Due to the ongoing war, tours to Chernobyl are currently unavailable. However, we offer alternative tours to de-occupied cities and other excursions across Ukraine.
Command centre of Duga-1 is located next to the array. Big grey building with thick walls and tiny windows used to be the main facility of the military complex. Metal array was supposed to catch the signal which was sent to the centre through hundreds of cables and modern electronic…
Liquidation of the consequences of Chernobyl accident started as soon as it became clear that the situation is serious and fourth reactor is out of control. Evacuation of population, decontamination of the surroundings of the power plant and 30km zone, construction of Sarcophagus – these are just some of the…
Chernobyl power plant used to be one of the most powerful stations in the Soviet Union. Before the accident of 1986, it had four operational reactors and two more were under construction. According to confirmed sources, power plant was supposed to have twelve reactors; unconfirmed sources say fourteen. In 1986,…
“Jupiter” Factory – Purpose of the Facility The Chernobyl Jupiter factory started producing equipment in 1980. It was built to provide people not related to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with workplaces. Before the accident, it employed around 3,500 workers.The plant «Jupiter» is interesting because everyone knew about its existence,…
Cooling towers are quite typical buildings that are usually used in different types of thermal and nuclear power plants to cool a huge amount of water with a directed flow of atmospheric air. It is difficult to imagine the size of the unfinished giants of Chernobyl. The Chernobyl cooling tower…
Hospital Complex of the Medical and Sanitary Unit No. 126 The hospital of the Medical Unit No. 126 (Medical and Sanitary Unit) occupies a significant part of the first microdistrict of the town of Pripyat. These buildings are directly related to the tragedy of 1986. On the night of the…
The Chernobyl tragedy happened almost 40 years ago, but it has not been forgotten to this day. The huge exclusion zone around the nuclear power plant keeps many terrible exhibits on its territory, for example, the claw of death. One of the Most Radioactive Sights of Chernobyl The artifact, which…
Pripyat was a model city. Light streets, developed infrastructure, and people, united by the atomic energy and belief in bright communist future. However, this paradise was hiding a bit of protests and a lot of other issues like domestic theft, drunk fights and sometimes conflicts in the workplace. To keep…
Pripyat is main destination of the majority of visitors who come to Chernobyl and all the tours – group and private, one day and multiday – visit the ghost town of Pripyat. Chernobyl and Pripyat in Ukraine are usually confused: the power plant was named after the first one; however,…