MUSEUM OF CORRUPTION

The accident that occurred on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is the largest manufactured disaster in the history of humankind. Today, the ghost town of Pripyat and the 4th power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant are a place of “pilgrimage” for hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over […]

Today, many lovers of abandoned areas want to visit the city of Pripyat. But there was a time when every inhabitant of the USSR dreamed of living in this settlement. It had everything needed for the comfort of a Soviet person: a developed infrastructure, a well-paid job, an abundance of goods, convenient logistics, proximity to […]

Chernobyl is a unique place on the planet. On the one hand, it is the epicenter of the largest man-made disaster in the history of humankind. On the other hand, it is a tourist magnet, attracting hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian and foreign travelers every year. Most of them are eager to see the place […]

The Chernobyl Zone and Pripyat annually attract thousands of tourists from all over the world who want to see the places where the largest manufactured disaster took place. Life in this area has stopped since then, and only thanks to experienced guides, excursions to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant became possible. Tourism in the Exclusion […]

The closure of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant dates back to 2000. It was then that the last power generating unit was shut down. Work is still underway to build the infrastructure to ensure the safety of employees. Today, more than 2.5 thousand people continue to work on the territory of the Chernobyl nuclear power […]

The exclusion zone in Chernobyl is not at all limited to the geography of the city. It includes about 2,600 km2 around the reactor of Unit 4. It occupies not only part of the territory of Ukraine, but also extends to the borders of Belarus. The background of ionizing radiation throughout the territory is non-uniform, […]