Located just 8 miles from the power plant, the city of Chernobyl not only gave its name to the region but also to the Chernobyl disaster—the greatest man-made catastrophe in history. Yet, the city itself has always remained in the solid shadow cast by the nuclear reactors.
This is its dramatic story.
In this episode, we’ll dive deep into the nearly thousand-year history of Chernobyl, and explore how the city lives on today as the capital of the Exclusion Zone.
00:00 – Intro
00:44 – Streets of the City
03:56 – Life in Chernobyl as the Capital of the Exclusion Zone
06:22 – Was Chernobyl the Mysterious City of Strezhev?
08:10 – The Era of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
11:02 – The Jewish History of Chernobyl
12:49 – Under the Russian Empire
14:27 – The Revolutions of the Early 20th Century
18:14 – Ilya Struk: The Commander of Chernobyl
20:00 – Soviet Rule
25:00 – WWII and Post-War Resurrection
28:09 – In the Shadow of the Power Plant
32:27 – Outro
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