In autumn 2021 we visited Anatoly Stepanovich Dyatlov’s grave, leaving fresh flowers and reflecting on history. Some claim that Dyatlov was the main person responsible for the accident at the…
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Marketplace located a walking distance South from Lesi Ukrainki Street was once a thriving place full of local residents looking to buy everything from fresh meat and vegetables to clothes…
Komatsu D155W was an amphibious remote controlled bulldozer produced in Japan from 1971 until 1993. It can be found between the office building and the main production hall of the…
Another visit to “Emerald” children’s summer camp in April 2018. This idyllic place hidden only few steps from the main road in the deep woods by the cooling pond was…
I present you a unique and detailed chronicle of events following the Chernobyl Disaster between 1986 and 1993. Published by the Red Cross in Ukrainian and English, it focuses…
Car ride from Kyiv to the Chernobyl Zone is not an exciting experience in itself, and most people eagerly check their phones, prepare cameras and chat about Chernobyl rather than…
Kindergarten No. 3 “Sunshine” (Дитячий садок “Сонечко”) is located on 16a Lenin Avenue in Pripyat. The building has a typical layout for preschool educational facilities in Pripyat and it’s in…
Chernobyl coverage in Daily Express from 30 April 1986. Russia admits worst A-plant disaster ever NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE IS HERE More than 3,000 reported dead Thousands more are doomed Help…
A Booklet “Safety, Effectiveness, Social Progress” in English published by the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Ukraine containing information about the newly created State Specialised Enterprise “Chornobyl NPP” and…
The story of the Bridge of Death depicted in the HBO “Chernobyl” series is fictional. There is no record of Pripyat residents watching the events unfold from the bridge and…
Zymovyshche was a village located about 6.5km (4 miles) North-East from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, across the Pripyat River. The village’s name originates from the nearby Zymovyshche Lake, and…
“Goldfish” Kindergarten No. 13 in Pripyat was located between Łesi Ukrainki and Prospekt Budyvelnikiv streets. Constructed as one of the standard Soviet buildings this kindergarten had capacity for 320 children.…
Photos don’t give justice to the overwhelming size of the unfinished cooling towers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. One of the most iconic pieces of Chernobyl artwork can be…
In the North-West side of Pripyat we can find what remains of the massive greenhouses. Once measuring 285 x 75 metres (935 x 250 feet) and now partially collapsed and…
Contrary to popular belief, the Chernobyl Town is still inhabited and busy. It’s a beautiful snapshot of a long gone era, a battlefield between humans and nature, with crumbling buildings…
Rossokha Vehicle Graveyard and Duga radar, known as the Russian Woodpecker, captured on my old Soviet Kiev-4 camera.