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The fire brigade left from here to eliminate the Chernobyl disaster in April, 26 1986. All ten members of that brigade died from radiation.
Fire Station, Chernobyl
Ten minutes after the explosion, the firemen of Pripyat arrived at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and took the main blow at themselves.

The brigade, commanded by Lieutenant Viktor Nikolaevich Kibenok, was fightinf a fire at the station in the first hours of the disaster. All brigade members got the huge radiation doses and later died in the hospital. Lieutenant Kibenok was posthumously recognized as Hero of the Soviet Union.

Only a few hours after the explosion the radiation level near the reactor was established and the firemen, who arrived later, began to work in shifts to avoid critical radiation doses.

Fire Station

Fire Station
Photo: © Jody Armstrong

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#4Cruise on the ship to Chernobyl and PripyatCruise on the ship to Chernobyl and Pripyat

Get a sea of thrills from a boat trip to the lost world of a dead city.

UAH 335000/tour
#2One-day private tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from KievOne-day private tour (Chernobyl + Pripyat) from Kiev

One day in the Exclusion Zone and you will learn everything about this desolate tragical place.

UAH 1794+/person

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