The Truth About Chernobyl. Testimonies of the Living and the Dead

The author of the book, Vladimir Gubarev, found himself at the epicenter of the disaster in the first days and witnessed how firefighters and operators, workers and soldiers, scientists and officers, academicians and generals tried to tame the atomic cloud of Chernobyl. He honestly and openly recounts the heroism of ordinary people and the cowardice of leaders, the desperate bravery of the liquidators, and the betrayal of those in power. Why did Mikhail Gorbachev and his closest associates try to hide the scale of the disaster, deny the obvious, and not believe what was happening? Why did the president of the country remain silent for almost three weeks? The author answers these questions, having met with Gorbachev and told him about the tragedy.
Vladimir Gubarev was acquainted with the scientists and specialists who took an active part in the liquidation of the accident. He was close to Academician Valery Legasov, to whom the scientist bequeathed his “Notes.” The author recounts the reasons that led Academician Legasov to suicide. "The Truth About Chernobyl" is a unique book. Only shocking facts and shocking truths, without speculation and fantasies. Information from the first hand by the leading nuclear specialists from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, who participated in the liquidation of the consequences of the disaster. Chernobyl changed the whole world and each of us. We have the right to know the truth.