r/ChernobylTV • u/[deleted] • May 06 '19

Chernobyl - Episode 1 '1:23:45' - Discussion Thread

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u/[deleted] May 08 '19

Fun fact, the guy who held the door open was Aleksandr (Sasha) Yuvchenko, and he survived. Not sure if he's still alive, but he did an interview for the Discovery Channel's "Zero Hour" Chernobyl documentary back in 2004.

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u/sofararoundthebend May 08 '19

Per the book ‘Midnight in Chernobyl ‘ he died in 2009, I believe.

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u/LiveAndLetRide35 May 09 '19

I bought this book immediately after I watched the first episode. Did I make the right choice?

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u/sofararoundthebend May 09 '19

I haven’t read the entire book yet, but it seems to be a good choice and has some new info in it. If you’d like to continue to read about Chernobyl I’d also suggest ‘Ablaze’ by Piers Paul Read, ‘Chernobyl Notebook’ by Grigori Medvedev, and ‘Voices from Chernobyl’ by Svetlana Alexievich. I have others as well but have to be careful at work.

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u/JamesonWilde May 28 '19

Have to be careful at work?

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u/ElfInTheMachine Jan 04 '22

Damn I wish he answered this lol. I an also curious what he/she meant by having to be careful at work and not share more Chernobyl books.

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u/JamesonWilde Jan 04 '22

For real. I am so intrigued lol