close to them. That was quite scary at the time, but in the end thankfully contamination in Poland was minor.
and nothing has changed.the current russia behaves just like the soviet union's government.does not acknowledge anything and denies all the accusations to their side, "they are not there", "they are in no way responsible"
You should check the real footage they have of the heroes who went on to the roof. It's on TH-cam and looks exactly the same as the way the show portrayed it.
Finally, I was looking forward to it. Thank you guys, you are such beautiful couple. I love your reactions on Chernobyl. You are so sincere. Greetings from Vladivostok, Russia.
I really felt for Shcherbina this episode. He's in an impossible position and has obstacles in every direction which is what led them to make some extremely difficult but unavoidable choices. This series really is an intense, uncomfortable but necessary journey. Looking forward to your reaction to the finale.
FYI, I'm NOT exaggerating this point at all. Chernobyl is by far the single best piece of cinematic artwork I've ever seen. This mini series took film making to a different place than I've ever seen it go before. We've had stuff like Titanic & Apollo 13 in the full feature-length film genre and Band of Brothers and From The Earth to the Moon in the mini series realm, but to me, personally, Nothing has ever come this close to giving people the true historic experience of a major global event the way Chernobyl has. It's one of humanities worst disasters and biggest mistakes, yet we've known less about the truth of Chernobyl than we've known about how JFK was assassinated and how NASA put a man on the Moon. It wasn't just important to finally tell the whole truth, but to expose what happened to a new generation of people who didn't even fathom the fact that they live in a world where a nuclear disaster of this scale and scope actually happened and is still being dealt with today and will continue to be dealt with long after they are dead. Great reaction videos so far. I'm looking forward to your finale video.
Agreed. This show is a masterpiece. Personally I feel it’s the best thing ever put on television. No show or series has ever induced the full spectrum of emotion in me as this show has. From anger to fear to sadness and anxiety and even happiness in moments. I cried from sadness and anger and anxiety.
I love your reactions.I am from Georgia (a country that used to be part of Soviet Union). I was watching a tv program a few days ago about Chernobyl. 1619 Georgians were sent there as firemen, liquidators, nurses etc etc. 95% of these people died a few months after they came back. There was an interview with a lady who was 19 years old when they sent her there to help soldiers and anyone who needed medical aid. She is alive but has 15 various disease caused from radiation. She never married and had children. Her friend risked and got pregnant. The baby died 4 days later. The mother died soon after. By the way Bacho (Fares Fares) is a Georgian soldier :)
If anyone is curious as to what we’re saying at 3:07 and 11:18 it is the following: 3:07 “Er det ikke Fares Fares?” “Isn’t that Fares Fares?" 11:18: “[Skal vi] pause den? Eller…” - “Nej, lad os bare tage den [nu]” “Should we put it on pause? Or…” - “No, let’s just do it [now]“
Ive got 2 dogs who are like my kids, seeing this episode was hard on me as well. But i can certainly appreciate the gruff soldiers stance on not letting them suffer.
@@veronikamajerova4564 It's true they had to give them a quick death, but they wouldn't have to die if we didn't destroy everything we touch. We keep disappointing nature every day while she does the best she can to keep us all alive, we put every living organism on the earth in a place were they have to die quickly in order not to suffer later.
@@KateDenthimamai Nature killed more people on the 24th of December 2004 than every nuclear accident combined, including all the future deaths that Chernobyl will cause...
The saddest thing is that now the Communists (and we still have the Communist Party) demand that this series be banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. Too many hard and true moments are shown in this series. Well, and you, as always, thanks for the video!
@@IloveElsaofArendelle This is propaganda. Although in many ways the Soviet people were the best. People, but not the system and not (certainly) power.
@@IloveElsaofArendelle It comes from the fact this show has tons of lies about events and people. Many people who were there from very beginning are still alive and they tell very different story.
@@IloveElsaofArendelle Because nothing has changed. Modern Russian leaders are still the same people who run the country for 70 years. Putin said his biggest regret is that USSR ended. He would like to have bigger empire under his thumb although he can't feed the one he's already torturing. In Russia we've got at least 20 millions of poor people who can barely feed their children. Medicine, education, all economy are collapsing. But we've still have Communist party, KGB agent as the president and deep regret about loosing "the great country" who's apotheosis was Chernobyl. At least finally people are starting wake up and protesting. Mostly because of ecology and landfills. We've already got a series of strikes, we're calling them "garbage riots". www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/20/crowds-protesters-set-up-camp-against-landfill-russias-north-a66078 All the world must prey that nothing like Chernobyl would happen in Russia now. Because as we all here know it would be even worse than it was in USSR.
I gotta say... pretty brave of you guys to face the internet's wrath and actually show emotion. You've earned all those views! This damned show just really affected a lot of people on a deeply personal level.
Recently my cat passed away about 5 months ago. I lay down with him for 4 hours while he peacefully breathed his last breaths. He had an amazing life, and for a cat to live 18 years is not bad at all, but when there were shots of cats during the cleanup, I just couldn’t hold it back. I burst into tears. This show is genuinely spectacular
I read that people would hear dogs howling for days,other dogs who saw any kind of buses would run towards them( thinking that the owner is back). Not every soldier were as human as it's shown in the series- in the end there were a lot of drunks with guns in their hands,+ at one point the bullets ended... To know that there are many dogs,still...wandering alone,hungry,with barley any shelter,breaks my heart... Most of them won't pass the age of 4(the radiation levels now is very low,so they can be adopted). But there is some charity that helps them if enough people are donates... I was giving this charity: cleanfutures.org/projects/dogs-of-chernobyl/ to help the little fellas, if anyone wants to help out- DO IT!
@@SkAdinav In all fairness you did set the spoiler up, there was no reason even in the slightest to mention anything, you are one of those people who says "I've got a secret.. but I'm not going to tell you" in the hope that they will pester it out of you.
I love the change in sherbina. Such a hard line party man who had such disdain for legasov. Then in this one he’s glad to see him smile. Gets so mad at the party he smashes a phone. So well Acted but all Skarsgårds are vampires (and we’re all glad of it) so they have lots of time to master their craft. Next episode I found the hardest to watch but in a very different way than the other episodes. I’m very excited to see your reactions to it! Keep it up!
@@Nukenado-dr9nz There was a book called Voices from Chernobyl, with the interviews of the people who were involved and civillians like Ljudmilla. The soldier wanted to shoot it to put it out of its misery, but they've all ran out of bullets.
@@Nukenado-dr9nz it's in the "Chernobyl Podcast Episode 4", it's up on TH-cam. It's a podcast where the creator of the series Craig Mazin talks about the making of each episode. He says in the podcast that the part of the puppy buried alive in concrete came from reading "Voices from Chernobyl", a compilation of accounts by the survivors and people involved with Chernobyl.
Nukenado yeah they noticed one was still alive but they were all out of bullets so it was left alive. The creator talks about it on the Chernobyl Podcast
I listened to an interview (obviously, translated to English), and the person was saying that there were 3 types of people working in the cleanup on the rooftops. The first being people that did exactly what they were told, and was sent home when their dosimeters said that they were done. The second group being people who would ask others to go up on the roof carrying their dosimeter in their pocket, so that they could get out of there in 1/2 the time or less. And, if that happened, you just took the dosimeter, as that person was not going to be useful even if they went up there, so, rotate them out and get somebody that will work. The third, would go up on the roof, while “forgetting” their dosimeters back at camp; because, they were strong enough, they knew were now experienced with the task, they knew how to work with others on the rooftops, and they knew the layout, and felt that if they left, you would need 2 or even 3 replacements to do the same amount of work.
I have been casually following your reviews of Chernobyl. What I’m particularly touched by is how you watch each episode with such sensitivity and care for the subject matter. You let yourselves be affected by the tragedy in each, and it’s a blessing for us as viewers to be able to witness.
Our animals, our pets--we are their protectors, and we love them as children, and as those who don't have the cruelty and lies which are so often part of human life. To kill them, even when absolutely necessary, feels like an atrocity, a desecration even.
My memory of Chernobyl is when I was playing in the sandbox when the rain came over my city in Sweden, very close to the nuclear power plant that got the first warnings about radioactivity “Forsmark”. Swedish government still takes readings on wild boars. And one thing I kinda do not like is that my area has one of the highest suicide rates in Sweden.
Hi, guys! Thanks for your reaction. I was born in Ukraine although now I live in Israel. At the time of the Chernobyl tragedy, I was only 2 years old, so naturally, I don't remember that. But my mum told me that after the explosion she took me for a walk and I was eating mulberries in our garden. I felt bad and had to be hospitalized for a week. At first, nobody knew the reason but later it turned out that those mulberries were radioactively contaminated, even though I lived almost 460 km far from Chernobyl. I'm looking forward to your reaction to the final episode where everything will be explained.
Well done! Absolutely sincere and heart felt. Damn it Kat, you have to stop crying (I'm a 20 year hardened military guy and you brought tears to my eyes...Again) Sonny, you are spot on, domesticated dogs are born with an innate attachment to us (humans). Some of us humans can't form any attachments given a life time! Any words understate the heroics of these men. The whole thing is had to wrap your head around. Thanks for a wonderful post...LUV...TC
Wow, I didn't expect to tear up during the discussion, but that quote about dogs/pets and their love 😢 Also can't imagine what people like Pavel had to endure. The fate of the animals is sad, but the people having to carry out the deed is even more so. And there were hundreds of thousands of them... I love your reactions and discussions, I'm happy that through Chernobyl I found your channel. I will watch more stuff, you got me.
10:08 - “Comrade soldier. You’re done.” I took that not in as his job is done, which is what the man saying it means, but that he’s “done” in the sense that his life is over. His life is done...or finished.
My uncle turned 70 this year. Back in 1986 he was conscripted as a truck driver for Chernobyl. So, he use to drive one of those lead-shielded trucks inside the Zone. Although our state gave him very small reward for what he did, I've never seen him whining about it. He threats that task as a duty to the state. He still doing fine given his age.
I've been looking forwards to your reviews for every episode! You two have great discussions and emotional reactions to the series, it's just great! Can't wait for the grand finale!
I remember playing in the rain on May 1st 1986 and how our parents panicked when they saw the news that evening. They told us to shower and scrubbed us like crazy. I like you guys. You're smart and nice people. All the best!
one interesting fact for the roof scene: Many of the rooftop workers actually worked longer there than others, they tricked the system to protect less experienced members from going up there. How they did it was quite easy; each worker had a small dosimeter on his chest that would measure the dose they got, you hd to stop working on the roof when that dosimeter reached around 25 Roentgen (Rem) often enough these workers either did not go up there with their dosimeter OR they took the dosimeter of someone else up there.
I knew you'll make great reaction video and you did! I feel so much sorry for Kat when she heard about the baby who died protecting her mother(I couldn't stop crying after that and I'm 30 yo man-ex cop who saw some pretty grim and horrifying stuff). That girl is buried beside her father, btwm which is also very sad and touching. I love your emotions, so true and compassionate.
I also have to say I am amazed that you even recognized Fares Fares. I myself am from Sweden so I am very familiar with him, Stellan Skarsgård that play Boris Shcherbina, also the director of this show Johan Renck is also Swedish. Btw some interesting facts about Boris Shcherbina he supervised two disasters in a 2 year period. First Chernobyl in 1986 and then the Armenian earthquake in 1988. That earthquake killed between 25 000 and 50 000 people, in 2017 an estimate of 38 000 dead was made. Also between 31 000 and 130 000 were injured.
I'm Norwegian and recognized Fares from his comedic roles a few years back. I could see him getting more roles in international productions after this (and the voice acting role in his brother's video game).
Actually in Soviet Union was 60 nuclear power reactors of different designs, and 16 of them were RBMK - the most powerful 3200MW, other designs were less powerful 3000MW and lower.
That shot of the old woman in front of the dead cow is one of my favourite shots in the whole series, I don't even know why. The desolation of the image and how it's conveyed is incredible. I know everyone's saying it but the artistry in every aspect of this series is amazing. Love your guys' reactions!
It may have been hard on her, but it absolutely had to be done. Recently I went to a Walgreens for groceries. COVID-19 cases are spiking badly in the US as I write this. It took far too long, but people are finally taking it seriously enough that everyone was wearing masks. The exceptions there that day were an elderly couple who were shuffling around, openly coughing as they picked out their food. No masks. No consideration for the store employees, for anyone else around them. I get it. You’re old, you’ve seen a lot, you’re jaded, this is just the latest thing you’ve been through and not much can motivate you to change your behavioral patterns anymore. TOUGH SHIT. Radiation doesn’t care how you feel. A virus doesn’t care how you feel, and you make as good a transmission vector as anyone. Sometimes it doesn’t matter how badly we want things to stay the same. Sometimes we have to adapt, for the sake of those around us if not for our own wellbeing.
This show is hard to watch. We feel everthing that the charecters feel. And that makes it the best show that can possible be. The world is a harsh harsh place.....
thank you for being so brave and sharing your emotions in such a profound way. I was right there with you. I believe this 5 episode series will be shown to be some of the most powerful television ever produced. liked/subscribed.
About The Babushka & The Soldier scene: cruel as it may seem, he pouring out the milk was doing her a favour. Milk was one of the big radiation dangers after Chernobyl. That is how especially the children became affected by radiation after the accident. How did milk become radioactive? After the accident, every _surface_ was covered by radioactive dust and aerosols. Grass has lots and lots of surface area, so _grass_ essentially became a radiation catcher. Cows are big animals, and grass does not contain much energy. So cows eat _lots and lots_ of grass, and effectively gather up the radioactive contamination on their pastures and concentrate that in their bodies. And then humans come and milk them... Even in 2018, it was reported that some cows in the worst affected areas are producing milk that is more radioactive than regulation permits, so the milk gets destroyed as it cannot be used.
What also makes milk bad, is that one of the radioactive isotopes released by the reactor replaces calcium in the body. So much of the calcium in the milk is replaced by that isotope, which the body of a milk-drinker would then put into their bones as if it was calcium. So not only would the milk be radioactive, but their own skeletons would be radioactive from drinking it.
I remember I was in college when this happened. At the time we really didn't get a lot of information about it, just that it was very bad, far worse than the Russians were letting on. I remember it was years later that I found out they were doing a "safety test" - and did some more research into this "nuclear nightmare" and found out more and more about it. It is a remarkable, fascinating part of history!
I admire the purity and rawness of your emotions. This show spurred me to learn as much as I could about Chernobyl. It’s more frightening than anything I’ve ever seen.
I was crying quietly with you, as you talked about the innocence of animals. When Kat thanked everyone who risked themselves to save everyone else I cried harder. These were true heroes. So many people it’s hard to comprehend the number who suffered for us.
This episode just broke me. Between the futile attempts at using ‘robots’ to those guys clearing the graphite off of the roofs, but that dump truck scene was horrific. You two show genuine emotion. I cried right with you. This miniseries is done incredibly well. It brings on the feels big time. I love ur reactions. Thank you.
Kat & Sonny Your reactions to this video especially about the animals was very moving..... the whole reaction here is so touching when you both explain . Thank you (hugs) !
Man this episode, and Scherbina's frustration boiling over to the point where you can hear him cursing loudly in the background and smashing that phone. Damn. When you watch episode 5, as people have already suggested keep the ending so much more footage to watch.
Hi from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Thank you for such a touching reaction and sincere sharing your internal feelings. This series is a huge step towards understanding between people all over the world. Feel like we are becoming closer emotionally through miles, years, legacy, language. My best friend died this year in his 34 from cancer and most likely the fact that his father was an active participant of those events in Chernobyl as a volunteer made that happened. He had no chance and time to see the series and your reaction video, but I’m sure he would be touched and would be thankful otherwise. Keep making such a great videos and good luck!
Thank you ☺️ We are very sorry for your loss 💔Even though it has cost him (and you) dearly, his father was a good man doing a good deed for all of us. And for that, we are truly grateful. We wish you good health, dear friend!
The 15 minutes of black screen in the end should've been fixed by now. It may take some time for it to update though. Total brain fart on my part, sorry guys! / Sonny
That was a tough episode to get through. It was heartbreaking. The cleaning of the roofs was fascinating. 3,000+ men in 90 second increments, but they did it!
One more episode for you two. Episode 5 , in my opinion, is about the legacy of Chernobyl. The series started strong and ended strong...great script, acting, ...everything. At the end of the episode, I like how they show us a homage of images and information. It was a good idea to tie it in.
There is a like 7 minute video on youtube about HBO Chernobyl vs reality where he put HBO Chernobyl footage next to reality footage you should watch that after you finish watching this show. You will find that the HBO tv show is scary similar to the reality footage. It had me in tears. The title for that video is called "HBO's Chernobyl vs Reality - Footage comparison" I would love it very much if you did a reaction video to that video. It is 7 minutes long so I think you should be able to have the entire video without cuts in the reaction right?
I like how this show is willing to display the gruesome slow deaths of the people exposed radiation, but when it comes to killing dogs, it was still off-screen (thank god!)
I am still left surprised even after a WHOLE year remembering that the scene on the rooftop was actually shot 90 SECONDS on the dot to give the most accurate perspective. Truly remarkable !!!
Greetings from Germany! Once again, I really like your reaction videos, especially those on Chernobyl, which made me subscribe 😊 This one was really tough to watch for me, I'm looking forward to other reactions after this 🙂
Nothing is more horrific than knowing how dangerous something is, and knowing the Geiger Counter was going haywire on the roof like that, it’s just that feeling of true dread.
There's a switch that flips in your brain under certain circumstances. When something has to be done, that must be done, that no-one else will do for you, or instead of you, and you physically can. Things like uniforms and orders ease the rationalisation, because they tell you that you are now in this category of people who do this thing, but that isn't the most important factor. Just being faced with something that has to be done, now, by you. You face the emotional and psychological consequences later, unless you're a sociopath.
Nostalgic memories of course, the show is depressing as it is. The workers suffered the most apart from all the innocent people who died because of this. But to top it all, animals had to die to without them knowing anything, there’s something about their innocence that makes it specially hard to watch.
@@NostalgicMem0ries Whilst the people who died and suffered was extremely tragic, and the vast majority of them couldn't possibly have known what was coming.. pets/domesticated dogs are the epitome of loyalty and innocence. They are humanity's companions. They trust us so completely, and can't even in their wildest conceptions FATHOM the workings of man and the concepts that caused the necessity to euthanise them en-masse. The men and women of the exclusion zone were evacuated, but all those companions and effectively extended family members were instead killed. An act of brutal and profound betrayal to such a child-like level of trust, whilst entirely necessary, can't help but cut VERY deep.
Niklas Reuter Gerdrup , some of the animals died terrible death according to likvidators memoirs . Probably some died same way as the firefighters. The show didn’t even show all the terrible details of how the firefighters died . So getting a bullet is much better than die from the radiation.
@@NostalgicMem0ries I feel more sorrow for the dogs than the people, this sounds messed up but here is why. 1. The first responders were lied to and that makes me mad as hell, but they were cared for to the best of the abilities of the staff on location. The civilians that are still suffering from cancers I feel sorry for but they are also getting treatments. 2. Those pets only got the treatment of a bullet, that's it, no chance for survival, just death. They might as well tossed them into the reactor core itself next to the elephants foot. 3. Irradiated pets can be treated and many of them could have been brought with them if the USSR did not suck at personal transportation. Had this of been in the USA people for the vast majority would have taken their pets with them in their own vehicles and not used state run buses. There are more humane ways to kill peoples pets like barbiturate injections and asphyxiation machines which are cheap to produce, it's just to the USSR a bullet was cheaper. Hopefully this helps you understand the situation a bit better.
I think this episode was the hardest of the 5 to watch, even harder than 3. As emotional as any, considering I love my cats more than any human! I feel you Kat. The best line was from Boris "We can put a man on the Moon, at least we can keep a man off a roof". But unfortunately, as we all know...
10:10 In VF, they have translate "you are done" by "you stop!" (vous arrêtez!). It's more than a translate error ! I do not think it's not intentional ...
I had to write a 10 page paper on the psyche of soldiers during and after wartime. One man said that his soul literally left his body and when he got home it wouldn’t go back in. He said it didn’t want to be in the body of a murderer. Imagine that level of disassociation just to get through.
One nice authentic detail is the Mosin Nagant rifles the animal control crew are carrying. It was the infantry rifle that came before the Soviets made the big leap to the AK-47. The red army finished the second world war with huge stockpiles of them. It makes sense they would give them to the liquidators. You don't need an AK-47 to shoot doggos and kitty cats. I don't know for a fact that's what they used in the exclusion zone but it makes perfect sense.
This episode was tragedy on a different scale. Humans created nuclear power and though the people hurt by the disaster didn't have anything to do with that...well, they were human. But the poor poor animals, they are innocent in every measure, and they trusted us. Still it had to be done. I think the show has done a great job shining a light on the unsung heroes and the people who had to liquidate the animals, they were valuable too. It would be wrenching to do something like that and just another way this disaster affected the people involved. It needed telling. I'm glad the team leader showed how much the work affected him (day drinking) and the part about "DO NOT LET THEM SUFFER"
Thank you, friend! He has played some roles here and there (Westworld, Rogue One), and we've seen him on posters for the "Department Q" movies, and these are quite popular here in Denmark ☺️
hi guys!! please watch When They See Us on Netflix. It is the #1 trending series right now. Only 1 channel has done reaction videos. It is such an important film to watch. While this true story took place in NYC in 1989, it is even more important that everyone sees how our system of justice is anything but just. And now I am going to watch your reaction to this episode of Chernobyl!
@@alexroman8878 A. It's not a sacrifice. Pretty easy actually. B. YES IT DOES. Just open your eyes and see how things change. Supply and demand. C. At the very least, I go to sleep knowing I did my best to minimize suffering on this planet. And not just animal suffering.... Live long and prosper 🖖🏼
When the Kat looks into the camera, there is a feeling that she sees through the monitor and looks directly into her eyes, it is a thrill of consciousness ))
One of our neighbors was a "liquidator" at Chernobyl. He wasn't asked if he wants to go there. Since he came back he constantly wears a hat to cover his head from the sun and he told us to stay away from the rain, because there were radioactive dust particles in the rain.
I had a friend and neighbour as a kid who are from Lithuania, and her brother’s eyes died in the womb and he was born blind because of it, and had a few mild health issues, if I remember correctly? As for me, I was two years old and in Romania, also close by, but I don’t remember anything (sorry heh)... but I am fine (from it, at least, I think) I mean, I’ve got some health issues but most likely unrelated... I know people in the country had to take anti-radiation pills though...
There is a monument dedicated to all of those workers and firefighters (aka liquidators) at Chernobyl. The inscription there reads, "To those who saved the world".
... from those who fucked it up.
The Liquidators weren't the firefighters. The Liquidators were the ones that cleaned the whole zone up, like the soldiers that hunted all the animals and chopped down all the trees, turned all the soil and such.
I don't know if the rooftop soldiers count among them though.
It's crazy how such insane heroism can exist with such insane failure. For every Fomin who tries to insist there's no problem, there's one general who drives in with a dosimeter himself because he cannot get his men to do something so dangerous.
They also almost destroyed it, fuck them.
@@Ealsante more accurately, he wouldn't ask someone to do something so deadly if he wouldn't do it himself, and having done it himself, his soldiers know, that he is not asking them to something he wouldn't do. it probably killed him
Everyone: episode 3 is so hard to watch
Episode 4: hold my graphite
It was good dude
You’re not holding graphite BECAUSE IT ISN’T THERE!!!!!!!
@@brianjungen4059 The man is delusional, someone take him to the infirmary.
yeah, are you tsupid? tell me how a rbmk reactor can explode
OK, but only for 90 seconds.
When Boris smashes the phone to bits.... it was such a huge catharsis for me. It felt like he was doing that for me and every other member of the audience.
Scherbina grows so much over the course of the series.
Also this series gives me so much hope. The tough hardened solider taking mercy on Pavel in the scene with the puppies.
Scherbina and Legasov laughing.
The women gathering to help Ludmilla.
This series does show something deeply wonderful about humanity.
Yeah, he had such a big ego, and let it rule him and who he interacted with. But as he grew with the task, he put the ego aside and pushed on.. that's when all of europe litterally got a fighting chance. In the beginning, I thought he was a genuine bastard, but glad to see him grow and save the day (and world).
My god. Yes!!!!
Thank you for putting down the words I couldn't 🦄
/ Kat
I agree - with all the lies, incompetence and selfish idiocy, there were so many people who honestly did everything they could to clean up that fucking godawful mess - knowingly, even at the cost of their own lives. I liked Scherbina's speech, whether it ever happened or not. They did it simply because it had to be done.
Akin Khoo Because that’s such a great way to die for a dog? Starving to death.. jesus.
When someone ask "What was the most terrifying sound you ever heard ?", our answer might be same i think,
A Geiger Counter's sound.
no, it's Justin Bieber
@Strange Quark Even today, they are still expensive :) And yes only 1-2 of them were wearing these counters, in orijinal.
@@MorliHolect Yeah, he might be another kind if radioactivity lol
@Strange Quark
they did, small dosimeters that only measure total amount are quite cheap.
here a modern one:
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Filmdosimeter.jpg/1024px-Filmdosimeter.jpg
one intetresting fact:
Many of the rooftop workers actually worked longer there than 90 seconds, they tricked the system to protect less experienced members from going up there.
How they did it was quite easy; each worker had a small dosimeter on his chest that would measure the dose they got, you had to stop working on the roof when that dosimeter reached around 25 Roentgen (Rem)
often enough these workers either did not go up there with their dosimeter OR they took the dosimeter of someone else up there.
All that reminds me of is Fallout 4.. Kinda sad.
When you're able to induce such anxiety and fear in the audience with nothing but a radioactive roof and the "Bio-Robots" wearing Geiger counters, you know this is a cinematic masterpiece. Absolutely shattering episode.
Anuraag Muktevi that’s because it’s actually happened... but yeah
@@Cassxowary Well yes, there is that, but being able to transcribe what happened is, in itself, very hard.
Many Historical movies/tv shows/etc... failed in communicating these senses of urgency/anxiety/tension/etc...
In fact, we could almost consider that the fact these events, as depicted, actually happened make them even more difficult to transcribe without "contaminating" the subject with unnecessary emotional stunts/cliches/etc...
Not robots ! BIO ROBOTS ! ;)
Anuraag Muktevi The show also exaggerates the radiation dangers, playing off the ignorance of the general population about radiation. All Hollywood productions do this.
@@gandja6696 corrected :)
I like how you don’t hide your emotions and actually feel the pain in the series. Here, in Ukraine, we still get the ‘gifts’ of Chernobyl, the cancer rate is enormous..
Thank you for the reactions to the series. With ❤️ from 🇺🇦
An interesting fact my mom told me:
The song sung during the animals' burial was about a man and a crow. The man sings to the crow that "you're not getting me" in the sense that the bird wants to feed on the man's corpse.
What was not sang in the show was the last verse of the song. In the last verse the crow eventually gets to feast on that man.
What's the song called?
@@bloodytroll9626
Black Raven
th-cam.com/video/bi1b0JdrqTI/w-d-xo.html
@@bloodytroll9626 th-cam.com/video/7pytONo3rxY/w-d-xo.html
I was 9 when it happened and I lived in Warsaw, Poland only 700 km away from Chernobyl. I remember this fear very well. Especially, my mother, she was so worried about us, her children. The radioactive cloud hit us on April 28th.
But, I also must say that our communist government reacted suprisingly responsible in the first days. Russians did not share much information even with their allies. So, our national nuclear detection network discovered that something really bad is happening. At the beginning, scientists were paralysed by the thought that nuclear war had started, but quickly discovered, that it must had been massive civil reactor accident. In few hours Chernobyl was identified. Special Committee was created (kind like in the series) with scientists involved.
At first, they ordered that everyone (especially children) should take a doze of iodine to block the thyroid and prevent thyroid cancer (most probable from radionucleids emmitted). In just three days 18,5 mln citizens from endengared regions received necessary treatment (Poland was 38 mln total population). Government used almost all military reserves of iodine they kept in case of nuclear war. As there was also some risk of food contamination, government warned people not to drink fresh milk, eat berries or mushrooms etc. They imported massive amount of milk from the West for children (with help of Western authorities).
As for us, our mother told us not to go out. The first day when we learned that there is a contamination, she ordered us to take out all clothes and gave us really hard shower. Then, we were forbidden to go outside for some days. All the windows were closed, curtains down and we could not get close to them. That was quite scary at the time, but in the end thankfully contamination in Poland was minor.
Pretty wise Mama.
and nothing has changed.the current russia behaves just like the soviet union's government.does not acknowledge anything and denies all the accusations to their side, "they are not there", "they are in no way responsible"
Thank you for your story.
Well, I got to give a hand to the Poland government for being on the ball and taking action to protect people.
Poland stronk!
You should check the real footage they have of the heroes who went on to the roof. It's on TH-cam and looks exactly the same as the way the show portrayed it.
The video shown on the show to show the workers where to go, that was some of that real original footage.
@@Zenn3k Yes, and the speech the general gives is an exact translation from the original speech.
"Comrade soldier. Youre done."
French version: "camarade soldier. You stop" Fail ! XD
"Stick a fork in me, I'm done!"
Toveri sotilas, olet tehty.
no shit
"With life? Or for the day comrade?"
Black raven, black raven,
Why do you circle over me?
You won't have your prey,
Black raven, I'm not yours!
Why do you spread wide your talons
Over my head?
If you hope for a game,
Black raven, I'm not yours!
xzerox200922 let readers know it's the words to the Cossack folk song as they bury the animals in cement. Pitch Black raven. I still live.
Finally, I was looking forward to it. Thank you guys, you are such beautiful couple. I love your reactions on Chernobyl. You are so sincere. Greetings from Vladivostok, Russia.
I really felt for Shcherbina this episode. He's in an impossible position and has obstacles in every direction which is what led them to make some extremely difficult but unavoidable choices. This series really is an intense, uncomfortable but necessary journey. Looking forward to your reaction to the finale.
FYI, I'm NOT exaggerating this point at all. Chernobyl is by far the single best piece of cinematic artwork I've ever seen. This mini series took film making to a different place than I've ever seen it go before. We've had stuff like Titanic & Apollo 13 in the full feature-length film genre and Band of Brothers and From The Earth to the Moon in the mini series realm, but to me, personally, Nothing has ever come this close to giving people the true historic experience of a major global event the way Chernobyl has.
It's one of humanities worst disasters and biggest mistakes, yet we've known less about the truth of Chernobyl than we've known about how JFK was assassinated and how NASA put a man on the Moon. It wasn't just important to finally tell the whole truth, but to expose what happened to a new generation of people who didn't even fathom the fact that they live in a world where a nuclear disaster of this scale and scope actually happened and is still being dealt with today and will continue to be dealt with long after they are dead.
Great reaction videos so far. I'm looking forward to your finale video.
I agree here. Episode 5, the symbolism, the grub on the hand, remarkably awesome. Loved that scene.
Agreed. This show is a masterpiece. Personally I feel it’s the best thing ever put on television. No show or series has ever induced the full spectrum of emotion in me as this show has. From anger to fear to sadness and anxiety and even happiness in moments. I cried from sadness and anger and anxiety.
Love your comment!Totally agree!
I love your reactions.I am from Georgia (a country that used to be part of Soviet Union). I was watching a tv program a few days ago about Chernobyl. 1619 Georgians were sent there as firemen, liquidators, nurses etc etc. 95% of these people died a few months after they came back. There was an interview with a lady who was 19 years old when they sent her there to help soldiers and anyone who needed medical aid. She is alive but has 15 various disease caused from radiation. She never married and had children. Her friend risked and got pregnant. The baby died 4 days later. The mother died soon after. By the way Bacho (Fares Fares) is a Georgian soldier :)
If anyone is curious as to what we’re saying at 3:07 and 11:18 it is the following:
3:07
“Er det ikke Fares Fares?”
“Isn’t that Fares Fares?"
11:18:
“[Skal vi] pause den? Eller…” - “Nej, lad os bare tage den [nu]”
“Should we put it on pause? Or…” - “No, let’s just do it [now]“
And yes, that is indeed Fares Fares. :)
Michael Karnerfors
Yaaassss, Scandinavia represent! *awkwardly throwing handsign*
Waaaait a minute, you're danish!? You're the enemy!
Lol, greetings from Sweden! :)
Ja, danske sprog noget værre noget
"yes, Danish language is a bitch"
@@mattiaswestman5589 Jep we hated each other but only for 300 years and 11 wars, now we just like meatballs and IKEA
Ive got 2 dogs who are like my kids, seeing this episode was hard on me as well. But i can certainly appreciate the gruff soldiers stance on not letting them suffer.
Yep, I liked his attitude too. And most of those animals would die soon due to radiation poisoning, so quick bullet would be mercy for them.
The dogs could spread radiation by travelling around the country looking for food. It could be a disaster to the other animals, nature and people
@@veronikamajerova4564 It's true they had to give them a quick death, but they wouldn't have to die if we didn't destroy everything we touch. We keep disappointing nature every day while she does the best she can to keep us all alive, we put every living organism on the earth in a place were they have to die quickly in order not to suffer later.
@@KateDenthimamai Nature killed more people on the 24th of December 2004 than every nuclear accident combined, including all the future deaths that Chernobyl will cause...
@@krashd and many deaths at that day could have be prevented... again... greedines killt hundrets of thousands...
The footage they used for the demonstration to the soldiers was real life footage of the liquidators
The saddest thing is that now the Communists (and we still have the Communist Party) demand that this series be banned on the territory of the Russian Federation. Too many hard and true moments are shown in this series. Well, and you, as always, thanks for the video!
@@technik7766 мне достаточно той информации, которую я получаю из источников, которым доверяю.
May I ask, why they still have this mindset? I don't get it this secrecy and the lies and the delusions... Where does that come from?
@@IloveElsaofArendelle
This is propaganda. Although in many ways the Soviet people were the best. People, but not the system and not (certainly) power.
@@IloveElsaofArendelle It comes from the fact this show has tons of lies about events and people. Many people who were there from very beginning are still alive and they tell very different story.
@@IloveElsaofArendelle Because nothing has changed. Modern Russian leaders are still the same people who run the country for 70 years. Putin said his biggest regret is that USSR ended. He would like to have bigger empire under his thumb although he can't feed the one he's already torturing. In Russia we've got at least 20 millions of poor people who can barely feed their children. Medicine, education, all economy are collapsing. But we've still have Communist party, KGB agent as the president and deep regret about loosing "the great country" who's apotheosis was Chernobyl. At least finally people are starting wake up and protesting. Mostly because of ecology and landfills. We've already got a series of strikes, we're calling them "garbage riots". www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/06/20/crowds-protesters-set-up-camp-against-landfill-russias-north-a66078 All the world must prey that nothing like Chernobyl would happen in Russia now. Because as we all here know it would be even worse than it was in USSR.
I gotta say... pretty brave of you guys to face the internet's wrath and actually show emotion. You've earned all those views!
This damned show just really affected a lot of people on a deeply personal level.
Recently my cat passed away about 5 months ago. I lay down with him for 4 hours while he peacefully breathed his last breaths. He had an amazing life, and for a cat to live 18 years is not bad at all, but when there were shots of cats during the cleanup, I just couldn’t hold it back. I burst into tears. This show is genuinely spectacular
I read that people would hear dogs howling for days,other dogs who saw any kind of buses would run towards them( thinking that the owner is back). Not every soldier were as human as it's shown in the series- in the end there were a lot of drunks with guns in their hands,+ at one point the bullets ended...
To know that there are many dogs,still...wandering alone,hungry,with barley any shelter,breaks my heart... Most of them won't pass the age of 4(the radiation levels now is very low,so they can be adopted). But there is some charity that helps them if enough people are donates... I was giving this charity: cleanfutures.org/projects/dogs-of-chernobyl/ to help the little fellas, if anyone wants to help out- DO IT!
Kat is always so emotional when it comes to Ignatenko family. Pls, watch episode 5 till the end, and your heart will be happy.
@Zsuzsanna Varga for f*ck sake, don't spoil this info for Sonny and Kat!!!!
@Zsuzsanna Varga why would you even write such a spoiler?
@@SkAdinav In all fairness you did set the spoiler up, there was no reason even in the slightest to mention anything, you are one of those people who says "I've got a secret.. but I'm not going to tell you" in the hope that they will pester it out of you.
@Zsuzsanna Varga dude... spoiler... thats not very cash money of you...
I love the change in sherbina. Such a hard line party man who had such disdain for legasov. Then in this one he’s glad to see him smile. Gets so mad at the party he smashes a phone. So well Acted but all
Skarsgårds are vampires (and we’re all glad of it) so they have lots of time to master their craft.
Next episode I found the hardest to watch but in a very different way than the other episodes. I’m very excited to see your reactions to it! Keep it up!
One puppy was still alive when buried in concrete IN REAL LIFE.
The director filmed the scene but didnt had the heart to put it in the final cut.
Lorenzo Adrianzen what
Link ?
@@Nukenado-dr9nz There was a book called Voices from Chernobyl, with the interviews of the people who were involved and civillians like Ljudmilla. The soldier wanted to shoot it to put it out of its misery, but they've all ran out of bullets.
@@Nukenado-dr9nz it's in the "Chernobyl Podcast Episode 4", it's up on TH-cam. It's a podcast where the creator of the series Craig Mazin talks about the making of each episode.
He says in the podcast that the part of the puppy buried alive in concrete came from reading "Voices from Chernobyl", a compilation of accounts by the survivors and people involved with Chernobyl.
Nukenado yeah they noticed one was still alive but they were all out of bullets so it was left alive. The creator talks about it on the Chernobyl Podcast
I listened to an interview (obviously, translated to English), and the person was saying that there were 3 types of people working in the cleanup on the rooftops.
The first being people that did exactly what they were told, and was sent home when their dosimeters said that they were done.
The second group being people who would ask others to go up on the roof carrying their dosimeter in their pocket, so that they could get out of there in 1/2 the time or less. And, if that happened, you just took the dosimeter, as that person was not going to be useful even if they went up there, so, rotate them out and get somebody that will work.
The third, would go up on the roof, while “forgetting” their dosimeters back at camp; because, they were strong enough, they knew were now experienced with the task, they knew how to work with others on the rooftops, and they knew the layout, and felt that if they left, you would need 2 or even 3 replacements to do the same amount of work.
I have been casually following your reviews of Chernobyl. What I’m particularly touched by is how you watch each episode with such sensitivity and care for the subject matter. You let yourselves be affected by the tragedy in each, and it’s a blessing for us as viewers to be able to witness.
As a Swede I'm happy that you know who Fares Fares is.
Thank you for your reaction, with respect from Ukraine.
And USSR)
Our animals, our pets--we are their protectors, and we love them as children, and as those who don't have the cruelty and lies which are so often part of human life. To kill them, even when absolutely necessary, feels like an atrocity, a desecration even.
I agree
My memory of Chernobyl is when I was playing in the sandbox when the rain came over my city in Sweden, very close to the nuclear power plant that got the first warnings about radioactivity “Forsmark”.
Swedish government still takes readings on wild boars. And one thing I kinda do not like is that my area has one of the highest suicide rates in Sweden.
Hi, guys! Thanks for your reaction. I was born in Ukraine although now I live in Israel. At the time of the Chernobyl tragedy, I was only 2 years old, so naturally, I don't remember that. But my mum told me that after the explosion she took me for a walk and I was eating mulberries in our garden. I felt bad and had to be hospitalized for a week. At first, nobody knew the reason but later it turned out that those mulberries were radioactively contaminated, even though I lived almost 460 km far from Chernobyl.
I'm looking forward to your reaction to the final episode where everything will be explained.
Well done! Absolutely sincere and heart felt. Damn it Kat, you have to stop crying (I'm a 20 year hardened military guy and you brought tears to my eyes...Again) Sonny, you are spot on, domesticated dogs are born with an innate attachment to us (humans). Some of us humans can't form any attachments given a life time! Any words understate the heroics of these men. The whole thing is had to wrap your head around. Thanks for a wonderful post...LUV...TC
Wow, I didn't expect to tear up during the discussion, but that quote about dogs/pets and their love 😢
Also can't imagine what people like Pavel had to endure. The fate of the animals is sad, but the people having to carry out the deed is even more so. And there were hundreds of thousands of them...
I love your reactions and discussions, I'm happy that through Chernobyl I found your channel. I will watch more stuff, you got me.
10:08 - “Comrade soldier. You’re done.” I took that not in as his job is done, which is what the man saying it means, but that he’s “done” in the sense that his life is over. His life is done...or finished.
There is a podcast where the creator talks about the series, it is on Spotify.
Also on iTunes or witch ever podcast app you have.
feeds.megaphone.fm/thechernobylpodcast
It’s also on TH-cam
I followed your reaction to this series from the very first episode and even subscribe.
Привет из Украины.
same here!
One more from Ukraine watching you!)
Вони такі милі. They are such cute cоuple
Привет из России
Не ви одні :)
My uncle turned 70 this year. Back in 1986 he was conscripted as a truck driver for Chernobyl. So, he use to drive one of those lead-shielded trucks inside the Zone. Although our state gave him very small reward for what he did, I've never seen him whining about it. He threats that task as a duty to the state. He still doing fine given his age.
I've been looking forwards to your reviews for every episode! You two have great discussions and emotional reactions to the series, it's just great! Can't wait for the grand finale!
This episode was propably the most uncomfortable thing I have seen in TV-show, ever. Goddamn.
Imagining how uncomfortable these humans were feeling...
I remember playing in the rain on May 1st 1986 and how our parents panicked when they saw the news that evening. They told us to shower and scrubbed us like crazy.
I like you guys. You're smart and nice people. All the best!
one interesting fact for the roof scene:
Many of the rooftop workers actually worked longer there than others, they tricked the system to protect less experienced members from going up there.
How they did it was quite easy; each worker had a small dosimeter on his chest that would measure the dose they got, you hd to stop working on the roof when that dosimeter reached around 25 Roentgen (Rem)
often enough these workers either did not go up there with their dosimeter OR they took the dosimeter of someone else up there.
I knew you'll make great reaction video and you did! I feel so much sorry for Kat when she heard about the baby who died protecting her mother(I couldn't stop crying after that and I'm 30 yo man-ex cop who saw some pretty grim and horrifying stuff). That girl is buried beside her father, btwm which is also very sad and touching. I love your emotions, so true and compassionate.
I also have to say I am amazed that you even recognized Fares Fares. I myself am from Sweden so I am very familiar with him, Stellan Skarsgård that play Boris Shcherbina, also the director of this show Johan Renck is also Swedish. Btw some interesting facts about Boris Shcherbina he supervised two disasters in a 2 year period. First Chernobyl in 1986 and then the Armenian earthquake in 1988. That earthquake killed between 25 000 and 50 000 people, in 2017 an estimate of 38 000 dead was made. Also between 31 000 and 130 000 were injured.
I'm Norwegian and recognized Fares from his comedic roles a few years back. I could see him getting more roles in international productions after this (and the voice acting role in his brother's video game).
Actually in Soviet Union was 60 nuclear power reactors of different designs, and 16 of them were RBMK - the most powerful 3200MW, other designs were less powerful 3000MW and lower.
You two are very genuine and deserve more subs. Greetings from Canada. Raptors are champions!!
That shot of the old woman in front of the dead cow is one of my favourite shots in the whole series, I don't even know why. The desolation of the image and how it's conveyed is incredible. I know everyone's saying it but the artistry in every aspect of this series is amazing.
Love your guys' reactions!
It may have been hard on her, but it absolutely had to be done.
Recently I went to a Walgreens for groceries. COVID-19 cases are spiking badly in the US as I write this. It took far too long, but people are finally taking it seriously enough that everyone was wearing masks. The exceptions there that day were an elderly couple who were shuffling around, openly coughing as they picked out their food. No masks. No consideration for the store employees, for anyone else around them.
I get it. You’re old, you’ve seen a lot, you’re jaded, this is just the latest thing you’ve been through and not much can motivate you to change your behavioral patterns anymore. TOUGH SHIT. Radiation doesn’t care how you feel. A virus doesn’t care how you feel, and you make as good a transmission vector as anyone.
Sometimes it doesn’t matter how badly we want things to stay the same. Sometimes we have to adapt, for the sake of those around us if not for our own wellbeing.
This show is hard to watch. We feel everthing that the charecters feel. And that makes it the best show that can possible be. The world is a harsh harsh place.....
Duga radar in the background - nice touch! :D
thank you for being so brave and sharing your emotions in such a profound way. I was right there with you. I believe this 5 episode series will be shown to be some of the most powerful television ever produced. liked/subscribed.
A little fact
The scene on the TV at 9:10 are original footage from 1986
Seeing you guys getting sentimental with this episode sent me feeling just like when I saw this chapter for the first time, Nice reaction!
About The Babushka & The Soldier scene: cruel as it may seem, he pouring out the milk was doing her a favour. Milk was one of the big radiation dangers after Chernobyl. That is how especially the children became affected by radiation after the accident.
How did milk become radioactive? After the accident, every _surface_ was covered by radioactive dust and aerosols. Grass has lots and lots of surface area, so _grass_ essentially became a radiation catcher. Cows are big animals, and grass does not contain much energy. So cows eat _lots and lots_ of grass, and effectively gather up the radioactive contamination on their pastures and concentrate that in their bodies. And then humans come and milk them...
Even in 2018, it was reported that some cows in the worst affected areas are producing milk that is more radioactive than regulation permits, so the milk gets destroyed as it cannot be used.
What also makes milk bad, is that one of the radioactive isotopes released by the reactor replaces calcium in the body. So much of the calcium in the milk is replaced by that isotope, which the body of a milk-drinker would then put into their bones as if it was calcium. So not only would the milk be radioactive, but their own skeletons would be radioactive from drinking it.
You're the only ones who do this the right way. Looking forward to you're reactions to episode 5.
I remember I was in college when this happened. At the time we really didn't get a lot of information about it, just that it was very bad, far worse than the Russians were letting on. I remember it was years later that I found out they were doing a "safety test" - and did some more research into this "nuclear nightmare" and found out more and more about it. It is a remarkable, fascinating part of history!
I admire the purity and rawness of your emotions. This show spurred me to learn as much as I could about Chernobyl. It’s more frightening than anything I’ve ever seen.
I was crying quietly with you, as you talked about the innocence of animals. When Kat thanked everyone who risked themselves to save everyone else I cried harder. These were true heroes. So many people it’s hard to comprehend the number who suffered for us.
This episode just broke me. Between the futile attempts at using ‘robots’ to those guys clearing the graphite off of the roofs, but that dump truck scene was horrific. You two show genuine emotion. I cried right with you. This miniseries is done incredibly well. It brings on the feels big time. I love ur reactions. Thank you.
It´s great to see your reactions and how you get involved in the history, Thank you. Don´t miss the last episode, it´s worth it.
Kat & Sonny Your reactions to this video especially about the animals was very moving..... the whole reaction here is so touching when you both explain . Thank you (hugs) !
Man this episode, and Scherbina's frustration boiling over to the point where you can hear him cursing loudly in the background and smashing that phone. Damn. When you watch episode 5, as people have already suggested keep the ending so much more footage to watch.
Hi from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Thank you for such a touching reaction and sincere sharing your internal feelings. This series is a huge step towards understanding between people all over the world. Feel like we are becoming closer emotionally through miles, years, legacy, language.
My best friend died this year in his 34 from cancer and most likely the fact that his father was an active participant of those events in Chernobyl as a volunteer made that happened. He had no chance and time to see the series and your reaction video, but I’m sure he would be touched and would be thankful otherwise.
Keep making such a great videos and good luck!
Thank you ☺️
We are very sorry for your loss 💔Even though it has cost him (and you) dearly, his father was a good man doing a good deed for all of us. And for that, we are truly grateful.
We wish you good health, dear friend!
Kat & Sonny React So kind you are) Appreciate your attitude much. Looking hopefully forward to your whole series reviewing after you take a breather!
This ep is really shattering. The show is superb. Thanks for the reactions!
14:20 EXACTLY, and also they are here to teach that and help humans learn
The 15 minutes of black screen in the end should've been fixed by now.
It may take some time for it to update though. Total brain fart on my part, sorry guys!
/ Sonny
That was a tough episode to get through. It was heartbreaking. The cleaning of the roofs was fascinating. 3,000+ men in 90 second increments, but they did it!
Finally. Waited for a long time))))))
Блин, по скобочкам этим русскоговорящего спалить можно за секунду;)
@@yesno9073 угадал:)
One more episode for you two.
Episode 5 , in my opinion, is about the legacy of Chernobyl.
The series started strong and ended strong...great script, acting, ...everything.
At the end of the episode, I like how they show us a homage of images and information. It was a good idea to tie it in.
Great back drop of the early warning system near Pripyat. This was used for the wall in Divergent!!
There is a like 7 minute video on youtube about HBO Chernobyl vs reality where he put HBO Chernobyl footage next to reality footage you should watch that after you finish watching this show. You will find that the HBO tv show is scary similar to the reality footage. It had me in tears. The title for that video is called "HBO's Chernobyl vs Reality - Footage comparison" I would love it very much if you did a reaction video to that video. It is 7 minutes long so I think you should be able to have the entire video without cuts in the reaction right?
I like how this show is willing to display the gruesome slow deaths of the people exposed radiation, but when it comes to killing dogs, it was still off-screen (thank god!)
Thank you guys, you are the best. And you have big hearts and clear minds. God bless you my scientists!
I am still left surprised even after a WHOLE year remembering that the scene on the rooftop was actually shot 90 SECONDS on the dot to give the most accurate perspective. Truly remarkable !!!
Fares Fares. Great actor. Also leagsovs smile. So good and Stella Skarsgård. Rly good sceene acting during the lunarobot scene
Just watched all four of these episodes. Really like your channel and hope to see lots more. Thanks
I used to hate reaction channels but you guys do it right! Tack så mycket från Sverige.
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Tack så mycket, kära granna ❤️
Greetings from Germany! Once again, I really like your reaction videos, especially those on Chernobyl, which made me subscribe 😊 This one was really tough to watch for me, I'm looking forward to other reactions after this 🙂
Finn Bálor reacting to Chernobyl? I'm ALL for it!
Great reaction, guys.
Wrestling fans are everywhere I swear...😂
Your thoughtful analysis is beautiful.. thank you
Nothing is more horrific than knowing how dangerous something is, and knowing the Geiger Counter was going haywire on the roof like that, it’s just that feeling of true dread.
Kat have a big heart. Thank you, guys, for your interest and
reactions. With respect from Kyiv, Ukraine
Let's hope that we'll never get a second season. 😢
There's a switch that flips in your brain under certain circumstances. When something has to be done, that must be done, that no-one else will do for you, or instead of you, and you physically can. Things like uniforms and orders ease the rationalisation, because they tell you that you are now in this category of people who do this thing, but that isn't the most important factor. Just being faced with something that has to be done, now, by you. You face the emotional and psychological consequences later, unless you're a sociopath.
This is the episode I almost couldn’t watch. Seeing all those dogs get killed was heartbreaking.
what about people who died ? many sacrificed thier lives, while animals would spread radiation and no worthy comes from them
Nostalgic memories of course, the show is depressing as it is. The workers suffered the most apart from all the innocent people who died because of this. But to top it all, animals had to die to without them knowing anything, there’s something about their innocence that makes it specially hard to watch.
@@NostalgicMem0ries Whilst the people who died and suffered was extremely tragic, and the vast majority of them couldn't possibly have known what was coming.. pets/domesticated dogs are the epitome of loyalty and innocence. They are humanity's companions. They trust us so completely, and can't even in their wildest conceptions FATHOM the workings of man and the concepts that caused the necessity to euthanise them en-masse.
The men and women of the exclusion zone were evacuated, but all those companions and effectively extended family members were instead killed. An act of brutal and profound betrayal to such a child-like level of trust, whilst entirely necessary, can't help but cut VERY deep.
Niklas Reuter Gerdrup , some of the animals died terrible death according to likvidators memoirs . Probably some died same way as the firefighters. The show didn’t even show all the terrible details of how the firefighters died . So getting a bullet is much better than die from the radiation.
@@NostalgicMem0ries I feel more sorrow for the dogs than the people, this sounds messed up but here is why.
1. The first responders were lied to and that makes me mad as hell, but they were cared for to the best of the abilities of the staff on location. The civilians that are still suffering from cancers I feel sorry for but they are also getting treatments.
2. Those pets only got the treatment of a bullet, that's it, no chance for survival, just death. They might as well tossed them into the reactor core itself next to the elephants foot.
3. Irradiated pets can be treated and many of them could have been brought with them if the USSR did not suck at personal transportation. Had this of been in the USA people for the vast majority would have taken their pets with them in their own vehicles and not used state run buses. There are more humane ways to kill peoples pets like barbiturate injections and asphyxiation machines which are cheap to produce, it's just to the USSR a bullet was cheaper.
Hopefully this helps you understand the situation a bit better.
I think this episode was the hardest of the 5 to watch, even harder than 3. As emotional as any, considering I love my cats more than any human! I feel you Kat.
The best line was from Boris "We can put a man on the Moon, at least we can keep a man off a roof". But unfortunately, as we all know...
I've never ever thought this about anyone, but Kat is such a graceful crier. It's really beautiful somehow.
10:10 In VF, they have translate "you are done" by "you stop!" (vous arrêtez!).
It's more than a translate error !
I do not think it's not intentional ...
I had to write a 10 page paper on the psyche of soldiers during and after wartime. One man said that his soul literally left his body and when he got home it wouldn’t go back in. He said it didn’t want to be in the body of a murderer. Imagine that level of disassociation just to get through.
Everybody likes Kat because she is crying.It's normal
When she started crying watching "Chernobyl"she become most beautiful girl i've ever known
One nice authentic detail is the Mosin Nagant rifles the animal control crew are carrying. It was the infantry rifle that came before the Soviets made the big leap to the AK-47. The red army finished the second world war with huge stockpiles of them. It makes sense they would give them to the liquidators. You don't need an AK-47 to shoot doggos and kitty cats. I don't know for a fact that's what they used in the exclusion zone but it makes perfect sense.
This episode was tragedy on a different scale. Humans created nuclear power and though the people hurt by the disaster didn't have anything to do with that...well, they were human. But the poor poor animals, they are innocent in every measure, and they trusted us. Still it had to be done. I think the show has done a great job shining a light on the unsung heroes and the people who had to liquidate the animals, they were valuable too.
It would be wrenching to do something like that and just another way this disaster affected the people involved. It needed telling.
I'm glad the team leader showed how much the work affected him (day drinking) and the part about "DO NOT LET THEM SUFFER"
Yeah so it was Fares Fares! I was unsure at first and for some reason could not find the info when googling but now I did so it is :D
You are such an honest couple of people. Keep it like that and I bet your channel will keep growing. By the way, how did you know it was Fares Fares?
Thank you, friend!
He has played some roles here and there (Westworld, Rogue One), and we've seen him on posters for the "Department Q" movies, and these are quite popular here in Denmark ☺️
@@KatSonny Ok, cool. :) Thought he and his brother was only famous here in Sweden. Anyway, keep up the great work!
hi guys!! please watch When They See Us on Netflix. It is the #1 trending series right now. Only 1 channel has done reaction videos. It is such an important film to watch. While this true story took place in NYC in 1989, it is even more important that everyone sees how our system of justice is anything but just. And now I am going to watch your reaction to this episode of Chernobyl!
Animals are innocent and really shouldn't suffer. Completely agree.
That's why I'm vegan💚
Nofar Cohen I’m sorry but your sacrifice doesn’t decrease the number of animals get killed😅
@@alexroman8878 A. It's not a sacrifice. Pretty easy actually.
B. YES IT DOES. Just open your eyes and see how things change. Supply and demand.
C. At the very least, I go to sleep knowing I did my best to minimize suffering on this planet. And not just animal suffering....
Live long and prosper 🖖🏼
Nofar Cohen now I see
Such a heartbreaking and yet at the same time wonderful reaction. You two are the best!
When the Kat looks into the camera, there is a feeling that she sees through the monitor and looks directly into her eyes, it is a thrill of consciousness ))
One of our neighbors was a "liquidator" at Chernobyl. He wasn't asked if he wants to go there. Since he came back he constantly wears a hat to cover his head from the sun and he told us to stay away from the rain, because there were radioactive dust particles in the rain.
I think it was better for the animals to die quickly than slow and painful from the radiation, still not easy to watch.
They let the people die slow....the fuckers.
I had a friend and neighbour as a kid who are from Lithuania, and her brother’s eyes died in the womb and he was born blind because of it, and had a few mild health issues, if I remember correctly?
As for me, I was two years old and in Romania, also close by, but I don’t remember anything (sorry heh)... but I am fine (from it, at least, I think) I mean, I’ve got some health issues but most likely unrelated... I know people in the country had to take anti-radiation pills though...