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…
Category: Chernobyl in Winter
Across from the Pripyat Main Square, rooftops of two 16-storey buildings on Lazareva Street offer some of the best views of Pripyat. Both towers are topped with steel structures –…
Only few steps away from a kindergarten we find a cosy nursery. Tall windows illuminate walls painted in my favourite “zone blue” and what’s left of the soft, cuddly bears.…
A 10-minute walk from a major road in deep, crunchy snow takes us to a small village of L. deep in the woods of the Chernobyl Zone. After passing few…
Yaniv station (станція Янів in Ukrainian) was the main railway hub for Pripyat, located less than a kilometer away from the southeast end of the city. A number of military…
Yaniv Railway Station near Pripyat is one of the most fascinating places in the Chernobyl Zone, littered with contaminated military vehicles and derailed train carts. The main station building is…
The water in the Pripyat River dock rarely freezes enough to be safe to walk on, so I had a rare opportunity to climb the floating crane located there. The…
On the 26th of April 1986 reactor number 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant was destroyed as a result of a failed test. A steam explosion and subsequent…