Corrected entry: Dyatlov puts pressure on his subordinate, threatening to fire him. In the USSR it would be very hard for him to do so, because of strong labor unions. So it's unlikely that fear of being fired would force the worker to violate safety precautions.
Chernobyl (2019)
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Starring: Jared Harris, Jessie Buckley, Paul Ritter
Genres: Drama
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.
Trivia: The musical score was based on ambient audio samples taken from a decommissioned Lithuanian power plant where the series was filmed.
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Correction: Dyatlov didn't fire anybody but he repeatedly threatened Nikolai Fomin and Viktor Bryukhanov with dismissal if they didn't do what he told them to do. It may have been an empty threat but it is a matter of history.
Bryukhanov was the plant director and Fomin was the chief engineer. Both were Dyatlov's superiors, so he couldn't have threatened them. Most accounts say that he threatened Toptunov, and perhaps others in the control room.
ironcito
Yes, Toptunov and Akimov mostly.
lionhead