Chernobyl (Ukrainian Chornobyl, derived from the plant "Chernobyl", wormwood) - the city of Ivankovsky district of the Kyiv region of Ukraine. Chernobyl is located on the Pripyat River, not far from its confluence with the Kiev reservoir. Infamous due to the accident on Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Before the accident, about 13 thousand people lived in the city. According to the All-Ukrainian census of 2001, Chernobyl (like Pripyat) is classified as a city "without a population". Currently, only employees of institutions and enterprises of the Exclusion Zone and Unconditional Guaranteed Resettlement of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, working on a rotational basis, and self-settlers live in the city. Distance to Kyiv in a straight line - 83 km, by road - 115 km. Located 18 km southeast of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
The first mention of Chernobyl refers to the events of 1193. Listed in the chronicle "List of Russian cities near and far" (end of the XIV century). In the middle of the 15th century, when the Grand Duchy of Lithuania controlled these lands, a castle was built next to Chernobyl, separated from the settlement by a deep moat that has survived to this day. At the beginning of the 16th century, the castle was reconstructed, turned into a well-fortified and hard-to-reach fortress, and the city of Chernobyl became the county center. In 1793 he joined Russian Empire. In 1898, the population of Chernobyl was 10,800 people, of which 7,200 were Jews. Jews were resettled in Chernobyl by Filon Kmita as part of the Polish colonization. After joining the Kingdom of Poland in 1596, the traditional Orthodox peasantry was forced to convert to Catholicism. Orthodoxy was restored only after the conquest by the Russian kingdom. In the second half of the 18th century, Chernobyl became one of the main centers of Hasidism. The Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty was formed by Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Tver. The Jewish population suffered greatly from the pogroms in October 1905 and March-April 1919, when many Jews were robbed and killed by the Black Hundreds. In 1920, the Tversky dynasty left the city and Chernobyl ceased to be an important center of Hasidism. During the First World War it was occupied, then it was the site of battles in civil war. During the Soviet-Polish war, it was first occupied by the Polish army, and then repulsed by the Red Army cavalry. In 1921 it was included in the Ukrainian SSR. The Polish community of Chernobyl was deported to the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic in 1936. The small Jewish community that remained in the city after 1919 was completely destroyed during the Reichskommissariat Ukraine 1941-1944. Liberation Day - November 17, 1943. In the 1970s, the first nuclear power plant in Ukraine was built 10 km from Chernobyl. In 1985, the over-the-horizon radar "Duga" was put into operation - the object "Chernobyl-2". On April 26, 1986, an accident occurred at the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which became the largest disaster in the history of nuclear energy. All residents of the city were then evacuated, but some subsequently ...
Abandoned panoramas of Chernobyl can now be viewed using interactive maps from Yandex and Google. We have made a selection of 10 places that are most popular with users. Panoramas of Chernobyl will not leave anyone indifferent. You can look at the photo how ChEZ looked in 1986 and compare them on interactive map walking through the streets of the city of Pripyat. A virtual walk along Pripyat is gaining popularity every year, due to the impossibility or unwillingness to go to ChEZ as tourists. Talk less, work more. We offer to visit places popular with visitors through a selection of interactive maps. Do not forget to leave your comment on this post with questions or wishes, and if you do not know the details of the accident, then we suggest reading our articles.
Ferris wheel (View 1)
Ferris wheel (View 2)
Sixteen-story building
Hotel Polissya
Pripyat. View from above
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Amusement park
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Pond - cooler
Entrance to the city. Stella Pripyat
A bit of history
Fortunately, most of humanity now knows about the distant accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant only from the memories of adults and the elderly.
Famine, hostilities and nuclear catastrophe are absolutely unknown to the young generation, they have never experienced all these phenomena on themselves.
In this regard, dry lessons, anniversaries, dedicated to memory dead and victims of the disaster, do not attract them at all, do not arouse interest and real sincere emotions. But the events of those days do not deserve to be forgotten.
In 2018, it is almost impossible to meet with witnesses of the Second World War or victims of famine.
Having plunged into these places, one can easily realize the tragedy of the incident, as the colorful panoramas of Chernobyl can arouse interest even in the most unemotional person.
Chernobyl sites three decades ago did an excellent job of attracting tourists and new residents, the urban population increased every day.
Unfortunately, it is practically impossible to find the views of Chernobyl before the disaster on the World Wide Web.
Most of them are ordinary photographs, sometimes black and white, sometimes color, which were taken by local residents and guests. But after the incident, the city became unusually popular, everyone immediately began to show great interest in it.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, all the old secrets began to be revealed, the panorama of dangerous terrain after the disaster became a very common topic in various forums.
The very first photos were taken by the liquidators, then the region began to be visited by researchers, employees of the Mass Information, they also removed a large number of valuable photographs.
But, of course, most of the panoramas of Chernobyl were made by tourists and stalkers. There were a large number of them in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone for three decades.
Some people visit only once, in order to immerse themselves in the events of those days, experience them for themselves, and then return home to real life.
For the second, visiting the city is an unusual pastime, in these parts they have a rest from the bustle of the world, enjoy nature.
The rest are in Pripyat just for the sake of a career. They make reports, shoot videos, from which they later create great films, write articles and books about the lives of those who once lived here.
The panorama of the Chernobyl exclusion zone and Pripyat inspires many people to create wonderful things.
When is the best time to visit the Chernobyl area
Most often, tourist groups are in summer time year, as during this period the area has the best view.
Against the background of the same type of abandoned buildings, there are yellowish trees that have received great damage from radiation. Near the dim ghost town grows, which is a contrasting line of gray and color.
In the Panoramas of Chernobyl, the Red Forest is very rare, because to cover such a vast territory, professional devices are required, which ordinary tourists, as a rule, do not have.
And what prospects gives lovers of fishing! Despite the ban on fishing on the Pripyat River, some fishermen go to the river and get a huge catch.
What can be seen on a computer
For those who do not have the opportunity to visit the Chernobyl area, using the latest technology, we have developed ways to visit Pripyat online.
Chernobyl panoramas provide an opportunity to immerse yourself in a virtual walk through the most interesting places, consider all the most curious objects, outline a walking plan for the planned tourist trip, find interesting locations.
Some of the most popular are the Ferris wheel, an amusement park, the Polesie hotel, a recreation center, a pond, and, of course, the Nuclear Power Plant itself. We will give you the opportunity to visit all these places without leaving your home.
All locations are filmed with the help of a satellite, and then with the help of professional cameras - in Pripyat itself.
Pripyat on Google maps
Google maps of Pripyat were created just a couple of years ago, just in time for the 30th anniversary of the disaster at the Nuclear Power Plant.
With this feature, people who have trouble navigating the terrain can view the entire Chernobyl in advance, virtually map out the places they want to visit in the future, and learn where which objects are located.
After all, it is extremely difficult to navigate on a standard map, since everything in the city has overgrown with vegetation for thirty years, where roads used to be, now impassable thickets.
Panoramas of Pripyat from Google have the same design as the rest of the maps from Google, which are very common on the web. To visit the desired location, hold the yellow man icon and move it around the map.
You can also use more familiar arrows, with which you can turn around in any direction at any time, or take a leisurely walk around the area.
A virtual visit to Pripyat with the help of Google was formed with the involvement of a team of professionals and special Goofle equipment.
All objects have high quality and recreate the feeling of absolute immersion in the urban area.
The most common places for a tourist walk are the area around, as well as the local amusement park, where the symbol of the Chernobyl area is located - the old Ferris wheel.
But not everyone likes to visit hackneyed locations. Some wish to find something amazing in the depths of the streets.
Not all locations are photographed by Google, but here it is possible to delve into inaccessible places much higher than in the same Yandex.
Animals in Pripyat
Unfortunately, in the photographs of Pripyat, animals are very rare, as they are afraid of people, because they are used to complete loneliness and the absence of noisy humanity.
And, it is worth mentioning that they have never been seen in the panoramas of the Chernobyl area.
Perhaps they are simply hiding from human eyes, or maybe simply because they do not really exist, and all the stories about them are nothing more than a scary tale.
Immerse yourself in the world of an abandoned ghost town right on our website, visiting the most interesting locations virtually.
Project VR Chernobyl
virtual walks around Chernobyl, they are getting closer to those people who, for various reasons, do not have the opportunity to independently come to the “exclusion zone”.
The Chernobyl virtual reality project was developed in November 2016 by Farm 51, a Polish company.
This is the first virtual tour of Chernobyl in the world. The idea of the project is a virtual and three-dimensional walk around objects located in the “exclusion zone”.
Users can "visit" abandoned residential buildings and an amusement park in Pripyat.
When working, Polish specialists used special stereoscopic cameras on drones, which have the ability to record 360-degree images.
This will allow you to view objects from different angles. Thanks to them, you can look into the chimneys of a nuclear power plant, workshops, multi-storey buildings.
"Chernobyl VR Project" was presented in the Kiev historical museum. The presentation was dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Chernobyl VR Project is priced at $9.99 for the HTC Vive helmet version (but Oculus Rift owners are offered to pay $14.99, although the Steam version, according to some reports, also supports this helmet), some of these funds are transferred to charitable foundations associated with elimination of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident.
After Oculus Rift, a Steam version came out.
Sales of the Steam version of the Chernobyl VR Project with support for the HTC Vive virtual reality helmet have already begun.
The developers of the project, the Polish game studio The Farm 51, published a small documentary, which tells about the process of creating this project.
The Chernobyl VR Project app is virtual tour along Pripyat and Chernobyl. It combines a photorealistic journey with the educational benefits of an interactive documentary.
The developers claim that they were able to very accurately reproduce and convey the impressions of the crash site.
They communicated with today's inhabitants of the neighborhood and those people who left this place many years ago.
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Every year they become more and more popular, there are more and more travel agencies and stalkers who, with undisguised pleasure, show and tell everything they know about the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Modern technologies They don't stand still and move in the right direction. They combine our historical past with the present and create amazing things. Such a thing, for example, was virtual walks around Chernobyl. about them and will be discussed further in the article. But first I want to add a few words from myself.
Secret object "Chernobyl 2" (Duga)
It seems that it has become more popular, but everyone is starting to forget about the tragedy. Less and less is said about the history of this city. Everyone just wants to look at the awesome beauty of the city of Pripyat and the outlines of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Of course, this is very important and necessary, but it is still important to know the history. Therefore, before proceeding to the description of the virtual tour of Chernobyl, I will tell you about the events that took place in Pripyat in 1986.
The Chernobyl accident in the city of Pripyat occurred thirty-one years ago in 1986 in April. The accident happened in the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
After a huge explosion that occurred on the night of April 25-26, the reactor of the fourth power unit was completely destroyed. A colossal dose of radioactive material was released into the atmosphere, irradiating a huge area around the nuclear power plant in Pripyat. This area is now called Chernobyl Zone alienation".
It's called human error. But what was this mistake? The power in the reactor of this power unit was increased three months earlier than it was written in the plan.
Initially, the planned power for the experiment was 700 MW, but just before the start of the experiment, the power dropped sharply and became equivalent to 30 MW. The operator was forced to start the planned experiment at 200 MW. After 36 seconds, the power level began to rise. The operator had to press a button and an explosion occurred.
Memorial to the perished villages in Chernobyl
Pripyat - the place where hell happened
It became the largest nuclear disaster in the history of mankind after counting the number of victims and deaths during and after the liquidation of the accident, as well as in connection with the economic damage caused to the country.
Over 30 human lives died during the first 3 months of liquidation of the accident. Doctors found that almost 100 people died due to high levels of exposure within 15 years after the accident. To this day, no one knows how many more victims of the Chernobyl accident.
DK "Energetik" in Pripyat
More than 130 people received radiation sickness of varying severity in the first days of the accident. The number of evacuees is generally amazing: more than 115,000 people were taken out of the territory of the Exclusion Zone - 30 kilometers in a radius around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. And three times more liquidators arrived at the place of the evacuated people. From all over the Soviet Union, 600,000 workers arrived in Chernobyl to eliminate the consequences of the accident.
If we talk about that hit the planet, then the indicators are impressive. When the reactor was burning, the cloud that formed above it was blown away by the wind far beyond Pripyat. Thus, the radionuclides represented by iodine and cesium spread throughout Soviet Union(now Ukraine, Belarus and Russia) and much of Europe.
Hotel "Polesie" in the center of Pripyat
Virtual walks in Pripyat
Walking around Pripyat is now a very popular type of extreme excursions. Excursions from Kyiv come especially often, thanks to the close location - only 150 kilometers between Kiev and Pripyat.
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In Pripyat, you can also meet foreigners who are interested in the history of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which affected all of humanity. After reading the facts on the Internet and finding out about the possible anomalies of the Exclusion Zone, people decide to come to Chernobyl to see everything with their own eyes.
Unfortunately, the modern pace of life does not always allow us to visit the places we want and when we want. Many people work, study, the schedule is drawn up months in advance. And besides, you need to coordinate everything with friends, or those with whom you are going to go on a trip. To decide whether to spend your weekend on a trip to Pripyat, you need to weigh the pros and cons very carefully.
For some people, photos and videos are not enough, of which there are a lot on the Internet now. For completeness of information, there is an online walk around Pripyat Yandex.
Everyone can try virtual walks around Chernobyl, because for this you just need to go to the Internet and type in the search engine “Virtual walks around Chernobyl three-dimensional street views”. The system will immediately redirect you to a page where a virtual walk around Pripyat will be available online.
Radioactive cars in the Pripyat Amusement Park
Virtual walks around Chernobyl - the basics of virtual travel
Chernobyl virtual walks online are very easy to use. You just need to go to the site "Virtual walks around Chernobyl Yandex maps", and a map of the city will open.
A blue bar will highlight the place where virtual walks around Pripyat are available Yandex. This means that specialists worked there, took pictures of the terrain from satellites and directly on Earth, and made such a great application for users.
To get to the place of interest, click the corresponding point on the map (required on the blue path). An icon of binoculars with an extension will appear at the click point, which will, as it were, demonstrate virtual walks around Chernobyl.
Radioactive Ferris Wheel in Pripyat
More about walks in Yandex
It is interesting that even a child can try virtual walks around Chernobyl Yandex, everything is so easy and simple. You need to move the frames using the binoculars icon, and you can use the arrow keys on the computer keyboard to inspect the area, or simply move your finger in the right direction on the touch screens.
It will be more convenient if you download the Yandex maps application on your phone: it is much easier to find the “Pripyat virtual walk” function in it. Computer users just need to find a site on the Internet.
Walks and panoramas of Chernobyl
No virtual walks around Chernobyl videos can be compared with those provided by Yandex. Here you can at any time move to any place available on the map and look around. By the way, there are a lot of places available.
There are unique species that you will not find in any photo on the Internet, on forums or in in social networks. Each street is signed, the house number is indicated. This way you can write down the address and make a suggested route for your excursion.
A very wonderful experience will be the comparison of what you see in a virtual walk and live. Comparing the view of the same place in summer, autumn, winter and spring is a very interesting idea.
Abandoned baby doll in kindergarten Chernobyl
Of course, no Yandex virtual walks around Chernobyl can replace you in reality. But still, this modern function will become an assistant in choosing a tour, in a preliminary examination of the area, because many tourists tend to get lost in unfamiliar places. After watching virtual walks around Chernobyl, you will definitely want to visit it in the near future.
Everyone knows about the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986. This terrible explosion crippled thousands of destinies. Someone died immediately, and someone only after a while, suffering from radiation.
More than 30 years have passed, and people are still interested in the nuclear power plant tragedy.
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The following victims are known:
- 2 people died during the disaster;
- 31 people died in the next few months;
- 134 suffered from radiation sickness;
- more than 60,000 people received high doses of radioactive exposure.
Virtual walk through the exclusion zone
Despite the fact that the Chernobyl accident occurred more than 30 years ago, people are still interested in this city. Travel offers to Pripyat are becoming more and more popular: excursions around Chernobyl are being organized, agencies are being created that offer not quite ordinary tourist services. People are rushing to the exclusion zone with all their might, not paying attention to the consequences of this event.
Thankfully, technology doesn't stand still. If you can’t come to the site of the Chernobyl accident, then you can travel virtually. You can contemplate the panoramas of Pripyat without exposing yourself to dangerous radiation. Perhaps this idea will seem boring to you, because a virtual walk cannot be compared with a real one. But there is no doubt that with access to online maps, you can see everything you want. Panoramas of Chernobyl, the 4th power unit, old buildings, eerie decorations left over from ancient times - all this will be revealed to the gaze of a virtual traveler through the screen of his computer.
You can get acquainted with the surroundings of Pripyat without leaving your home using:
- Google maps.
- panoramic videos.
- Photos posted on social networks and on historical portals.
Causes of the Chernobyl disaster
Since we are talking about panoramic views of the devastated city, it is worth saying why Chernobyl hastily left its entire population. Everyone knows that an accident occurred at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant associated with the fourth power unit. The course of events of that fateful night is known down to every second. However, it is still impossible to say exactly what exactly led to the explosion of the reactor. On this moment there are several versions: some of them are true, and absolutely delusional. Over the many years that have passed since the accident, Pripyat has become overgrown with legends and speculations of the people that have nothing to do with reality.
Initially, it was believed that employees of the nuclear power plant were to blame for the explosion. But later, all charges were dropped from the workers - they acted according to the rules of exploitation. In connection with this fact, low safety requirements are considered one of the reasons for the terrible catastrophe at the fourth power unit of the nuclear power plant.
Chronicle of events at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
The explosion happened at once, which is why all the events of that night can be retold down to every second. The power unit remained fully operational until the accident itself. Firefighters arrived on the scene at the same time and quickly extinguished the fire. However, people received large doses of radiation, which led to inevitable death. Within an hour after fighting the fire, the first symptoms appeared. 28 firefighters died from radiation sickness at nuclear power plants. Both the reactor and the power unit itself were destroyed.
Nuclear explosion
Disputes about the explosion do not stop to this day: scientists say that it was similar to a nuclear one. In simple terms, in the device of a nuclear reactor, chain reaction which is like an explosion nuclear bombs. The reaction itself occurred in less than a second, without having time to turn into a full-fledged nuclear explosion. Contained in nuclear reactor the substance was thrown out, and the fuel dissipated.
But the Chernobyl accident contributed to the steam explosion. It is generally accepted that the pressure inside the device increased by about 70 times, due to which the multi-ton plate that covered the reactor fell off.
Consequences of the accident in Chernobyl and our days
The disaster in Pripyat is considered one of the most serious man-made explosions in the world. Its consequences are so detrimental to environment and people that even now, after three decades, the problem is still relevant.
About 180 tons of nuclear fuel was in the reactor at the time of the accident. A third of it was thrown out, polluting the territory of Chernobyl.
At the moment, around Pripyat has been created restricted area, also called "exclusion zone". And even now, after so many years, there is an excess amount of radioactive isotopes in the contaminated soil, in connection with which any agricultural activity is prohibited in the region.
Chernobyl will be abandoned for at least another few decades: the decay of some substances varies from ninety years. Generally speaking, the situation is improving slightly, but radiation manifests itself in different ways. For example, it is known that some of the decaying radioactive elements acquire new form- sometimes even more active. There is an opinion that by 2086 americium will reach another more than after the explosion thirty years ago. We can only reassure ourselves that this threatens us with increased alpha radiation, which is relatively easy to protect against.
Online walks at the Pripyat nuclear power plant
The fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant The place is very interesting, albeit unsafe. Panoramas of Chernobyl attract people of all ages, including the younger generation. You can understand the craving of people who dream of visiting the territory of the famous nuclear power plant, because they want to know the history that is relevant in modern times. But it should be understood that the panoramas of Chernobyl 4 power units are a dangerous pleasure.
However, at the moment there are tours, the organizers of which promise travelers complete safety. They are not cheap, but there are daredevils who are ready to shell out considerable sums just to get into the mysterious ghost town and see the place where the inhabitants of Chernobyl lived peacefully before the accident at the nuclear power plant.
Panoramas of Chernobyl on the map for online viewing of the city streets. Journey on an interactive map of the city of Chernobyl - street panoramas. with search + weather discussed earlier. You move through the streets of the city in real time
Panoramic photos of the streets of Chernobyl
We look at the sights and the city plan in the photo, what to see, pictures of the Kyiv region (Ukraine). You can enlarge or reduce the panoramas of the streets of Chernobyl using the zoom tool +/- . Nearest locality and surroundings nearby - the city of Slavutich.
A virtual tour of the streets of Chernobyl and a walk along the roads of the region is up to you. Panoramic photos - pictures provide control using arrows on photo images from Google Maps. Even easier - where you clicked with the mouse, you moved there. To view now in detail st. Vatutin Kirov.
Pictures-panoramas of Chernobyl (Chornobyl) and the Kyiv region in Ukraine are available to everyone for an online tour without leaving the computer. They also work on mobile maps of cities and towns. You can take a virtual walk-tour, move in real time along the roads, show the route with names, find out how to get to the street. Frunze.
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Map of Chernobyl (Ukraine) with photo - image and panoramas of the region provided by the map service "Google Street View"
