Finally braced myself through last episodes of Chernobyl. I watched an episode per week during daytime because it gave me an axiety attack and here's why:
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When it exploded, my dad was close to Pripyat on a college trip. They never were told what happened, and evacuated later on, given vodka to drink. Many experienced radiation sickness later that evening, throwing up and feeling extremely unwell. No medicine checks done to them.
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By the time I was in a school it was just over 10 years since the tragedy. We had Hazard Awareness classes, and every year several classes were about Chernobyl. Video material shown, effects of radiation on body shown, and no real plan to surtvive it given. Just hope for best.
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When you're 13 all of that is a bit too much. We were trained and programmed to fear this. The sirens in the trailer are same sirens I've heard twice in my city during system test.
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Despite some inaccuracies I appreciate the dread and horror shown in the series. We shouldn't forget those sacrifices and make sure that this never happens again. If you haven't seen it yet, do watch it but beware that it's quite a heavy series to watch.
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Replying to @ophelia_noir
Genuine question, how often do you come across things and think oh that's not what we were taught in school/saw on TV in Russia? Or was it easy to tell what was propaganda back in Russia? I find Russian politics so fascinating.
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TBH at my time (high school, when you get interested in all of the stuff) we had internet already, so you could always access information reported from all sources. In university we were told to look for several different views on the issue - the truth is in the middle somewhere
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