In 1986, I was young, but I remember how this disaster and its provisional consequences were expressed... How many countries were in panic and hundreds of thousands had to leave their homes. But as some other big events followed soon and perestroika had not really begun, all this somehow faded away for me.

As for series, I am usually not into these with the results well known, if so, there should be fine actors and intermediary focusing on other issues and relations. As in Chernobyl, with lots of episodes unknown to me, and actors like Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson never disappoint. The inclusion of performers from different countries and depiction of real characters brings this production to the higher level.

To those who say most of it was hyperbolised to "discredit the Soviet Union", then, however, the background is often nicer as it was then (most of scenes were filmed in present Lithuania and I could see that some yards, houses were not as shabby as they used to). Nevertheless, the creators have tried and succeeded, although it is hardly a series you would watch over and over - it is painful, as lot of misery would have been avoided if the public order was different; the knowledge was there, but as totalitarian regimes prefer pleasant appearance to human life, then such tragic is inevitable - sooner or later.