Chernobyl + Kiev 2016

I was selected to speak at SQL Saturday in Kiev, and I decided to take the opportunity to make an excursion that I skipped on my visit to Ukraine two years earlier: going to the Chernobyl exclusion zone. It was a very interesting trip where we got to see the reactor buildings and the abandoned city of Pripyat. We also got a glimpse of the nature that has largely been left on its own for the last 30 years. The main bulk of the pictures are from the Chernobyl area, but there also some pictures from Kiev at the end.

Svensk version

Arrival 1. Entering the Zone	2. The Road to the Zone
Chornobyl Town 3. Chornobyl Town	4. Town Square
5. Overgrown	6. For the Firefighters
7. The Roof Robots	Duga Radar Station 8. Russian Woodpecker
9. Tank Lorry	10. Some Buildings
11. Zebra Crossing	12. The Antenna
13. Pine	Kindergarten 14. Toy Lorry
15. Sleeping Room	The Power Plant 16. Chernobyl 5
17. Chernobyl 1-4	18. Chernobyl 3&4
19. The Old Sarcophagus	20. Chernobyl 4
21. The New Sarcophagus	22. Sarcophagus Detail
23. Monument	24. In Memory of
The Red Forest 25. The Red Forest	26. 1298
27. Fox	Pripyat 28. Pripyat 1970
29. Main Square?	30. Pripyat Houses
31. Pripyat Houses II	32. Ferris Wheel
33. Dodgem Cars	34. Flowers in a Pot
35. Football Field	36. Spectator Stands
37. Basketball Hall	38. Swimming Pool
39. Shower without Taps	40. Dressing Room
41. The School	42. School Corridor
43. Cash Machine and Gas Masks	44. Classroom
45. Assembly Hall	46. Schoolyard
47. Another Corridor	48. Coffee Machines
49. River-side Establishment	Back in Chornobyl 50. In Memory of the Villages
51. Piece of Art	Kiev 52. Blue and Yellow Car
53. 1944	54. Cable Guy
55. Gable Painting	56. Ballerina
57. Mosaic Elephant	58. Kiev Hills
59. Synagogue	60. Maidan 2016

Arrival 1. Entering the Zone	2. The Road to the Zone	Chornobyl Town 3. Chornobyl Town
4. Town Square	5. Overgrown	6. For the Firefighters
7. The Roof Robots	Duga Radar Station 8. Russian Woodpecker	9. Tank Lorry
10. Some Buildings	11. Zebra Crossing	12. The Antenna
13. Pine	Kindergarten 14. Toy Lorry	15. Sleeping Room
The Power Plant 16. Chernobyl 5	17. Chernobyl 1-4	18. Chernobyl 3&4
19. The Old Sarcophagus	20. Chernobyl 4	21. The New Sarcophagus
22. Sarcophagus Detail	23. Monument	24. In Memory of
The Red Forest 25. The Red Forest	26. 1298	27. Fox
Pripyat 28. Pripyat 1970	29. Main Square?	30. Pripyat Houses
31. Pripyat Houses II	32. Ferris Wheel	33. Dodgem Cars
34. Flowers in a Pot	35. Football Field	36. Spectator Stands
37. Basketball Hall	38. Swimming Pool	39. Shower without Taps
40. Dressing Room	41. The School	42. School Corridor
43. Cash Machine and Gas Masks	44. Classroom	45. Assembly Hall
46. Schoolyard	47. Another Corridor	48. Coffee Machines
49. River-side Establishment	Back in Chornobyl 50. In Memory of the Villages	51. Piece of Art
Kiev 52. Blue and Yellow Car	53. 1944	54. Cable Guy
55. Gable Painting	56. Ballerina	57. Mosaic Elephant
58. Kiev Hills	59. Synagogue	60. Maidan 2016

Arrival 1. Entering the Zone	2. The Road to the Zone	Chornobyl Town 3. Chornobyl Town	4. Town Square
5. Overgrown	6. For the Firefighters	7. The Roof Robots	Duga Radar Station 8. Russian Woodpecker
9. Tank Lorry	10. Some Buildings	11. Zebra Crossing	12. The Antenna
13. Pine	Kindergarten 14. Toy Lorry	15. Sleeping Room	The Power Plant 16. Chernobyl 5
17. Chernobyl 1-4	18. Chernobyl 3&4	19. The Old Sarcophagus	20. Chernobyl 4
21. The New Sarcophagus	22. Sarcophagus Detail	23. Monument	24. In Memory of
The Red Forest 25. The Red Forest	26. 1298	27. Fox	Pripyat 28. Pripyat 1970
29. Main Square?	30. Pripyat Houses	31. Pripyat Houses II	32. Ferris Wheel
33. Dodgem Cars	34. Flowers in a Pot	35. Football Field	36. Spectator Stands
37. Basketball Hall	38. Swimming Pool	39. Shower without Taps	40. Dressing Room
41. The School	42. School Corridor	43. Cash Machine and Gas Masks	44. Classroom
45. Assembly Hall	46. Schoolyard	47. Another Corridor	48. Coffee Machines
49. River-side Establishment	Back in Chornobyl 50. In Memory of the Villages	51. Piece of Art	Kiev 52. Blue and Yellow Car
53. 1944	54. Cable Guy	55. Gable Painting	56. Ballerina
57. Mosaic Elephant	58. Kiev Hills	59. Synagogue	60. Maidan 2016

Arrival 1. Entering the Zone	2. The Road to the Zone	Chornobyl Town 3. Chornobyl Town	4. Town Square	5. Overgrown
6. For the Firefighters	7. The Roof Robots	Duga Radar Station 8. Russian Woodpecker	9. Tank Lorry	10. Some Buildings
11. Zebra Crossing	12. The Antenna	13. Pine	Kindergarten 14. Toy Lorry	15. Sleeping Room
The Power Plant 16. Chernobyl 5	17. Chernobyl 1-4	18. Chernobyl 3&4	19. The Old Sarcophagus	20. Chernobyl 4
21. The New Sarcophagus	22. Sarcophagus Detail	23. Monument	24. In Memory of	The Red Forest 25. The Red Forest
26. 1298	27. Fox	Pripyat 28. Pripyat 1970	29. Main Square?	30. Pripyat Houses
31. Pripyat Houses II	32. Ferris Wheel	33. Dodgem Cars	34. Flowers in a Pot	35. Football Field
36. Spectator Stands	37. Basketball Hall	38. Swimming Pool	39. Shower without Taps	40. Dressing Room
41. The School	42. School Corridor	43. Cash Machine and Gas Masks	44. Classroom	45. Assembly Hall
46. Schoolyard	47. Another Corridor	48. Coffee Machines	49. River-side Establishment	Back in Chornobyl 50. In Memory of the Villages
51. Piece of Art	Kiev 52. Blue and Yellow Car	53. 1944	54. Cable Guy	55. Gable Painting
56. Ballerina	57. Mosaic Elephant	58. Kiev Hills	59. Synagogue	60. Maidan 2016

Arrival 1. Entering the Zone	2. The Road to the Zone	Chornobyl Town 3. Chornobyl Town	4. Town Square	5. Overgrown	6. For the Firefighters
7. The Roof Robots	Duga Radar Station 8. Russian Woodpecker	9. Tank Lorry	10. Some Buildings	11. Zebra Crossing	12. The Antenna
13. Pine	Kindergarten 14. Toy Lorry	15. Sleeping Room	The Power Plant 16. Chernobyl 5	17. Chernobyl 1-4	18. Chernobyl 3&4
19. The Old Sarcophagus	20. Chernobyl 4	21. The New Sarcophagus	22. Sarcophagus Detail	23. Monument	24. In Memory of
The Red Forest 25. The Red Forest	26. 1298	27. Fox	Pripyat 28. Pripyat 1970	29. Main Square?	30. Pripyat Houses
31. Pripyat Houses II	32. Ferris Wheel	33. Dodgem Cars	34. Flowers in a Pot	35. Football Field	36. Spectator Stands
37. Basketball Hall	38. Swimming Pool	39. Shower without Taps	40. Dressing Room	41. The School	42. School Corridor
43. Cash Machine and Gas Masks	44. Classroom	45. Assembly Hall	46. Schoolyard	47. Another Corridor	48. Coffee Machines
49. River-side Establishment	Back in Chornobyl 50. In Memory of the Villages	51. Piece of Art	Kiev 52. Blue and Yellow Car	53. 1944	54. Cable Guy
55. Gable Painting	56. Ballerina	57. Mosaic Elephant	58. Kiev Hills	59. Synagogue	60. Maidan 2016

Arrival 1. Entering the Zone	2. The Road to the Zone	Chornobyl Town 3. Chornobyl Town	4. Town Square	5. Overgrown	6. For the Firefighters	7. The Roof Robots
Duga Radar Station 8. Russian Woodpecker	9. Tank Lorry	10. Some Buildings	11. Zebra Crossing	12. The Antenna	13. Pine	Kindergarten 14. Toy Lorry
15. Sleeping Room	The Power Plant 16. Chernobyl 5	17. Chernobyl 1-4	18. Chernobyl 3&4	19. The Old Sarcophagus	20. Chernobyl 4	21. The New Sarcophagus
22. Sarcophagus Detail	23. Monument	24. In Memory of	The Red Forest 25. The Red Forest	26. 1298	27. Fox	Pripyat 28. Pripyat 1970
29. Main Square?	30. Pripyat Houses	31. Pripyat Houses II	32. Ferris Wheel	33. Dodgem Cars	34. Flowers in a Pot	35. Football Field
36. Spectator Stands	37. Basketball Hall	38. Swimming Pool	39. Shower without Taps	40. Dressing Room	41. The School	42. School Corridor
43. Cash Machine and Gas Masks	44. Classroom	45. Assembly Hall	46. Schoolyard	47. Another Corridor	48. Coffee Machines	49. River-side Establishment
Back in Chornobyl 50. In Memory of the Villages	51. Piece of Art	Kiev 52. Blue and Yellow Car	53. 1944	54. Cable Guy	55. Gable Painting	56. Ballerina
57. Mosaic Elephant	58. Kiev Hills	59. Synagogue	60. Maidan 2016

Arrival 1. Entering the Zone	2. The Road to the Zone	Chornobyl Town 3. Chornobyl Town	4. Town Square	5. Overgrown	6. For the Firefighters	7. The Roof Robots	Duga Radar Station 8. Russian Woodpecker
9. Tank Lorry	10. Some Buildings	11. Zebra Crossing	12. The Antenna	13. Pine	Kindergarten 14. Toy Lorry	15. Sleeping Room	The Power Plant 16. Chernobyl 5
17. Chernobyl 1-4	18. Chernobyl 3&4	19. The Old Sarcophagus	20. Chernobyl 4	21. The New Sarcophagus	22. Sarcophagus Detail	23. Monument	24. In Memory of
The Red Forest 25. The Red Forest	26. 1298	27. Fox	Pripyat 28. Pripyat 1970	29. Main Square?	30. Pripyat Houses	31. Pripyat Houses II	32. Ferris Wheel
33. Dodgem Cars	34. Flowers in a Pot	35. Football Field	36. Spectator Stands	37. Basketball Hall	38. Swimming Pool	39. Shower without Taps	40. Dressing Room
41. The School	42. School Corridor	43. Cash Machine and Gas Masks	44. Classroom	45. Assembly Hall	46. Schoolyard	47. Another Corridor	48. Coffee Machines
49. River-side Establishment	Back in Chornobyl 50. In Memory of the Villages	51. Piece of Art	Kiev 52. Blue and Yellow Car	53. 1944	54. Cable Guy	55. Gable Painting	56. Ballerina
57. Mosaic Elephant	58. Kiev Hills	59. Synagogue	60. Maidan 2016

Arrival 1. Entering the Zone	2. The Road to the Zone	Chornobyl Town 3. Chornobyl Town	4. Town Square	5. Overgrown	6. For the Firefighters	7. The Roof Robots	Duga Radar Station 8. Russian Woodpecker	9. Tank Lorry
10. Some Buildings	11. Zebra Crossing	12. The Antenna	13. Pine	Kindergarten 14. Toy Lorry	15. Sleeping Room	The Power Plant 16. Chernobyl 5	17. Chernobyl 1-4	18. Chernobyl 3&4
19. The Old Sarcophagus	20. Chernobyl 4	21. The New Sarcophagus	22. Sarcophagus Detail	23. Monument	24. In Memory of	The Red Forest 25. The Red Forest	26. 1298	27. Fox
Pripyat 28. Pripyat 1970	29. Main Square?	30. Pripyat Houses	31. Pripyat Houses II	32. Ferris Wheel	33. Dodgem Cars	34. Flowers in a Pot	35. Football Field	36. Spectator Stands
37. Basketball Hall	38. Swimming Pool	39. Shower without Taps	40. Dressing Room	41. The School	42. School Corridor	43. Cash Machine and Gas Masks	44. Classroom	45. Assembly Hall
46. Schoolyard	47. Another Corridor	48. Coffee Machines	49. River-side Establishment	Back in Chornobyl 50. In Memory of the Villages	51. Piece of Art	Kiev 52. Blue and Yellow Car	53. 1944	54. Cable Guy
55. Gable Painting	56. Ballerina	57. Mosaic Elephant	58. Kiev Hills	59. Synagogue	60. Maidan 2016

Arrival 1. Entering the Zone	2. The Road to the Zone	Chornobyl Town 3. Chornobyl Town	4. Town Square	5. Overgrown	6. For the Firefighters	7. The Roof Robots	Duga Radar Station 8. Russian Woodpecker	9. Tank Lorry	10. Some Buildings
11. Zebra Crossing	12. The Antenna	13. Pine	Kindergarten 14. Toy Lorry	15. Sleeping Room	The Power Plant 16. Chernobyl 5	17. Chernobyl 1-4	18. Chernobyl 3&4	19. The Old Sarcophagus	20. Chernobyl 4
21. The New Sarcophagus	22. Sarcophagus Detail	23. Monument	24. In Memory of	The Red Forest 25. The Red Forest	26. 1298	27. Fox	Pripyat 28. Pripyat 1970	29. Main Square?	30. Pripyat Houses
31. Pripyat Houses II	32. Ferris Wheel	33. Dodgem Cars	34. Flowers in a Pot	35. Football Field	36. Spectator Stands	37. Basketball Hall	38. Swimming Pool	39. Shower without Taps	40. Dressing Room
41. The School	42. School Corridor	43. Cash Machine and Gas Masks	44. Classroom	45. Assembly Hall	46. Schoolyard	47. Another Corridor	48. Coffee Machines	49. River-side Establishment	Back in Chornobyl 50. In Memory of the Villages
51. Piece of Art	Kiev 52. Blue and Yellow Car	53. 1944	54. Cable Guy	55. Gable Painting	56. Ballerina	57. Mosaic Elephant	58. Kiev Hills	59. Synagogue	60. Maidan 2016

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