**Припят: Градът, който времето забрави**

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Полуразрушени апартаменти, преобърнати чинове в училищата, кукли, останали завинаги мълчаливи свидетели на разрухата – това е днешният облик на Припят, градът, който някога кипеше от живот. Аварията в Чернобилската атомна електроцентрала на 26 април 1986 г. остава една от най-големите катастрофи в историята на ядрената енергетика. Последствията от нея продължават да будят интереса на учени и изследователи по целия свят.

**Чернобил: Началото на трагедията**

На злополучния ден мощна експлозия унищожава реактора на четвърти енергоблок, изхвърляйки огромно количество радиоактивни вещества във въздуха. Местните жители, неподозиращи за опасността от радиацията, продължават ежедневието си. Само за няколко месеца 31 души губят живота си, а хиляди ликвидатори страдат от остра лъчева болест – много от тях умират преждевременно. Според разсекретени данни около 4 000 души от общо 600 000 ликвидатори впоследствие загиват от радиационните дози, които са получили.

**Евакуацията на Припят**

Два дни след аварията започва евакуацията на над 115 000 души от зоната около атомната централа. Хората напускат домовете си с убеждението, че скоро ще се върнат. Те оставят всичко зад себе си – мебели, снимки, вещи – без да осъзнават, че вече са получили опасни дози радиация и животът им никога няма да бъде същият.

**Припят днес: Град-призрак**

Десетилетия след трагедията Припят остава символ на разруха и забрава. Изоставените апартаменти са полуразрушени от мародери, училищните чинове са преобърнати, а детските играчки лежат като безмълвни свидетели на случилото се. Градът привлича туристи и търсачи на силни усещания, които искат да видят отблизо последствията от катастрофата или да изследват легендите за мутанти и чудовища.

**Митове и реалност**

Сред най-популярните легенди са историите за гигантски плъхове или мутанти, обитаващи града. Въпреки че тези разкази често са преувеличени, природата в района процъфтява благодарение на липсата на човешка намеса. Гъстата растителност и увеличената популация на диви животни – мечки, вълци и диви свине – превръщат зоната в своеобразен природен резерват.

**Живот в зоната на изключване**

Въпреки че мнозина смятат Припят за необитаем, около 700 души живеят там постоянно, а още 3 000 работници посещават района периодично за поддръжка на обектите в зоната. Според учените радиационният фон вече не надвишава допустимите норми, но местните жители редовно се подлагат на медицински прегледи.

**Спомен за трагедията**

Въпреки че градът е сравнително безопасен за посещение днес, зловещата тишина и запустението напомнят за мащаба на катастрофата. Буренясалите улици и звуците на дивите животни през нощта създават усещане за потискаща самота и страх. За мнозина Припят остава място на призраци – както буквално, така и метафорично.

Чернобилската трагедия никога няма да бъде забравена – тя е предупреждение за рисковете от ядрената енергетика и напомняне за крехкостта на човешкия живот пред силите на природата и технологиите.

 

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Adam Mark / CATERS NEWS (PICTURED Toys left behind from the children of Pripyat) A photographer has shared haunting footage and pictures of Chernobyl’s ghost town as it looks today. The city of Pripyat, in northern Ukraine, was evacuated after the explosion of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 and despite once being home to nearly 50,000 people, has never been inhabited since. Urban explorer, Adam Mark, from Denbighshire in Wales, visited the exclusion zone just a few days ago and captured chilling footage of the town – which appears to have been frozen in time. Haunting snaps include a nursery, with rows of cots, mattresses and dolls still eerily in place, whilst other photographs show thousands of gas masks lying abandoned on the floor and theme park rides which are now being swallowed up by nature. SEE CATERS COPY
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PIC BY ANTON PETRUS / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED The biological office in school) – These are the haunting photos of a town devastated by the worlds worst nuclear disaster 30 years ago. Photojournalist and tourist guide Anton Petrus, from near Kiev in the Ukraine, took the photos in Pripyat the city famous for the Chernobyl disaster which shook the world in 1986. A half-finished game of chess, a sea of gas masks and a newspaper from 1986 are just some of the scenes 29-year-old Anton captured. Photographing the area, once home to 50,000 people, he said: Pripyat is the worst place Ive ever been. SEE CATERS COPY
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PIC BY ANTON PETRUS / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED Staffroom in the city hospital. Chess of doctors ) – These are the haunting photos of a town devastated by the worlds worst nuclear disaster 30 years ago. Photojournalist and tourist guide Anton Petrus, from near Kiev in the Ukraine, took the photos in Pripyat the city famous for the Chernobyl disaster which shook the world in 1986. A half-finished game of chess, a sea of gas masks and a newspaper from 1986 are just some of the scenes 29-year-old Anton captured. Photographing the area, once home to 50,000 people, he said: Pripyat is the worst place Ive ever been. SEE CATERS COPY
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PIC BY ANTON PETRUS / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED DISCARDED ITEMS LEFT BEHIND ) – These are the haunting photos of a town devastated by the worlds worst nuclear disaster 30 years ago. Photojournalist and tourist guide Anton Petrus, from near Kiev in the Ukraine, took the photos in Pripyat the city famous for the Chernobyl disaster which shook the world in 1986. A half-finished game of chess, a sea of gas masks and a newspaper from 1986 are just some of the scenes 29-year-old Anton captured. Photographing the area, once home to 50,000 people, he said: Pripyat is the worst place Ive ever been. SEE CATERS COPY
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PIC BY DAX WARD / CATERS NEWS – (PICTURED toys left behind ) This eerie footage shows the infamous ghost town inside the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Thousands of people were evacuated from the town of Pripyat in 1986 following the catastrophic meltdown of the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant. An exclusion zone to prevent the spread of deadly radiation was put in place over the town, meaning that is now deserted.The footage taken by urban explorer Dax War shows the vast expanse of the now deserted urban sprawl. SEE CATERS COPY
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The October 17, 2019, photo of deserted apartments in Pripyat in abandoned territory in Ukraine nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was evacuated on the April 27th, 1986, day after the most devastating nuclear disaster in history. Chernobyl exclusion zone has also become a magnet for tourists seeking. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)
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The October 17, 2019, photo of deserted apartments in Pripyat in abandoned territory in Ukraine nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which was evacuated on the April 27th, 1986, day after the most devastating nuclear disaster in history. Chernobyl exclusion zone has also become a magnet for tourists seeking. (CTK Photo/Michal Okla)
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The abandoned city Pripyat, Ukraine near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, April 10, 2017. Reactor No. 4 exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing radioactive clouds across much of Europe. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)
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The abandoned city Pripyat, Ukraine near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, April 10, 2017. Reactor No. 4 exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing radioactive clouds across much of Europe. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)
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The abandoned city Pripyat, Ukraine near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, April 10, 2017. Reactor No. 4 exploded on April 26, 1986, spewing radioactive clouds across much of Europe. (CTK Photo/Ludek Perina)
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Pripyat city in Chernobyl, 13.10.2020, Copyright: xruivalesousax Panthermedia27510278
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KYIV REGION, UKRAINE – APRIL 21, 2021 – Toys are kept at the Prypiat checkpoint, Kyiv Region, northern Ukraine. Prypiat Copyright: xVolodymyrxTarasovx
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PIC BY Roland Verant / CATERS NEWS – (Pictured: An abandoned flatl) – Normally a no-go zone, the area of Chernobyl rarely sees tourists and visitors through its gates and over the land. But one photographer has captured the eerie scenes where nearly 30 years ago, the Chernobyl disaster took place. Some of the pictures clearly show how the town of Pripyat has become so abandoned since the accident in 1986, and the landscape has now changed from being a bustling inhabited town to a scene invaded by Mother Nature. The bizarre conflict of the beautiful orange sunset against the empty, ghostly buildings brings out both sides of the tragedy that has left the town inhabited. SEE CATERS COPY
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Chernobyl in the Ukraine has had a tourism boom following the Hit TV show Chernobyl. he abandoned city of Pripyat.
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Story from Jam Press (Chernobyl)
Pictured: A haunting image of the town of Pripyat in the Ukraine that was abandoned after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Photographer shares haunting images of abandoned ghost town 35 years after Chernobyl
A photographer who explored the ghost town of Pripyat has shared haunting images of how the city looks 35 years on from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Roman Robroek from the Netherlands spent a week in the city, which can be found in northern Ukraine, to see how it has fared decades after the evacuation in 1986.
He was stunned to find the area largely intact with the buildings largely in “good shape” and said the trip was “surreal”.
The city was evacuated 35 years ago after the nuclear accident at the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Roman visited the zone with a private guide and was driven around in a small van to view the sights.
Nearly 50,000 people once lived in Pripyat – something the photographer wanted to convey in his images.
A picture of the sign welcoming visitors, from 1970, shows little sign of the destruction that lays within the city limits.
Elsewhere, the former Ferris wheel at first glance looks ready for business – but upon closer inspection, the pods that once carried excited citizens on a fun ride are now overgrown with trees.
Nature appears to swallow up the city in several images, with trees growing past the height of buildings.
In one image, a crumbling school can be seen with abandoned child-size chairs and toys covered in dust and rubble.
In another sobering photo, what appears to be a former nursery can be seen with decaying walls and a cot with the mattress still in place.
One photograph from Roman’s trip shows an old salon, littered with hair products on the floor and cracked mirrors still in place.
In another haunting image, dozens of gas masks lay on the ground of what appears to be a public bathroom.
One shot shows what appears to be an old school gym, the wallpap
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Story from Jam Press (Chernobyl)
Pictured: A haunting image of the town of Pripyat in the Ukraine that was abandoned after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Photographer shares haunting images of abandoned ghost town 35 years after Chernobyl
A photographer who explored the ghost town of Pripyat has shared haunting images of how the city looks 35 years on from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Roman Robroek from the Netherlands spent a week in the city, which can be found in northern Ukraine, to see how it has fared decades after the evacuation in 1986.
He was stunned to find the area largely intact with the buildings largely in “good shape” and said the trip was “surreal”.
The city was evacuated 35 years ago after the nuclear accident at the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Roman visited the zone with a private guide and was driven around in a small van to view the sights.
Nearly 50,000 people once lived in Pripyat – something the photographer wanted to convey in his images.
A picture of the sign welcoming visitors, from 1970, shows little sign of the destruction that lays within the city limits.
Elsewhere, the former Ferris wheel at first glance looks ready for business – but upon closer inspection, the pods that once carried excited citizens on a fun ride are now overgrown with trees.
Nature appears to swallow up the city in several images, with trees growing past the height of buildings.
In one image, a crumbling school can be seen with abandoned child-size chairs and toys covered in dust and rubble.
In another sobering photo, what appears to be a former nursery can be seen with decaying walls and a cot with the mattress still in place.
One photograph from Roman’s trip shows an old salon, littered with hair products on the floor and cracked mirrors still in place.
In another haunting image, dozens of gas masks lay on the ground of what appears to be a public bathroom.
One shot shows what appears to be an old school gym, the wallpap
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Adam Mark / CATERS NEWS (PICTURED A little of what remains in the city of Pripyat) A photographer has shared haunting footage and pictures of Chernobyl’s ghost town as it looks today. The city of Pripyat, in northern Ukraine, was evacuated after the explosion of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 and despite once being home to nearly 50,000 people, has never been inhabited since. Urban explorer, Adam Mark, from Denbighshire in Wales, visited the exclusion zone just a few days ago and captured chilling footage of the town – which appears to have been frozen in time. Haunting snaps include a nursery, with rows of cots, mattresses and dolls still eerily in place, whilst other photographs show thousands of gas masks lying abandoned on the floor and theme park rides which are now being swallowed up by nature. SEE CATERS COPY

 

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