Belarus - 20 Years After Chernobyl Ep. 1 of 12

[b0n3z3z]

Interesting little bit of information -

Even though Belarus does even less to contain the zone than Ukraine, 70% of all the radiation from Chernobyl wound up in Belarus.

[vidy95]

Im from portugal and i have a new student from Chausy O.O

[ericmckenzie]

@vidy95 - Wow, that is great. You should show your student the videos as he/she will probably recognize many places!

[vidy95]

@ericmckenzie yes, thanks for the tip ;)

[Pfalzgreven]

Hey, Chernobyl is in the Ukraine, not in Belarus?!!

[ericmckenzie]

@Pfalzgreven - True, but a large portion of the radiation fell in Belarus which is where we are doing our work.

[Pfalzgreven]

@ericmckenzie Aah, I see. I enjoy your vids very much,

I've always wanted to go to Ukraine and Belarus!

[BankZed]

@ericmckenzie over 70%

[b0n3z3z]

@Pfalzgreven I think it was approx. 70% of the overall radiation that went into Belarus. A large portion of the country is still contaminated.

[joa40]

How is the expenses to live in there????

And what kind of job most of people do????

Thatnks and I loved ur video.....

[ericmckenzie]

I hope I answered your questions in the subsequent videos, if not please feel free to send me any questions you have. Thanks for watching!

Eric

[mihayil99]

@joa40 ..I was born in Krushen small small settlement and id say with American money 1,000 dollars you could live like a king for a month. Most people refor to farming to feed themselves, jobsare very scarce

[kbond225]

OK, Eric. I'm hooked. I just finished watching the first and now I'll proceed promptly to the rest. Can't wait. I love how you show the things that I'd be looking for if I went to a foreign land. . . the roads, the plumbing, the houses, buildings, the land, etc. Great job. Now I'm off to watch the rest of your journey. Thanks for posting this and thanks for the detail.

[Diaddy28]

very interesting. Had to subscribe! You should be a narrator! U are good! =)

[ExtraTerrestrials]

hey nice man. next time u're in Minsk let me know lol maybe i have chance to meet and talk with ya

[geegee1848]

also love the detail ... i find while traveling often the most interesting parts are the seemingly minute details. Good vid.

[oyshema]

i love all the details. i am considering taking a trip to belarus, as that is where my ancestors are from. i can't wait to watch the rest of the videos.

[jelesnia24]

Fantastic video. Reminds me of some parts of Poland when I first came here in 1995, however, nowadays things are different and not much different than in the West, at least in the big cities.

[JaksProductions]

Be a narrator you seem good at it!=)

[smickitysmack]

where in belarus where you?

[ericmckenzie]

In and around Chausy in the Mogilev Region.

[grandadinjapan]

hi i lived in belarus for 1 month in 2004

[PSPgamerg]

imagine the explosion that destroyed the town where livved 50 000 people..

[ChuckMAST3R]

That you talking? Man you can be a narrorator for like any documentary.

[ericmckenzie]

lol ... and my rates are reasonable! ;)

[geofree1984]

Belarus is such an awesome name.

[1900whogivesa]

You wanna prep for a nasty winter before travelling away from Canada? Come to Winnipeg, MB in mid January.

[MsMercury]

You have a great voice. Very informative videos. Thanks for posting them.

[soniejka]

Hi, I would love to post it in my blog, but it's forbidden:( Why?

[ericmckenzie]

I would prefer to keep control of my video's rather than let them be embedded elsewhere. You can always post a link to the video in your blog. Thank you very much for your interest. I presume from your profile and videos that you are from Minsk? It is a beautiful City, although I have only spent a little time there.

Eric

[alegria101]

This is a wonderful series of videos...and what Canadian Aid for Chernobyl does is amazing! Keep up the good work!

[Slickie]

I find the old soviet bloc countries and anything to do with Chernobyl really fascinating. Though I'm sure there are places of great beauty, for the most part it's almost jarring how this bleak landscape is populated by such warm and friendly people. You'd never think, staring at the cold gray buildings that make up these sorts of cities, that such great people thrive within.

[ericmckenzie]

Thanks for the comment. I find that for the most part we are all the same and most people are truly good people. It does seem however that people who have very little are more willing to share what they have.

[StefanTbc]

Thats exactly my opinion as well.

[onaga27]

I did. It was a nuclear power plant blown up. Thats a sad thing. And whats worse its still radioactive too.

[ericmckenzie]

Yes, most off the fall-out was in Belarus and 21 years later it is still causing tremendous problems. Both medically and economically.

[onaga27]

Nice town. But wht was the Chernobyl disaster? Im sorry I think I missed something and just didntknow what had happened.

[ericmckenzie]

do a google search for "Chernobyl Disaster" there is tons of info on the net. Thanks for watching.

[Punorss]

This is great,well done! The world should see this!

[ericmckenzie]

Thank you so much for your generous comment! I have since returned for a second trip this past April. I have posted still pictures and text in regards to this trip to my blog at ericmckenzie com (you will have to add the "dots"). I will be posting video in the near future. Also feel free to visit our organizations webpage at canadianaidforchernobyl com.

Thanks again.

[jeooren]

when do episode 2-12 come?

[ericmckenzie]

Thanks for watching! I will post ep 2 tonight and keep adding them over the next week or two.