ukraine

On the morning of Saturday April 26th 1986, at 01:23:58 am the world changed, and a very large nail was hammered into the coffin of the USSR. At unit 4 of the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear power plant, 3 KM from the city of Pripyat, a safety test was being carried out to see if the power...

Throwback to when I visited Ukraine in 2019. Apologies that I don’t know much about the history of the bunker, but I have put as much information as I can down below. During the cold war, Ukraine was still part of the Soviet Union, and under the streets of Kyiv, many bunkers were made to combat...

On my Ukrainian adventure in September 2021, I was meeting up with a group of friends who drove down from Estonia we needed a place to meet, I wasn't able to join them for the start of the trip so they gave me their boarder location and I went searching for a cool area to meet, so I hit Atlas...

It's not every day you get to visit a nuclear power station, especially one of such notoriety as this! I'd visited the exclusion zone 5 or so years ago, but at that time we were not permitted access into the plant itself, so when the opportunity to have a look inside, including the rarely seen...

Nipped up the old Duga radar antenna while I was working as a tour guide at Chernobyl a few years ago. At the time I made a mental note of exactly how many steps it was, and measured a step, in order to calculate the height. But I stupidly forgot to note the info. Anyway it was a pretty long...

September 2018 I have wanted to see this place with my own eyes since I was a young boy seeing images and footage on TV, I visited for two days with a non member and spent the night in the Chernobyl Town hostel . Despite spending two days in the exclusion zone I can confidently say that we...

In all my years of exploring, only on two occasions have I had cause to stop dead with my mouth gaping open at the sight before me! And they were both of Russian origin. This was the second one! During a tour of the 30Km 'Zone' around the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, we were taken to this site...

Hello to all of explorers here! As I'm newbie, i'd like to introduce myself posting some nice stuff for you. So, lets begin the story. Infiltration was pretty nasty [redacted - we dont post access details] But there we are passing triple-tunnel and taking first photos. Slowly we walk out...

Going Shopping In Pripyat, (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone), Ukraine- Oct 2016 Apologies for the photos here! These were all shot on an phone as my DSLR had completely succumbed to the damp weather by this point and was acting as a weight in my bag!! So, our last day in Pripyat, we were dropped off...

Pripyat River Cranes and Vehicle Dump, Pripyat, Ukraine (Chernobyl Zone) - Oct 2016 As with the last 4 or so reports, this is made of two combined places I'm not 100% pleased with how these came out, HDR'y and almost Pastle like. I had the cameras light meter turned right down in an attempt...

Disused Farm and Equipment, Красне Village (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone), Ukraine - Oct 2016 Today was a very good day because we decided to see mostly things which aren't on any Tour Bus Itinerary! So, second day in the zone, second trip to said zone. The first site of the day and the rain was...

Unfinished Reactors 5/6 & Cooling Towers, Chernobyl, Ukraine - Oct 2016 Taken from Day 2 and 3 of my October 2016 visit to The Zone are these two which I have combined. The weather had improved greatly on Day 3 from Day 2; the rain had played havoc with my camera unfortunately! At the time...

Pripyat Police Station and Jail, (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone), Ukraine - Oct 2016 These were shot on my second time to The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. I visited in October 2016 for a four day tour which took us to many places which one might not see on a normal tourist trail to the zone. It was...

Middle School No.3, Pripyat (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone), Ukraine - Oct 2016 Middle School Number 3! I visited here in 2013 but had run straight to the Gas Masks then. I decided to do the whole thing this time, the building is huge! These were shot on my second time to The Chernobyl Exclusion...

Polissya Hotel (Готе́ль Полісся, Pripyat (Chernobyl Exclusion Zone), Ukraine - Oct 2016 These were shot on my second time to The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. I visited in October 2016 for a four day tour which took us to many places which one might not see on a normal tourist trail to the zone...