It will clear up a bit of the mystery of this place, and perhaps inspire you to come as well.
After the series released, tourism jumped from just 15,000 visitors per year to over 70,000 per year.
A few additional articles and research pointed out that the extent of the damage and chaos done by the Chernobyl reactor, bankrupted the Soviet Union, both morally and financially.
Ultimately, the Chernobyl Disaster was one of a few reasons that caused the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Photos From Chernobyl
An abandoned house on the outskirts of Chernobyl
Inside a school stadium near Chernobyl
A radioactive meter to scan the area. 0.19 is very low
May Communism Live – This Is The Bright Future of All People
Art creates the public which understand this art and is able to enjoy the beauty
Ripped open floor boards of an abandoned school in Chernobyl
The entrance to Chernobyl
Monument of the Third Angel
Inside a grocery store near Chernobyl
The robot used to clean up radioactive debris from the roof of Reactor 4
Trucks used for liquidating Chernobyl
Another robot used to clean up reactor 4
A dog looks on a stampede of tourists on a daily basis in Chernobyl
Inside the barracks of a guard near the Radar
A liquidation truck for cleaning radioactive waste
Duga Radar Station. “Duga was a Soviet over-the-horizon radar system used as part of the Soviet missile defense early-warning radar network. The system operated from July 1976 to December 1989. Two operational Duga radars were deployed, one near Chernobyl and Chernihiv in the Ukrainian SSR, the other in eastern Siberia.”
The Duga Radar Station
Finding Pokemon in Chernobyl
The Duga Radar Station
Inside the building next to the Duga Radar Station
Entry into Territory Prohibited
In memory of the soldiers who died in World War 2
Books for kids that were planted around tourist hot spots in Chernobyl
An abandoned kids school
Dolls were planted around this abandoned orphanage in Chernobyl
A toy rabbit looks into the window for a better day
In the basement of the orphanage / school
Articles from the soviet days
Reactor 5 under construction next to Reactor 4 in Chernobyl
The billion dollar dome that currently houses the Chernobyl reactor #4
Reactor 4 on the left, and a river that fed into the Dnieper (leading to Kyiv) in the past
The dome that covers the reactor #4
The dome that covers the reactor #4
The entrance to the city of Pripyat
Tourists in the city of Pripyat
The abandoned Hotel in Pripyat
The city of Pripyat is in absolute ruins
An abandoned theatre in the center of Pripyat
Bears spray painted onto the walls, most likely within the last 10 years
Political propaganda posters
Study, Study, Study – Lenin
A brief look inside the theatre in Pripyat
The Ferris Wheel seen in most photos of Chernobyl
This was an amusement park previously in Chernobyl
The Pripyat Ferris Wheel
High levels of radiation
The boys in front of the Ferris wheel, absorbing a small amount of radiation
A sports stadium in the middle of the forest that has naturally regrown in Pripyat
Entering an Apartment in Pripyat to get to the Rooftop
On the rooftop of an apartment in Pripyat, overlooking Reactor 4
The trees have almost overtaken the apartments in Chernobyl
Inside an apartment in Chernobyl
Inside an apartment in Chernobyl
Inside an apartment in Chernobyl
Inside an apartment in Chernobyl
Inside an apartment in Chernobyl
Inside an apartment in Chernobyl
Inside an apartment in Chernobyl. Looking down an elevator shaft
Inside an apartment in Chernobyl
Leonidas sitting on a nice bench in front of an abandoned apartment, while absorbing radiation
Inside an abandoned pool in Pripyat
A gas mask hangs from a tree near Chernobyl. Most likely planted for tourists
Pripyat Cafe
The Pripyat river
Ultimately, this was my second time in Chernobyl, the first being 3 years ago.
By this point, the giant metal dome was finally covering the reactor. Also, our guide allowed us to visit the rooftop of an apartment, to see the scope of Pripyat, and how the trees had taken back all of the territory.
Photos From A Secret Nuclear Bunker
Back in Kyiv, my buddy found a tour guide who adventures through secret underground tunnels and bunkers as a hobby.
In this case, he was offering to show us what he found in the center of Kyiv, that was at one point a Nuclear Fallout bunker in the soviet era.
Entry into the secret Nuclear bunker
Piping through the nuclear bunker
Piping through the nuclear bunker
Stalactites growing on the ceilings after 30 years of not being used
Rusted doors in the bunkers
Exit from the bunker
More bunker doors
Ration cans used to store supplies in the nuclear bunker
Old telephones
How to put on your nuclear radiation suit
How to treat a wounded soldier
What a nuclear bomb explosion looks like
What a nuclear bomb explosion looks like
A power generator in the nuclear bunker
A power generator in the nuclear bunker
The gauges on the power generator
Power generation piping in the nuclear bunker
A massive library of documents
Documents from 1992
Data from 1966 to 1967
A poster about differentiating missiles
Leonidas casually reading a book
Everything will be ok!
Individual pharmaceutical tablets and medicine
Individual pharmaceutical tablets and medicine
Preparing for a nuclear holocaust
Preparing for a nuclear holocaust
Preparing for a nuclear holocaust
Soviet Propaganda
Preparing for a nuclear holocaust
Preparing for a nuclear holocaust
Preparing for a nuclear holocaust
What a nuclear bomb explosion would look like
Preparing for a nuclear holocaust
Photos of soldiers and workers training for a nuclear holocaust in the 1970’s
Old soviet CRT TV’s
What nuclear damage to humans would look like. For training purposes
Continuation of the bunker system
A generator inside the nuclear bunker
Some kind of electrical mechanics
If there is an attack, help the battle front!
Bonus: The Tunnels Under Kyiv
Our guide also took us on a tour of some underground tunnels built under Kyiv before the days of communism.
These tunnels were actively (and sometimes even today), used for extracting certain materials.
He mentioned that we would be visiting only about 2 kilometers of tunnels. The entire system itself is over 100km.
The inconspicuous entry into the tunnels under Kyiv
A bear used for guidance and notice in the tunnels
The tunnels are only about 151cm high, built when people were much shorter
The tunnels are only about 151cm high, built when people were much shorter
We wore rubber boots to get through the tunnels
Leonidas Posing with a blue light in the tunnels
These tunnels were carved out for taller people
In Conclusion
Whether you are visiting Kyiv to enjoy the city, or to go on an adventure through Chernobyl, underground nuclear bunkers, and hidden tunnel systems, you will find plenty of things to explore and see.
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