Chernobyl is one of the greatest man made disasters in history. It was so tremendous it properly frightened the world from nuclear power. But how much did the world really know? The Soviet state of Russia was so dictatorial about information and controlling information that it was hard to know what really happened.

"Chernobyl" is a tremendous miniseries that gives the world the pieces of the puzzle it has always been missing. The writer and producer, Craig Mazin, dives deep into the technical and scientific side of the story, yet dumbs it down for us viewers that aren't familiar with nuclear fission or the operations of a nuclear reactor. He finds clever ways to insert elementary explanations for us laymen to grasp the concept.

But the technical part of the show was simply one aspect. Larger than the physical disaster was the state created disaster. Is there anything more dangerous than arrogance and ineptitude? That's exactly what Chernobyl was and it is a most dangerous mixture.

"Chernobyl" is about a disaster, but it's also about a despotic regime, arrogant ministers, and misinformed subjects. But it was also about heroism, self-sacrifice, and speaking truth to power.

I've never seen a show or movie that has made me feel thoroughly sympathetic about Russia or Russians. "Chernobyl" does for Russians what "Das Boot" did for Germans and more so. "Chernobyl" is an incredible story that's told in an incredible manner about an incredible catastrophe.