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For more information, as mentioned in the video, please read the text at the numbers corresponding to the numbers on screen (self explanatory..). Please note that it is possible that the information given is not correct, I haven't done too much research, and everything stated below is what I still remember from what our guide told us. If you have any additional information, please send me a private message, and I'll add it.
The video starts off quite slowly, with more pictures than video, and the video that is included is kind of shaky, but it gets better towards the end. I didn't want to spill my whole battery at the beginning, so that's why. I sort of made a report of my trip. Everything is shown in the exact order as in which I got to see everything. I used Google Maps to get satellite images of the places, so you can get a clearer view of the area around the objects.
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*1. This is the first checkpoint, at the edge of the 30km exclusion zone. You can only get through here with the right documents. The exclusion zone is around 110km away from Kiev, and close to the border with Belarus.
*2. These are the first buildings you'll get to see once you get inside the exclusion zone. Only a few families still live here. The youngest inhabitant is said to be around 50 years old. The families moved back to their homes several years after the incident. We weren't allowed to enter these buildings, as they were on the edge of collapsing.
*3. This is the monument that was built to honor the 29 firefighters that suffered and died, because of the incident at reactor 4.
*4. This is the kindergarten of a small town, located near the reactor, that got ordered to be destroyed by the government after the incident, because it was contaminated. Only three buildings are left here, including this kindergarten.
*5. This is the cooling tower that was under construction for reactor 5. It was never finished, as you can see. The smaller tower next to it was also still under construction, for reactor 6.
*6. That big building in the distance, with all the cranes is reactor 5. It was never finished because of the incident at reactor 4.
*7. Fifty thousand people used to live here.. Now it's a ghost town.. If that sounds familiar, you've probably played the game Call of Duty 4. This city has been used as a setting for several games, like Call of Duty 4, and the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series. This town was evacuated more than 24 hours after the incident at reactor 4. The residents were told to leave all their stuff behind, because the evacuation would only be temporary. People claim that the government already knew that the inhabitants would never see their homes again, but they didn't.. ..which was very unfortunate for the pets of the inhabitants.. The people had to leave their personal belongings behind, including their pets. Later, hunter squads and the army patrolled the town to kill all of them. When the patrols left the town, everything of value was raided from the city.
*8. I can't find any information about this factory, but our guide told us that they used to build something for nuclear submarines. It only stopped working 9 years ago, meaning that the factory continued to be operative, even though the city was empty. Every valuable item had been taken out a few days before we came. The metals were going to be recycled. (Don't worry, inside it was pretty much clean from radiation.)
There also was some sort of basement in the alley between the main gate, and the factory halls. As you can see in one of my other video's, there is a lot of stuff down there, but I don't know what it is. If you have some spare time, please take a look at it, and help me figuring out what actually was down there. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V69UFgYNeqQ )
Part two:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEMgyrAmSIc
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