Leonid Fedorovych Toptunov was a Senior Reactor Control Engineer, working in the control room of Reactor No. 4 on the night of the Chernobyl Disaster. Toptunov graduated from the Moscow…
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HEALTH OF THE NATION – WEALTH OF THE COUNTRY says the writing on the roof of Hospital in Pripyat. I installed one of my pinhole cameras opposite the main hospital…
Three years ago, I installed one of my pinhole cameras in Leonid Fedorovich Toptunov’s apartment. On the evening of April 25, 1986, while preparing for night shift at the Chernobyl…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The old Checkpoint Pripyat with remains of thick lead oxide glass windows installed to protect the guards and dosimetrists in the nearby testing station from radiation.
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…
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…
A kindergarten on the Northern edge of Pripyat converted to a contaminated soil research laboratory nicknamed ‘Radek’ (лаборатории «Радэк»). The building contains thousands of soil samples from the entire Zone…
One of the most contaminated objects in the Chernobyl Zone is the famous Claw. It was used to clear the debris around the ruined Reactor no. 4 in 1986 and…
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…
Continuing the Analog Chernobyl series, today we are visiting other parts of Pripyat and having a quick peek into a school and a nursery. Pripyat captured, on a 35mm…