"Chernobyl" hero died of covid on 18 January 2021

Reporter : Tang Zhongbao / Editor : Changqing / https://www.soundofhope.org/post/464978 / Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan, KUCINTA SETIA / Image : Nikolai Antoshkin the Chernobyl hero (Composite picture)

The former Soviet hero and member of the Russian State Duma who was personally responsible for and participated in destroying the Chernobyl nuclear power unit ·Nikolai Antoshkin died of covid in the hospital on Sunday (17 January), aged 79. The Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 caused hundreds of thousands of deaths due to radiation injuries and physical damage to millions of people. It became the fuse for the disintegration of the Eastern European Communist camp, including the former Soviet Union. Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma, announced on Monday (18 January) that MP Antoshkin had passed away in the hospital due to a "difficult disease." Previously, the United Russia Party had revealed that Antoshkin was hospitalized with covid. According to Russian media reports, Antoshkin was born in 1942. After graduating from the Air Force School, he participated in the Sino-Soviet border conflict in 1969 and the Afghan War in 1979. In 1986, Antoshkin was the chief of staff of the Kiev Military Region Air Force until 1989. From 1993 to 1993, he served as the commander of the air force of the Moscow Military Region and then the commander of the front-line aviation unit. The report said that when the nuclear reactor rupture occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that year, he participated in directing rescue work. The helicopter flew over the nuclear power plant and dumped nearly 2,000 tons of boron carbide and sand from the air to the exposed reactor remains. Finally he stopped the nuclear fission reaction in the reactor. Antoshkin also personally flew a plane across the reactor to conduct radiation reconnaissance missions, and was awarded the title of "Hero of the Soviet Union" for this, the highest honor in the former Soviet Union's award system. Volodin said that Nikolai Antonshkin selflessly served the motherland and risked his life to save people's lives. He was a responsible person and helped all those in need. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, in the past 24 hours, there have been 22,857 new confirmed cases of covid in 85 federal regions in Russia, of which 2,504 cases (11.0%) were found to be asymptomatic. The cumulative number of CCP virus infections was 3.591066, an increase of 0.6%. There were 471 new deaths, and the total number of deaths across Russia was 66,037. Past events of "Chernobyl"

The hidden story behind the Chernobyl nuclear leak seems to have disappeared from people's sight with the collapse of the Soviet Union, but those who used their bodies tortured by nuclear radiation told the world how terrifying the disaster of that century was. In the early morning of 28 April 1986, Unit 4 of the nuclear power plant in Pripyat, Chernobyl District, Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union, exploded. A huge amount of radioactive materials and fuel were sprayed directly onto the zenith and the fire burned for 8 days. The Soviet Union used human lives to dispose of 35% of the radioactive materials, avoiding the second explosion of the nuclear power plant. However, after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, more than 8 tons of strong radioactive material leaked, and the westerly wind in winter blew pollutants around the world. Two days after the accident, Stockholm, Sweden, detected nuclear radioactive materials in the air. Two days after the accident, on 28 April, under strong diplomatic pressure, the Soviet Union was forced to broadcast 20 seconds of news about the Chernobyl accident on the national evening news without mentioning radiation injuries. At this time, a full 60 hours have passed since the accident occurred. This draft appeared in Soviet newspapers on 30 April. In order to show the image of a great power, on 1 May, a grand May Day parade was held in Kiev, which is more than 100 kilometers away from the site of the nuclear accident. At that time, the outdoor radiation dose in Kiev was 8 times the normal value. But the Ukrainian party and government officials who attended the event quietly sent their children abroad before the event. Countries such as Britain and France also withdrew their citizens from Kiev. On 4 May, people 30 kilometers around the nuclear accident received an order to evacuate, but they had received nuclear radiation for more than a week without knowing it. On 9 May, Moscow held the celebration of victory in the Patriotic War as usual, and deliberately expanded the scale of the event to show that everything was under control. At the same time, the Soviet propaganda system launched an attack on Western countries, "Moscow News" published an article entitled "Poisonous Clouds of Anti-Sovietism" on 11 May, comprehensively discrediting the United States and Western society, covering up and refusing to admit the truth of the accident, and continuing to brainwash the domestic people. Let people not know what they have experienced in the past ten days. In order to prevent the radioactive material from leaking again, the former Soviet Union used about 367,000 cubic meters of concrete and 7,300 tons of steel to build a huge bunker to seal the Chernobyl 4 reactor. When more information was revealed, the people of the former Soviet Union learned how serious the disaster was. People could not forgive the authorities for lying about radiation levels, confusing medical advice and their political indifference. This incident caused the entire Soviet people to lose their trust in the government, and their confidence in the country began to collapse. Finally, on 25 December 1991, there was heavy snowfall in many northern countries that day. Gorbachev announced the disintegration of the Soviet Union in the Kremlin in front of the media camera. The flag of the sickle and hammer was slowly lowered from the sky above the Kremlin, and the first Soviet regime on the earth came to an end. According to the United Nations Atomic Energy Agency, the radioactive cloud released by the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986 covered most of the Soviet Union, including the territory of Belarus, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation. 8.4 million people were exposed to radiation. Statistics show that of the 840,000 people who participated in the rescue at that time, 70,000 were disabled for life, and more than 300,000 died from radiation injuries. Experts revealed that the explosion was 400 to 500 times the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan in 1945. At that time, everyone at the scene received four times the lethal radiation. "Chernobyl" sounds the death knell of Communist totalitarianism

Gorbachev later said, "The Chernobyl nuclear accident may become the real cause of the disintegration of the Soviet Union in five years, and its importance is even greater than that of the reform cause I started. Russian scholar RG Pikhoia pointed out, “Because of unannounced or unannounced notification, the health and lives of hundreds of thousands of people have been endangered, and Soviet political leaders must take responsibility for this. Chernobyl After the Libyan incident, an ecological movement with obvious political overtones was set off across the country. Social movements emerged in Ukraine and Belarus, which were particularly affected, accusing the central government of guilty of “crimes against race” against residents in these areas." Serhii Plokhy, the author of "Chernobyl: A Tragic History," Harvard University Ukrainian historian Serhii Plokhy pointed out that the Chernobyl nuclear accident had a profound background. "At that time, the Soviet government controlled everything, including information. In the past, when similar disasters occurred, the Soviet government had concealed information from engineers and operators.... This atmosphere of extreme secrecy was caused by the Cold War and also led to the Chernobyl nuclear An important factor in the accident." Shahili Ploki believes that in the eyes of those in power in the Soviet Union, human life is not important, only the completion of a certain task is important. “The regime at that time was a tool of autocratic rule. The people could neither change policies nor challenge authority. The government was not responsible to the people, so it would ignore people’s health and sacrifice people’s lives. The advantage of autocratic regimes is that they are good at handling emergencies. It was able to mobilize the people quickly, but it resulted in more casualties." The accident made the Ukrainian people soberly aware that the Communist Party’s deceptive tactics and the nature of shirking responsibility will never change. The Communist Party has no mechanism and function for self-correction from beginning to end. "Chernobyl" sounded the death knell of communist totalitarianism. People are fed up with the deception and ravages of the Communist Party. After the accident, Ukraine, Lithuania, Armenia and other regions revealed the truth about the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Then, Lithuania declared its independence in March 1990; Ukraine declared its independence in a referendum in December 1991 and on 25 December, the Soviet Union disintegrated. Today, "Chernobyl" has become synonymous with historical witness. The history of "Chernobyl" leading to the disintegration of communist totalitarianism will always be remembered. The hero of "Chernobyl" was mentioned again because of his death, but he died of covid caused by another communist totalitarian, which is really embarrassing.