Ghost Town: These photos show how Chernobyl looks these days

Talking about the tragedy that happened in Chernobyl in 1986 is still something that causes us discomfort, even if more than 30 years have passed. Since the nuclear accident, the region has been isolated and has also become the subject of speculation about what happened to the animals and the plants that were not removed from there.

Photographer Vladimir Migutin, who was born in Belarus in the same year of the catastrophe, was five years old when his parents left the Soviet Union - yet he has memories of the tragedy and grew up wanting to get to know Chernobyl closely.

Recently, during a trip to Minsk, he decided to look for ways to visit Chernobyl and got a credential for it. With the help of a guide and a group of more curious people like him, Migutin was finally able to book his trip.

Historical visit

“The only challenge people have while planning a trip like this is their superstitions - that this place is really dangerous. After searching some background information on the internet, it turns out that it is nothing dangerous. We do not visit forbidden places where radiation levels are lethal. In fact, the average radiation level during this trip was basically the same as the radiative level of a 10, 000-meter flight, ”said the photographer of his adventure.

“It's very hard to describe the atmosphere I experienced during this trip, but it's like I'm in a kind of paradise - a feeling I haven't had since my last visit to Kokedera two years ago, ” he added. . For Migutin, the abandoned scenarios taken by plants and animals only create a sense that nature is rebuilding itself. Check out some of these photos below and then tell us what you think: