How Chernobyl Hid A History Lesson Behind An Unfortunate Cow

The Chernobyl miniseries has been widely praised for its historical accuracy and the way many different parts of the production come together to create a story that is both compelling and mindful of the people who lived these events. The show is so layered, in fact, that tucked into a short scene at the beginning of the show's 4th episode, a couple lines of dialogue contain another history lesson. In this episode we explain how a poor fictional cow was used to shed light on a very grim history.

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