Chornobyl Travel Guide

  Entry to Prypyat
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  • Entry to Prypyat
      Entry to Prypyat
    by IngaA
  • Entry to Chornobyl. I just can't say 'Welcome' :(
      Entry to Chornobyl. I just can't say...
    by IngaA
  • Chornobyl
      Chornobyl
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  • Chernobyl Museum
      Chernobyl Museum
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  • Model of the reactor
      Model of the reactor
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Preparations to World Chernobyl Forum

Preparations to World Chernobyl Forum, Chornobyl

 Lysenko Says:  At the IAEA's initiative, a Chernobyl Forum has been launched, with the participation of international organizations from within the UN family and representatives of the three countries primarily affected by the 1986 Chernobyl accident. The Forum was established with a view... 

Dead town

Dead town, Chornobyl

 IngaA Says:  Prypyat.This town existed only 16 yeas. It was built in 1970 especially for Chornobyl Atomic station, as a town where the service personnel would live. Now it's left by inmhabitants forever. The town is in the forest entirely. When staying there, you loose the sense of... 

Chornobyl reactor/ Chernobyl reactor

Chornobyl reactor/ Chernobyl reactor, Chornobyl

 jeoren Says:  Standing only 100 meters away from the reactor, which still has 90% of the total amount of radiation in it. 

Chornobyl Disaster Memorial in West Kyiv

Chornobyl Disaster Memorial in West Kyiv, Chornobyl

 Lysenko Says:  A church and the monument in memory to Chornobyl 

Local Customs  

Farewell to Chornobyl !

Farewell to Chornobyl !, Chornobyl

 Lysenko Says:  I leave Chornobyl, afer 5,5 years of work here. 

Warnings Or Dangers  

Prypat moss

Prypat moss, Chornobyl

 IngaA Says:  Our guise told us: don't step on it! Moss keeps irradiation very long, perhaps the longest of plants. People should really be veru careful there. they should stap only on asphalt roads, don't go aside. These nice beautiful green friendly trees in reality keep death inside.So... 

What to Pack  

Packing List

Packing List, Chornobyl

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Off The Beaten Path  

'More pictures of the Chernobyl Museum in Kiev VI'

'More pictures of the Chernobyl Museum in Kiev VI', Chornobyl

 jeoren Says:

Here; pictures of the Chernobyl Museum, Kiev

Here; pictures of the Chernobyl Museum, Kiev, Chornobyl

 jeoren Says:  Chernobyl Museum, KievA must see when visiting this beautiful city. 

Favorites  

Prypyat. So-called 'Bridge of Death'

Prypyat. So-called 'Bridge of Death', Chornobyl

 IngaA Says:  This is the bridge over Prypyat river (the town was named after it). It shows a breaathtaking view on gorgeous nature of Polissya (Polissya is the name of the region, North of Ukraine-South of Belarus) and a view on the (in)famous nuclear station.The river carries its water... 

Prypyat. Hotel 'Polissya'

Prypyat. Hotel 'Polissya', Chornobyl

 IngaA Says:  This is one of the most high buildings in the dead town. It was built in mid-70ies. At that time it must have looked impressive, and the plans were really grandiose. As Chornobyl nuclear station was planned to bew the biggest in the world, there should have been many... 

Welcome Chornobyl for save our Earth!

Welcome Chornobyl for save our Earth!, Chornobyl

 Lysenko Says:  ChornobylInterInform Agency of the Ministry of Ukraine of Emergincies www.mns.gov.ua organizes working tours to the exclusion zone and Chornobyl nuclear power plant for experts, individual visits for journalists, public and religious figures, provides them with... 

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 I leave Chornobyl, afer 5,5 years of work here. 

 

Questions and Answers

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Q:  I have read that Chernobyl, the Russian rendering of Chornobyl, translates to the English word "wormwood." Is this so? If not,... 

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A: chornobyl is the name of the grass. Maybe because of that. 

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The most known Ukrainain town

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 That's what is written on the monument. Being a 'paphos-hater' I don't geel anything pathetic here because THIS IS TRUE. Every year, on April 26, relatives and friends of those who sacrified their... 

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www.Chornobyl.tk

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 Last week I took an excursion in the Chornobyl-area. Together with my travelfriend, 2 French journalists and a English-speaking guide we had an amazing and impressive tour through the so-called... 

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Chornobyl - a world center of contamination

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 26 April 1986 in 01:26 AM a 4th block of Chornobyl nuclear power plant, in Prypjat town (~20 km from Chornobyl town) have been destroyed by no-nuclear explosion. Only offering life and healt of... 

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avdb1948's new Chornobyl Page

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 I've got some interesting experiences in Chornobyl. I'd love to share with you the 3 tips I've written, the 4 photos uploaded, and 0 travelogues I've created. 

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 The Official Chornobyl site ! 

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