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If the 20th century really began on the night of April 12, 1912 with the sinking of the Titanic, it may have ended prematurely on the night of April 26, 1986 with the explosion of the reactor number 4 of the Lenin nuclear power plant known as Chernobyl... Three decades after the nuclear explosion, almost everything has been said about this ecological and sanitary disaster that made Pripiat a part of History. How did the greatest industrial disaster change the course of History, disrupt global geopolitics and, directly or indirectly, redistribute the balances and power relations of the twentieth century? The world will never be the same again. By retracing the incredible battle waged by the Soviet Union against radiation, this film proposes to retrace and enlighten an extraordinary story, while exploring the historical stakes in the medium and long-term… (Mediawan)
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As with many French TV documentaries, this one suffers from its limited running time. You cannot really get a full picture of such an important historical event squeezed into under one hour. It requires at least a feature-length movie’s running time. In this respect, the French The Battle of Chernobyl from 2006 remains the best.
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