Hundreds of pieces of Russian army hardware is left on the small field right near to Chernobyl. All this machinery has participated in Chernobyl accident liquidation and is radioactive from top to toe. Now it dies out under the open skies of deserted Chernobyl. You can get a Google Sat view of it too here.
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some photos by: Jani Karvonen
First! w00t!
sad…
how are the photos safely taken in the radioactive area? surely there must be risk to the photographer?
No, it’s quite safe in Chernobyl area nowadays. There are lots of trees and wild animals. Excursions go there from Kiev. You just shouldn’t walk in tall grass (there might be some small unnoticed radioactive details) or come close to metal constructs (several meters is fine)
hey lio; thanks for the answer! j
Oh yes it’s dangerous to be there.
This machinery dump is actually the only dangerous spot outside the sarcophagus today.
Otherwise, the Chernobyl zone is pretty safe now (but still off limits to tourists)
lol this photos not from Chernobyl. And btw, Chernobyl not Russian city it’s Ukrainen.
The photos are from Chernobyl (actually a small town near Chernobyl called Rassokha, it’s about 20km away from Chernobyl) and Ukrain used to be part of the URSS so i think the pictures fit this site.
Anyways, a lot of metal rusting away, it’s a pitty you can’t recycle it and get read of the radiation.
Remember when Ukraine may not be, as the nation itself Ukrainians! Kievan Rus! And there were tribes. United in it! And there were the Aryans! And the town Arkaim etc. etc.. teach the history of the word! There is no Ukrainian or Belorrussii There is one RUSS!
How come oven sits next to military things? It is also “hot”? excuse my pun
Chernobyl was fake.All was photoshoped.
first. Igor is a baldy freeradical
At least they had helicopters. Not all the countries have… What then, buckets?
GET OUT OF HERE STALKER
Are those things highly radioactive? Just wondering … otherwise like the pictures…
Cool pictures, what model are those helicopters i bet they looked awesome when they were flying.
Mil Mi-6 “Hook” Models, heavy machinery…
Russian aircrafts, beatiful engineering.
Thanks for letting me know, i just looked on youtube and they look amazing when there flying and taking off, they must have serious power to get them off the ground.
“MiG Mi-6 ‘Hook’ models, heavy machinery…
Russian aircrafts, beautiful engineering.”
The word “craft” is one of those in the English that does not have a separate plural form. The word “craft” is either singular or plural, just like these other words:
aircraft, deer, elk, lynx, moose, mongoose, seacraft.
Excelent gallery.
Very cool place.
Chernobyl area COMPLETELY safe!! we go there to pick wilde goose berrys. We make sweet wine and sell to tourists. I have never heard tourists complain, this is how I know safety!
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if you stick to road and use dosimter constantly(take spare battery with you) and with pathifinder-guide[familar with that area].
and stick to main roads and etc – nobody know, where you can encounter marauders or occasionally found runways hideout.
Been there in Call of duty 4… looks the same
…Yet pity that objects are misplaced in CoD4 – I mean, in sniper sequence the sports hall and amusement park for example. Nice authentic graphics in this respect anyway, should try S.T.A.L.K.E.R., too.
Been there on S.T.A.L.K.E.R – Shadow of Chernobyl… looks the same
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does anuone know the name of the tracked truck on the 6th pic down?
It’s probably just dismantled the same way they do things in the U.S., it’s to keep people from getting their hands on an intact weapon, vehicle or helicopter. I’m sure you’ve seen things like rocket launchers and bazookas can be bought by anyone, but they always have something cut off or welded shut to keep you from being able to actually fire it. Think of what could happen if somebody who fully intended to die got their hands on a radioactive helicopter and crashed it into a building somewhere on purpose. They clearly don’t want it to be easy for somebody to move radioactive vehicles out of there
it was me , when was the driver,
you know, the truck name Inga,
Festrunk
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What always gets me puzzled is, this stuff was left ‘as it was’ after the disaster, yet someone has clearly been removing parts of the machinery. What would anyone want with helicopter rotors? What happened to all the stuff in the fire engines? Who removed wheels and cabs and stacked them up? Odd, isn’t it?
It’s probably just dismantled the same way they do things in the U.S., it’s to keep people from getting their hands on an intact weapon, vehicle or helicopter. I’m sure you’ve seen things like rocket launchers and bazookas can be bought by anyone, but they always have something cut off or welded shut to keep you from being able to actually fire it. Think of what could happen if somebody who fully intended to die got their hands on a radioactive helicopter and crashed it into a building somewhere on purpose. They clearly don’t want it to be easy for somebody to move radioactive vehicles out of there
“Steel won’t absorb radioactivity” ??
That’s rather crazy: steel becomes radioactive in a radioactive environment. Steel atoms absorb neutrons and protons, and then they become radioactive isotopes of steel, cobalt, or nickel, including radioactive cobalt-60. Also, steel nuclei can absorb gamma rays, thus becoming radioactive, and releasing the gamma rays again at some unpredictable time in the future.
DAW
I would think that the vehicles themselves have long since ceased being radioactive due to the rain water washing them for around 25 years. However, it is the ground they sit on that would concern me. Steel won’t absorb radioactivity, but the soil sure will. As for the parts, many areas of the former Soviet Union are quite poor. These parts fit vehicles that are still in wide use today such as the Lada cars, and the Tecnick large trucks, which would be about the equivalent of a US military Deuce and a half. Just like surplus US military large trucks get pressed into service on farms and for road work (I see lots of them as water trucks), so do old Soviet trucks. While the mechanical parts are probably mostly ruined due to water getting in them, the bodies probably are not and neither are some chassis parts. if you are a poor farmer and know of where oodles of spares are sitting abandoned, you might risk the radiation to get what you need for free.
“Steel won’t absorb radioactivity” ??
That’s rather crazy: steel becomes radioactive in a radioactive environment. Steel atoms absorb neutrons and protons, and then they become radioactive isotopes of steel, cobalt, or nickel, including radioactive cobalt-60. Also, steel nuclei can absorb gamma rays, thus becoming radioactive, and releasing the gamma rays again at some unpredictable time in the future.
DAW
the tools for the third world war
Is fake.
Why would equipment that is too dangerous to use be scavenged for parts?
The whole thing has the look of a “boneyard”.
Mostly decommissioned equipment that sits and rusts away with parts scavenged to keep non-decommissioned vehicles running.
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I pay a guy once a month to come mow the grass and pull the weeds around the area. I dont want it too overgrown.
I wonder why everywhere on open spaces near chernobyl trees are growing like mad (even through the pavement) and this place hasn’t got a single three growing on it!
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Excelent gallery
Very cool place
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Two thumbs for this gallery, the Mi-6 “Hook” Models, seems like a scruff
Where are the engines of the trucks?
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Tecnick large trucks, which would be about the equivalent of a US military Deuce and a half. Just like surplus US military large trucks get pressed into service on farms and for road work (I see lots of them as water trucks), so do old Soviet trucks
Tecnick large trucks, which would be about the equivalent of a US military Deuce and a half. Just like surplus US military large trucks get pressed into service on farms and for road work (I see lots of them as water trucks), so do old Soviet trucks
I find places like this amazingly cool. I know its perhaps morbid, but its also like a time capsule.
The disturbing thing about these photos, is the number of vehicles with parts missing, hoods in the upright position, some trucks with cabs completely removed… In other words, these radioactive vehicles were partially dismantled for parts.
I wonder where some of those parts have gotten to, and whom they have/are slowly poisoning.
anodizing metal should remove radioactivity from it or maybe just hit metal with high voltage jolt while emerged.As far as trees go surely their radioactivity deformed,just not noticeably, but maybe not try growing a fruit tree in that soil.
All removed and missing parts were sent to China for recycling into toys that were sent to America.
soon all world will see these secne on persian gulf ,after leaking iranian atomic device situated in south of iran persian gulf countries will be no longer place for live!!!ahmadinejad is monster who decide to make world a hell for all of us,so you whom live in free world feel responsbility,
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bilosh! how did you get out of your cage to go pick wild goose berries?!
Just flood the whole place and create a vast lake of different species of fish and aquatic animals.
wait 3 years and then go fishing for great food
Sadly it wasn’t just the helicopters that got radioactive but also their crews. A number of them died from the effects of radiation.
Brave men doing a horribly dangerous job.
No Reason For that
they are tupide
I would like to say thanks for putting up this blog. I just got in to this will give me a kickstart.
“Steel won’t absorb radioactivity” ??
That’s rather crazy: steel becomes radioactive in a radioactive environment. Steel atoms absorb neutrons and protons, and then they become radioactive
Well yeah, and compared to background it is radioactive ? 0.0001% ??? The thin metal is not enough to slow down neutrons, without proper neutron aiming and moderation, the metal is not transmuted.
This was all just junk before the cleanup. and as well its an excuse to ask for more $$$ from the Kremlin!. No one wanted it back, and so it sits there.
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fratilor,
este vorba doar despre puterea omului in fata mortii …adica a adevarului final
interpretati voi sensurile – dupa cum voiti – va rog
dar va rog, nu va jucati cu focul !
cel putin pana nu il stapaniti (cand va fi aceasta …?)
cu dragoste,
silviu
Wow though… That’s extremely scary.. so no body can go there still because of the radioactive particles still around the area..
Wow, that is truly amazing, Would love to have one of those choppers.
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It seems, wisely, all the engines are removed; preventing some stupid people take any vehicle away into the crowd.