Let me be clear. Cinematographically speaking this miniseries is perfect. It make us engage to the very end. However scientific facts and evidence are dismissed to create a emotionally charged version. There is a lot of intentional mistakes and misrepresentations to reforce the preconceived imaginery of socialist countries in the XX century. Of course there was an attemp at a cover up like it has occured in every sudden catastrophe and as we can see right now in the pandemic we are experiencing. All officials are represented as drunk ignorant murderers minus our valiant protagonists. Evacuation didn't take that long. Fire brigade, doctors, etc were well aware of what radiation was and they were taking iodine tablets from the get go. There is no need to create heroic characters in an already compelling story. No opportunity is missed to critize the URSS like that elder woman scene. The focus should be on the heroic workers who voluntarily sacrified their lives to save the world. However puppies control got more screen time that the labor of the fire brigade in the inmediate hours of the explosion. I wonder why.