The rating of this show was very promising. However, the hopes were not justified. The series has nothing to do with the real story. It was created on the materials of the Western press and permeated with hatred for the Soviet Union, so that the Western audience kept all its stereotypes. The main idea is that the authorities of the Soviet Union were more terrible than the Chernobyl disaster. Fortunately people who have experienced all the horrors of this disaster are still alive. And they gradually begin to express their opinion about this show. First of all, nobody worked at gunpoint. The second, all received iodine, other drugs. Third, no one blocked the evacuation, on the contrary, it was organized, albeit not immediately, because authorities did not understand the complexity of the situation. Fourth, none of the workers were interested in the first place, how much money they will receive for the elimination of consequences. These were not those times. When there was a disaster (accidents, earthquakes, etc.), thousands of volunteers came and helped. Fifth, none of the authorities did not communicate with the workers hiding behind the soldiers. All ministers came out of the people and were part of it. Just read their biographies on Wiki. Sixth, no one drank vodka while working there. A dry law was declared there. The entire population was evacuated, shops are closed. There was nowhere to buy vodka even if you would wanted to. But dining rooms were organized for workers, where very good food was offered. No one lived in horrible tents, no one ate bad food, no one drank vodka all the time. There was no fear, no looting, no working at gunpoint. In the film, nuclear power plant workers are shown absolutely incompetent specialists who roam like zombies and do not know what to do. Dyatlov just ran into the bunker saving his life. This was far from this. Just today, because of this disaster, we know more and see more problems and ways to avoid them. These people (scientists, workers, engineers, military) were real heroes. And those who worked there, and those who eliminated the consequences of the accident. The series shows the dirt, sloppiness, drunkenness. And dirty walls and heating batteries even in the hospital. I'm sorry, but I don't think such a story can be described as real.