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Wicked Blue

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4. My relatives told me the ruzzians went knocking on doors in Estonia

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:57 PM

9 hrs ago

Last edited Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:45 PM - Edit history (1)

and dragging men away to force them to work on the cleanup. One of my cousins escaped by hiding in the woods.

Apparently the ruzzians preferred not to sacrifice themselves so they conscripted people from the soviet republics to do the worst of the dirty work.

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I just rewatched the five episodes of Chernobyl. [View all] Towlie 9 hrs ago OP

Yeah. I watched it when it first came out. More should view it. hlthe2b 9 hrs ago #1

when did it come out? Recently or long time ago? BlueWaveNeverEnd 8 hrs ago #5

2019-HBO hlthe2b 8 hrs ago #6

ok. thx BlueWaveNeverEnd 8 hrs ago #7

Agree Tadams01KC 9 hrs ago #2

That Actually Could Have Been Accurate.... ProfessorGAC 8 hrs ago #8

I re-watched it last week too Thunderbeast 9 hrs ago #3

My relatives told me the ruzzians went knocking on doors in Estonia Wicked Blue 9 hrs ago #4

While Probably True... ProfessorGAC 8 hrs ago #9

Those guys were up in the helicopters Wicked Blue 8 hrs ago #10

A Lot Of Those Helicopter Crews Died ProfessorGAC 7 hrs ago #11