https://tube.loping.net/videos/watch/a34801c5-2d37-466c-a5c0-30f6d3d0f59d Among many stories of the Chernobyl disaster, this one is perhaps the most mythologized – the story of three engineers – Alexei Ananenko, Boris Baranov and Valery Bespalov. They ventured into the depths beneath Reactor 4 to open the valves and drain the steam bubbler pool. With help from the media, they were nicknamed "divers," and a dramatic representation of this version can be seen, for example, in the famous HBO "Chernobyl" miniseries. We, however, decided to take a different approach, reach those people, and find the truth. What followed evolved from fact-checking into a massive investigation based on room layouts and hall plans, combined with old documents aiming to reconstruct their route. All this gives a completely different level of understanding of what that operation was and how exactly it was carried out. This is the story of three heroes. 00:00 Into the darkness 00:40 The hardest May 02:48 A not so easy task 03:45 Ananenko, Bespalov, Baranov 05:42 Reconstructing the route 10:30 The descent 11:45 After the operation 13:07 What studies in the pool revealed 13:57 Legacy Dive into a rabbit hole of Chornobyl: https://patreon.com/thechernobylfamily Buy Fuzik (the Cat) a treat: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chernobylfamily Our posters: https://www.patreon.com/posts/113145981 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:52:32 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.loping.net https://tube.loping.net/lazy-static/avatars/8a56e488-2120-4649-a417-badf5893657b.png https://tube.loping.net/videos/watch/a34801c5-2d37-466c-a5c0-30f6d3d0f59d All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.loping.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.