On 26 April 1986 at 1:23:49 a.m. Moscow time accident occurred at power unit 4 of the Chomobyl NPP, which as regards its scale and consequences became the major and…
Forgotten Chernobyl Posts
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…
1986 Calendar For Parents – one of many books scattered in one of the small libraries on the ground floor of the 16-storey buildings near the central square. The opening…
This inconspicuous brick building in the Chornobyl-2 military town doesn’t get a second look from most tourists rushing to see the Duga radar and control rooms. Located by the road…
The Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (Lithuanian: Ignalinos atominė elektrinė, IAE) is a decommissioned two-unit RBMK-1500 nuclear power station in Visaginas Municipality, Lithuania, named after the nearby city of Ignalina. As…
The widespread decommunization of Soviet-era symbols across Eastern Europe hasn’t spared famous political figures. Statues of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, aka Vladimir Lenin, once standing in every city, town and village…
No doubt most of my readers have seen the news about the spike in radioactivity near the Chernobyl Power Plant last night, from the typical 1-4μSv/h up to 65.5uSv/h (reported…
“Chernobyl 87” photo album is the latest addition to my collection. This photo album was created by a group of liquidators and dedicated to one of their colleagues – Vyacheslav…
There were clouds on the horizon for Viktor Bryukhanov, the director of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Plant in Chernobyl. It was his job to explain what happened to the…
Kindergarten “Druzhba” (“Friendship) in Pripyat is one of the rarely visited places in the Chernobyl Zone. Located on 3 Lenin Avenue, it’s right next to the checkpoint at the entrance…
The garages on the southern outskirts of Pripyat once were full of cars and motorcycles owned by the residents, and no doubt a centre of social life on the…
This is the last part of the Analog Series until my next trip to the Chernobyl Zone, which hopefully will happen in a few months. All of the photos were…
Part 6 of the Analog Chernobyl series, where I capture the eerie beauty of the Chernobyl Zone using film cameras owned by many of Pripyat residents in the 1980s.
Today’s Guest Post has been prepared by Emilia Ochtera, her endless supply of facts and stories about Chernobyl never cease to amaze me! Various techniques were used to deal with…
“Interconnected Power System of the South” booklet printed in the USSR by ElektroMachExport in Russian, English and German. I cannot find the exact date of its publication however the Chernobyl…