In this episode, we take a look at the virtually unknown aspects of the history of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone – its origin, stages of its formation, research of contamination and events that defined its modern look.
There is a common belief that behind the barbed wire border of the Chernobyl Zone lies a completely uninhabited area where humans won’t last long. In reality, after 38 years since the accident, it has become a unique scientific laboratory, a natural sanctuary, and a place of daily heroism for thousands of people. In this series, we summarize our 15 years of researching the Zone, based on on-site work and documents that often were never published before.
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In this episode:
00:00 – Intro
00:39 – What the Zone is and what it is not
01:11 – One signature of Nikolai Fomin
02:55 – Chernobyl disaster from the point of contamination
07:56 – Airborne laboratories, contamination tracks, and what happened next
10:57 – Barbed wire perimeters, permanent checkpoints, and high hopes
17:26 – The Zone as a new reality
19:21 – The next expansion of the Chernobyl Zone
21:29 – What it’s like to live right next to the Zone's border
22:23 – The Chernobyl Zone today
24:16 – Outro
