Chernobyl Zone of Alienation

One of the most famous places in Ukraine is undoubtedly Chernobyl. The tragedy took place here April 26, 1986 changed the course of the whole world, the explosion of the fourth power unit of Chernobyl nuclear power plant has affected the lives of millions of people.
For years, the Chernobyl zone was closed from prying eyes, but now, decades later, can be quite formal touch to this tragic page of history fall into specially protected 30-kilometer zone, and see firsthand the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and a walk through the abandoned villages and of course the city of Pripyat. < br />
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At 19 kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is the village Zalesie, which before the accident there were about 3,000 people. Now there only remains of houses and barns, which gradually hand over the position of the forest. But in the center of the village you can find well-groomed yard, in which they live "squatters».

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Once upon a time there was a store
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People studied chemistry
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From under the wallpaper you can see the "Truth»
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This paved central street of the village
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Everywhere there are signs warning of high levels of radiation
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Next, moving past the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (to which we shall return), at a great road we come to the stele Pripyat
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Next to it you can see the remains of the railway line, which passes through the so-called red-haired Forest (high dose radiation resulted in staining of trees in brown-red), which was taken down and buried. Now you can see just a few of the dead pine trees behind the tracks.
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And just a few hundred meters you find yourself in the city of Pripyat. Founded in 1970, but the status of the city received only in 1979.
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Now the city is completely deserted and gradually grows, but in the windows of the houses still standing glass lamps in street lighting - lamps, though there is no more electricity. April 26, 1986 in a population of Pripyat 49, 4 thousand. Man.
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Building enterprise for radioactive waste management "Complex».
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Hotel "Polesie»
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So now look city streets
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Empty nine-
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Combine domestic service.
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Quay Street
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Cafe "Pripyat»
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Machines with soda
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Remains of stained glass in the cafe
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Riverport
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The building of the hospital in which the victims were brought liquidators. One of the most radioactively contaminated sites in the city.
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