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Chernobyl


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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 catastrophe
  • Heroes 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 wraps
  • The beginning of the end – Why Gorbachev’s actions fuelled the USSR's collapse


Or... 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!

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