Tag: Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Visiting Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – Soloeast Tour (Chernobyl Diaries)

Most people visiting Chernobyl do so in a whirlwind 1-day tour from Kyiv, with 2 hours diving each way.  It’s also possible to do longer trips, but these are much more expensive and for those that have a deep interest in Chernobyl.  My friend and I decided to do the middle trip – a 2-day …

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The Russian Woodpecker (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone)

A highlight of a Chernobyl tour is a visit to the Russian Woodpecker, or Duga-3.  It’s a 1 km long, by 150 meter high hunk of rotting metal radar technology.  The “woodpecker” name comes from the tapping Russian Woodpecker sound it makes while in use.  This remnant of Cold War time was a way for …

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Pripyat in Pictures (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone)

On April 25, 1986, the city of Pripyat, Ukraine had a population of 50,000 people.  Many of them employees of the Chernobyl Nuclear plant and their families.  Within a couple days, everyone would be evacuated after the April 26 accident.  The pictures here show the impact of 30 years of desertion on the city of …

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