Maxim is a frequent guest in Chernobyl zone. Usually he went there officially with a specially trained license guides or groups. Later he learned that illegal Chernobyl tourism is becoming popular in Ukraine. So he got connected with his Facebook friend who was already active into this illegal activity. His Facebook friend Roman agreed to give him an illegal tour into Pripyat. Let’s see what is it – an illegal tour into Chernobyl zone.

So this is the start of the illegal tour. It takes 10 km from here to get to the Chernobyl power plant. Just walk 500 metres from here and radioactive readings would become 10 times higher than it is safe for the health.

Nature inside of the Chernobyl zone.

Background radiation here is 1093. Which is much more than is a norm but still pretty low. He says some spots were as hot as 100,000 which is 100 times higher than this.

They decided to go the route of the rail road, which is not the most popular route among illegal stalkers.

A few kilometeres left till they reach Pripyat. Some spots have higher chance of being seen and captured, some are pretty safe.

Army post “Pripyat” that was built by Soviet army in rush after the reactor explosion happened.

As soon as they reached Pripyat they climbed the roof of the abandoned house to see the full view of the Pripyat. You can see a Nuclear Reactor in its new dome on the horizon, it’s over 2.5km from here.

The hallways of one of the Pripyat schools. The ceilings sometimes fail and its pretty dangerous to wander around.

Soviet artefacts.

One of the elementary school classes. You can see the Soviet kids hand made things they made for some party, then left abandoned in 1986.

Chemistry school lab. Bottles and other school accessory stay on the table for over than 30 years already, untouched.

Civil defense propaganda saying about the dangers of radiation, sort of a prophecy that lived out to reality.

A school hothouse.

Children gas masks inside of the school.

A gas mask and an ammo 5.45 caliber box, found on the top floor of the school.

Autumn in Pripyat, as seen from the abandoned school pool.

A gym in the pool.

Here is Roman making a selfie.

This thing is the most radioactive thing in all Pripyat (besides the reactor itself) they were able to find. The background radiation here is over 100,000. This number is 5,000 higher than a normal reading.

Main city square.

And a city view from the Pripyat highest building. It’s sort of dangerous to go there as you can be easily spotted by police from the ground.

A hospital and a reactor under the dome on the horizon. This hospital accepted first patients who were exposed to radiation. Very dangerous place as it is filled by all the personal belongings of the first firefighters who fought the fire on the reactor. Those personal belongings are very much radioactive polluted and its dangerous to enter this hospital.

The moss on the roofs is dangerous too. From outside it might be not showing much, but if you seat on it or dig into it you get crazy radioactive readings.

The piano, it’s still playable.

A Chernobyl 2 city – army base with a huge DUGA radar station. One of the biggest radar structures in Europe. 150 meter tall and 460 (half kilometer) long! Stalkers decided to climb it.

But they say its impossible to stay on top for long – the wind is too strong.

And then they find a place to stay at night. Took off the food they brought in the backpacks and started a dinner.

A view of the exploded reactor under the dome after the sunset.

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