While we were exploring abandoned buildings, we found a lot of toys.
Young couples felt good and secure in the town of Pripyat, so nothing held them back from having children. Chernobyl from before the catastrophe could be called the Google headquarters of USSR - young and talented people found their home there, living the “Soviet Dream”.
Slavutych - a city you’re probably going to stay in during your trip to the exclusion zone, bears a lot of resemblance to Pripyat. It’s a town dominated by young people, in fact it’s one of the youngest cities in Europe. Most of them work in the exclusion zone, maintaining the remnants of their parents, and grandparents workplace.
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Chernobyl - Explorers Diary vol.2Many people still think that the most dangerous thing you can encounter in the exclusion zone is radiation - it's not true. The radiation level exceeds norms only in some "hot spots", and even there just wearing a gas mask protects you from harm. Anyone interested in urbex knows, that old and unfinished constructions can be easily damaged, and this damage can harm an explorer in the aftermath b…Chernobyl - Explorers Diary vol.1If you travel to Chernobyl, you'll meet a lot of creatures. Dozens of dogs run in packs around the exclusion zone. These days most of them are ear tagged and castrated to prevent the massive over population, that used to be handled by shooting them down. Luckily some good people started "Dogs of Chernobyl" project - you can read a little bit more about it here: As we were exploring the exclusio…Chernobyl VR Project - Grand UpdateHi! We’re finally ready to release a huge update for Chernobyl VR Project on Steam. Steam version of the application will be left in the early access, until the end of the year, because we want to continue developing it, making it the most complete version of the app so far. During our trips to Chernobyl we’ve gathered an overwhelming amount of content, and tailoring it for various platform, wi…