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MALFORMATIONS
Between 1989-1990, a notable increase in genetic malformations in animals was noted. The following year, almost 400 deformed animals were born. In 1990, Igor Kostin took photographs of these mutations, including this eight-legged foal, and sent them to Mikhail Gorbachev to encourage him set up an international commission to investigate the causes of the changes; he received no reply from the Soviet leader.
REMEMBERING FRIENDS WHO DIED
BLUE BALLOONS IN REMEMBRANCE
THE PEOPLE DEMAND THE TRUTH
THE PAIN WILL ALWAYS BE THERE
CONCERT FOR CHERNOBYL
BABUSHKA STAYS PUT
TWENTY YEARS
ONLY ONCE IN A LIFETIME
In September 1986, reservists -- the so-called "liquidators" cleared 170 tons of rubble from the roof of the reactor complex. Normally, the liquidators ascended the roof only once, because the radiation dose they received there is the maximum authorized dosage a human being should receive in his entire life.
THE LIQUIDATORS
THE FIRST HELICOPTER TO FLY OVER
This photo was taken at 4 p.m from the window of the first helicopter to fly over the disaster zone to evaluate radiation levels above the site, 14 hours after the explosion. The overview of the exploded reactor is foggy due to radiation, which also explains why the shot was not taken too close to the window. Later, radiation experts learnt that levels reached 1500 rems, 200 meters above the reactor, despite the fact that their counters did not exceed 500 rems.
THE CHERNOBYL CHILD
Igor Kostin discovered this deformed child in a special school for abandoned children in Belarus. The photo, published in the local Belarus press, named the boy "The Chernobyl Child". Following the publication of the image in German magazine "Stern", the photo appeared throughout the world and the child was adopted by a British family. The boy underwent several operations carried out by a British surgeon and is now living a relatively normal life and going to school.
TO WORK UNDER A TOXIC CLOUD
CHECKING FOR RADIATION
THE RECHITSA ORPHANAGE
ABANDONED CHILDREN
THE BIRTH DEFECTS DUE TO RADIATION
TWIN BROTHERS BOTH SICK
IRINA AND YELENA HAVE CANCER
RAMZIS IS ASHAMED AND SAD
AINAGUL DOES NOT GROW ANYMORE
THE CHILDREN OF CHERNOBYL
The incident of troath cancer is alarming specially among little ones, who have to eat and get their chemotherapy through a tube in the chest.
Vova a 15 year old lost his leg due to cancer. from the radiation exposure, the cancer has now spread to his body.
Novinki Asylum, Minsk A nurse hugs a little 3 year old Yulya who's brain is in a membrane in the back of his head
Novinki Asylum, Minsk A nurse prepares a bath while Zgenya a 2 1/2 year old with a massive growth that contains his kidneys, sits and waits. the tumor is inoperable
Novinki Asylum, Minsk A nurse holds a 2 1/2 year old with a massive growth that contains his kidneys
Novinki Asylum, Minsk A young boy smiles sitting on the lap of Katia Matusevich who directs the students volunteers and works with the children.
ALL GREEN BUT CONTAMINATED
INSIDE THE CHERNOBYL PLANT
PROMETHEUS FIRE
LEFT BEHIND
THE DEAD TOWN
THE RADIATION
It is safe to be in the open air in Ghost Town. It is inside the houses where the real danger lies. One must be especially careful in houses with open windows facing the Atomic Power Plant. Taking such a walk with no special radiation detecting device is like walking through a minefiled wearing snowshoes. Chernobyl released more radioactive contamination than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs combined, producing more than 200 times the Caesium contamination of the two nuclear bombs.
Picture by Elena Filatova
LOOKING AT THE SILENT CITY
From here, the shining cloud above the reactor must have been a staggering sight. Standing on the roof of the highest building in this empty town brings a feeling of being completely alone in the world - like this whole town is. Perhaps future archeologists will compare this town to Pompeii. The Soviet era is forever preserved here - in the radiation that will last for many centuries. Picture by Elena Filatova
RADIATION CARS
ONLY THE ROAD IS NOT CONTAMINATED
It shows various levels of radiation on asphalt - usually on the middle of road - because at edge of the road it is twice as high. If you step 1 meter off the road it is 4 or 5 times higher. Radiation sits on the soil, on the grass, in apples and mushrooms. It is not retained by asphalt, which makes rides through this area possible.
Picture by Elena Filatova
EMPTY CITY
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