The author of the book, Vladimir Gubarev, found himself at the epicenter in the early days of the disaster and witnessed how firefighters and operators, workers and soldiers, scientists and officers, academicians and generals tried to tame the atomic cloud of Chernobyl. The author tells about the heroism of ordinary people and the cowardice of their superiors, the desperate courage of the liquidators and the betrayal of those in power honestly and openly. Why did Mikhail Gorbachev and his closest associates try to hide the scale of the disaster, deny the obvious, and disbelieve in what was happening? Why has the country's president been silent for almost three weeks? These questions are answered by the author of the book, who met with Gorbachev and told him about the tragedy. Vladimir Gubarev was familiar with scientists and specialists who took an active part in the elimination of the accident. He was close to academician Valery Legasov, and it was to him that the scientist bequeathed his "Notes". The author talks about the reasons that led Academician Legasov to suicide. The Truth about Chernobyl is a unique book. Only slaughter.