Tag: Chernobyl

Tourist Trips in Chernobyl to the Exclusion Zone have become commonplace, and Chernobyl itself is a national landmark. The first visitors, whose arrival was not related to any professional activities, appeared already in the late 1980s. In the early ...

Borka is one of Wild Animals in Exclusion Chernobyl Zone. Borka (namesake of the famous Chernobyl catfish) was found as a youngster in the vicinity of a forest fire. The piglet was “assigned” to the fire station yard. He grew up the in the compan ...

The ancient name of the Uzh River (Water Snake) was Usha. It remains only in toponyms of the ancient town Ushomir on its shore. The Uzh is tortuous and not very long – only 256 km – with a basin totaling 8,802 sq km (3,120 sq mi). Its depth range ...

The Pripyat flows through the territory of two states, Belarus and Ukraine. It is 775 km (481.5 mi) long, the basin area is almost 115,000 sq km (44,400 sq mi), which makes it the largest, in terms of water content, right tributary of the Dnipro. The ...

One of the main monuments in Chernobyl is dedicated to the liquidators of the Chernobyl accident, not only firefighters, but also people of other expertise who participated in the aftermath of the nuclear reactor’s destruction. The inscription on ...

One of the most interesting objects in Chernobyl is the repair and operational base of the river fleet. It is on a peninsula that is formed by the river Pripyat and the Chernobyl backwater. This place is now known as the “Island of ships.” A flo ...

The history of Chernobyl the Savior icon. One of the main attractions of St. Elijah Church is the icon “Chernobyl the Savior”, painted in 2003 by Vladislav Goretsky and consecrated near the walls of the Assumption Church in the Kyiv- Pechersk La ...

This small town in Kyiv oblast, standing on the Pripyat River, became world famous after the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The history of Chernobyl. Actually, its history begins in the 12th century. An interesting fact – from the 1 ...

The interesting history of Church in Krasne. The only surviving church in the Exclusion Zone on the left bank of the Pripyat is located in the village of Krasne, evacuated in 1986. Previously, it was located in the village Masheve, but then was move ...

In the village of Zamoshnya, 20 km (12 mi) from Chernobyl, are the ruins of the Church of Our Lady of Kazan, all that remains of the monastery of the same name. The church was built in the middle of the 19th century, financed by merchant Old Believer ...

The interesting history of Cyril Saint Elijah Church. The Radomyshl church council began to build Saint Elijah Church in 1749. The parish school and clergy houses were set up near it. In 1873, the wooden church burned down, and in its place a stone o ...

The history of Weather Station in Chernobyl. The meteorological post in Chernobyl has been operating since 1909. In 1925, it was expanded into a meteorological station. Since 1977, it has been part of a network of observation stations and laboratory ...