Boris Shcherbina (played by Stellan Skarsgård) is a real-life political leader who was tasked with managing the accident at Chernobyl. Sky Atlantic and HBO viewers were left wondering what happened to Shcherbina after the end of the events depicted in the Chernobyl series on Sky. Chernobyl fans may not be surprised to know that what happened to Shcherbina was not wholly positive after the amount of radiation he was exposed to.
To quote from the scroll at the end of the Chernobyl series: “Boris Shcherbina died on August 22, 1990…four years and four months after he was sent to Chernobyl.”
In the series, we see Valery Legasov (Jared Harris) warn him repeatedly that the radiation he was exposed to would severely affect the length of his life.
However, an official cause of death for the 70-year-old has never been released.
As the Washington Post wrote at the time of his death: “Shcherbina, who personally ordered the construction of a new town for Chernobyl workers in a highly contaminated area, died last August at age 70 after what the Soviet press described as 'a serious illness.'
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The real-life Boris Shcherbina died four years after the events at Chernobyl (Image: SKY)
“It is impossible to tell to what extent his death was caused by radiation.
“Under a secret 1988 decree drafted by Shcherbina, which remained in force until very recently, Soviet doctors were forbidden from
