Shops in Pripyat was among the of the best in the Soviet Union, like everything in this almost utopian city. Even during the worst years for the Soviet economy, nuclear…
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Swimming Pool ‘Lazurny’ in Pripyat remained open for a number of years after the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was used by the liquidators as a place…
Some more photos of Pripyat before and after the accident, this time from the Main Square showing Palace of Culture Energetik, the Restaurant, Hotel Polissya, the White House (with high…
Canteen and Shops (Фабрика-кухня) building located on Lesi Ukrainki street in Pripyat. Close proximity to the water treatment station suggests that it provided meals for its employees. Visited in…
Poliske town, located on the the outskirts on the Chernobyl Zone, was an administrative centre of Poliske district. It was evacuated following the Chernobyl accident and today the wind howls…
One week after Easter the feast of the dead known as “hrobki” is celebrated in Ukraine. The custom requires that on that day a whole living family meets on nearby…
Mashevo Secondary School is among the best preserved locations in the entire Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, mostly thanks to the village’s remote location, over an hour drive from Chernobyl town and…
The town of Chernobyl was evacuated on the 27th April 1986, only thirty hours after accident at the Nuclear Power Plant. Today Chernobyl is mostly a ghost town however a…
Construction site of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Reactor Block 5 and 6. The site is being used by metal scrappers and therefore not accessible too often. Typically for an unfinished…
Kopachi (Копачі in Ukrainian) was a small village south-east from the town of Pripyat with population of 1114 in 1986. Due to the proximity to the Chernobyl Power Plant it was…
Дом культуры “ЭНЕРГЕТИК” (House of Culture Energetik) in Pripyat cared for the bodies and souls of the residents, offering a gym hall, boxing ring, a swimming pool, a theatre hall,…
Duga, known as the Russian Woodpecker, was a Soviet over-the-horizon radar system used as part of the early warning network of detectors during the cold war. Comprised of two sites…