The narrative details a visit to Pripyat, an abandoned city near the Chernobyl nuclear plant, revealing the remnants of a once bustling community, now reclaimed by nature and desolation. It recalls the rapid evacuation post Chernobyl disaster and subsequent cleanup to prevent the spread of radiation, leaving behind battered apartments and rusted mailboxes.
Pripyat
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School No 3 was the largest in Pripyat. Here it is in the photo before the accident And this is how the school No 3 in Pripyat looks like in 2017. It’s hard to believe this is the same place from the photo above. The school building is barely visible […]
The former top-secret system Duga-1 has become a gigantic monument to the Cold War. Object “Duga-1” is an over-the-horizon radar station for early detection of launches of intercontinental missiles. The complex located near Chernobyl, Chernobyl-2, was engaged in scanning the territory of North America during the years of the Cold War. […]
During the explosion of the reactor, a large amount of radioactive dust was taken over by a pine forest near the station on the road to Pripyat. A high dose of radiation led to the death of trees and staining of needles in red. The forest was bulldozed and buried. […]
The city of Pripyat began to be built in 1970 as a satellite city of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Pripyat was originally planned as an exemplary city of superior comfort. Houses with better apartments, kindergartens, large spacious schools, a palace of culture, a stadium, a recreation park and much […]