Looks like Chernobyl today?

Since the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant that changed the fate of hundreds of thousands of people, it has been 33 years. 26 April 1986 was just one of the worst environmental disasters in history that put a dark mark on the Soviet atomic energy. At the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident, which resulted in the atmosphere were emitted a huge amount of radioactive particles. The city of Pripyat, where according to official data before the accident lived 47500 thousand people, at the moment empty. 1200 buses in less than a day was taken from the danger zone of people who didn't understand the danger of what is happening. They thought that I will be back in a few days. But this move proved permanent. Nevertheless, the city is not dead.

Living in Chernobyl today?

Today, in the vicinity of Chernobyl does not live more than a thousand people. The so-called squatters. People who, for whatever their reasons have decided to stay here or go back. In addition, about 3,000 service enterprises in the exclusion zone, coming here in shifts.

Tourism in Chernobyl

One of the favorite activities of tourists is the feeding of the local catfish living in the river near Chernobyl. Say become great not because of the radiation, but because they are fed often. There is a lot of tourists

Interest in the topic of Chernobyl is still preserved. All those years he was fueled by tens and hundreds of different publications, books, movies, games and TV series. Yes, today Pripyat looks quite different from what she looked like 33 years ago. Clean streets and squares overgrown with grass, bushes and trees, the house — dilapidated, the laughter of children in playgrounds was replaced by the cries of wild animals that the abundant amount of settled here. Nature is gradually regaining its. The picture is terrible, but it attracts a huge flow of tourists.

Yes, there is tourism. All officially and legally. To see Pripyat with your own eyes can be anyone. Several companies conduct tours for fans to tickle their nerves and are ready to pay for it. Bit. Depends of course on the selected day. But the average for the opportunity to wander around the local attractions for Ukrainians is about $ 50 (about 3000 rubles). For foreign citizens – 100-150 (about 6000-9000 rubles). Probably appreciate more. A separate article of expenses – entrance fees to the "zone" that charges the administration. In addition,

For tourists even opened several souvenir shops, a medical center and a place to sleep, if you decide to stay for a few days. Not five star, but the rest from active walking is possible.

People who organize such tours say that in recent time the demand for such services increased significantly, by about 30-40 percent compared to last year. If for 2018 in Chernobyl was visited by about 70 thousand tourists from around the world, in 2019, it is expected that the Zone will visit 110-150 thousand people.

According to the same guides, a very important role in the increased interest in Pripyat played the recent series "Chernobyl" from HBO, which amazed the whole world with its believability and flow. About what it true and what is not — you can read, for example .

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Dangerous is it to visit Chernobyl? All the tour routes are long-established. According to people who work in Pripyat than one year, the background radiation slightly higher than the one in Metropolitan areas. For day trips the person will receive approximately the same dose as for a ninety-minute plane flight. It is approximately 160 times less than the dose received in one chest x-ray and 3600 times less than one study of computed tomography.

There are certainly those who are the official tour uninteresting. The so-called stalkers who sneak into "the zone" illegally alone or in groups. Of such catch, draw up a report, confiscated equipment will be fined and let go, after checking for radioactive contamination. If the things you will find fonyaschih souvenir from the area, there are a lot more. This is a criminal case. However, even this does not stop many. Romance. Or stupid.

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looks Like Chernobyl today?

In a network there was a selection of photos of landscapes, made during one of the last summer excursions in the "zone of alienation". Judging by the pictures, the nature does not prevent the presence of high radiation background, which, though reduced in several thousand times since the accident, but still makes this site unsuitable for life.

the Przewalski's Horse. Brought here as an experiment in the late 90s. they wanted to see take root if they. Caught

Celebrity radar Arc. Used for early detection of launches of Intercontinental ballistic missiles

the Trees grow even in homes

but the city wild animals wander. Tourists are not afraid. Those fed them

Learn how plants and animals managed to survive in such conditions, we wrote in our previous articles. Pretty interesting .

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