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Source Gallery: https://izismile.com/2019/06/26/nature_takes_chernobyl_back_65_pics.html
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FYI it has been ~40 years
19,960 years left to go until it is habitable again
I bet I could live there and be fine. The pesky Russians might want to kick me out though
Pripyat and Chernobyl are in Ukraine :)
There are (or were?) guided tours, but for a really good view of what it's like there, I recommend Shiey's Journey Across Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
He's a Lithuanian YouTuber and thrill-seeker who illegally went there and had to run from security at one point, too. He found lots of signs of other "Stalkers," including a group in the flesh that invited him for dinner.
I wonder if he was trying to say invading forces might want to kick him out.
Yes
Kiyv oblast is not Russian last time I checked. The bears, wolves and workers might have a bone to pick with you though.
Aren't Russian troops still there though?
No. They have left the place almost two years already
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/russians-leave-chornobyl-as-fighting-rages-elsewhere-1.5842259
I remember reading a while ago that Chernobyl has become a flourishing nature preserve. While animals have a health risk from radiation, it's still a smaller health hazard than living near human settlements. It's sad that our civilization is more destructive than an open nuclear core.
Why is the powerplant's name in a weird language? Yeah, we first heard about the Chornobyl disaster through Russian-language news aired from Moscow, and they obviously used the translated name, "Chernobyl". But, that's like talking about "Londres" instead of London if you first happened to hear about some events in London through French news.
It's a place in Ukraine, and in Ukrainian it's Chornobyl.
Also, the powerplant was named after a somewhat nearby village. Then, because it needed a lot of workers, they founded a whole new city right next to the construction site of the Chornobyl powerplant. And that city was named Prypiat, according to the river flowing past it.
So, the photos are from the town of Prypiat, near the Chornobyl atomic power plant.