
When Reactor 4 blew up, Soviet officials knew the radiation was deadly… but for 36 crucial hours, they told the public everything was fine. No evacuations. No warnings. Children played outside as invisible death rained down.
Why? Because preserving the illusion of Soviet power mattered more than human lives.
This isn’t just a story about nuclear disaster — it’s about what happens when governments fear the truth more than the catastrophe itself.
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