Chernobyl

06/03/2025 52 min Temporada 2 Episodio 6

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☢️ PINT-SIZED HISTORY ARE GOING TO CHERNOBYL ☢️50,000 people used to live here - now it's a ghost town!In this episode, we focus on one of history’s most cataclysmic disasters, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion of 26 April 1986. A catastrophe that not only unleashed deadly radiation across Ukraine, Belarus and a considerable amount of North-Eastern Europe but also shook the very foundations of the Soviet Union, eventually leading to its collapse.Get ready for a deep dive into:How the disaster happened – a routine test that spiralled into catastropheHeroes and horror – The brave responders, miners and pilots who paid the ultimate price.Soviet cover-up – How the USSR tried (and failed) to keep the disaster under wrapsThe beginning of the end – Why Gorbachev’s actions fuelled the USSR's collapseOr... you know you just like the Call of Duty 4 campaign mission All Ghillied Up🔥 So grab a drink, hit play, and join Pint-Sized History as they uncover the events around Chernobyl, the disaster that helped bring down an empire.🎵 Shoutout to @bigshortage for our opening jingle!