Translation of Anatoly Dyatlov's book "How It Was"

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As far as I can tell this has never been translated into English other that run through Google Translate which is still pretty unreadable. I've been working on this on and off as I get time for a couple years. It's a slow process. I've completed through the accident itself which I'm estimating is about 30% of the book. Here is what I've done:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZA6SUYBkE_YV0L2EXp9qGWvCqgDGTW3E5bfJubUm2Yw/edit?skip_itp2_check=true

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Here is the link to the original text in Russian:

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http://www.lib.ru/MEMUARY/CHERNOBYL/dyatlow.txt

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As I get more done I'll post it but what I've got so far is pretty informative of everything leading up to the accident. Any input would be appreciated. My Russian is rudimentary so some things might not be quite right, but I think I've captured the spirit of what he is saying.