yes, great show, good writing, acting, production. Currently the no. 1 show of all time on IMDB.
Hard to watch, but impossible to look away. I have already watched it twice and am watching it a third time with my GF. There are so many details, you have to watch it multiple times to catch all of them.
As to how the Russians feel about it, you can google many articles that focus on the niggling little mistake, but I like this article from a Russian ex-pat that says the show really nails what it was like to be a Russian in 1986:
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I am always wary of watching Western-made TV and film dramas set in Russia with my Russian husband, but I need not have worried: Harris, Skarsgård, and Watson deliver masterfully nuanced performances that show that, they too have done their homework. “Chernobyl's” production team, led by designer Luke Hall, has faithfully recreated both Chernobyl and Pripyat with astonishing accuracy on 158 sets and on location in Ignalina in Lithuania. Every tiny detail, from the white stenciled letters on the heavy metal plant doors, to Legasov's ill-fitting glasses, and the rickety dish drainer in Lyudmilla Ignatenko's Pripyat kitchen are absolutely true to the period, as are the costumes designed by Odile Dicks-Mireaux, who commented, "I hate polyester, but actually, polyester reigns in this show…” A team of Lithuanian designers researched Russian patterns for work and medical uniforms, and the civilian clothes come from Belarus Film Studios. It is certainly in no small measure thanks to the entire “Chernobyl” team that my Russian husband — and tens of thousands of his compatriots — are currently raving about “Chernobyl.”
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https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/...ernobyl-a65639