Revealing mistake: When Dyatlov goes outside the control room to check on the situation after the explosion, his collar and button strip on both his shirt and coat change positions. When he's in the room, it's facing his right, but when he leaves the room and see graphite on the ground below him, it's facing his left.
Chernobyl (2019)
1 revealing mistake in season 1 - chronological order
Starring: Jared Harris, Jessie Buckley, Paul Ritter
Genres: Drama
The Happiness of All Mankind - S1-E4
Factual error: When Bachu talks to Pavel during their lunch, two bottles of vodka are visible. Top of the bottle should read: RUSSKAYA, however, it's misspelled and reads "RUSSKAVA." Other issue with those bottles - in the center it should read in Russian "Русская Водка", however, although "Водка" spelled correctly, the "Русская" is misspelled and ends on "ерская", which is incorrect. (00:30:26)
Trivia: Despite the overall level of accuracy in the show, one deliberate choice was to use "comrade [surname]", rather than the full name as is typical in formal Russian address. It was felt it would be too distracting for viewers.
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