Lost Places - Chornobyl Zone

"Emerald"

What I can write about “Emerald” when, truly, I know nothing about it?. But, as soon as we with Sergey pass through gatehouse and find ourselves on the central alley, surrounding with tumbledown panel-board houses, I already knew what I will write about…

“Chernobyl-2” part - I

OTH-Radar “Chernobyl-2” and Center of space-communication

One week ago I has communicated with my good acquaintance Sergey Paskevich, the ecologist from Chornobyl "Ecocenter". He has been curious, whether I could visit the legendary and mysterious “Chernobyl-2”? How could I deliberate! To look at this masterpiece of design ideas closely, feel the spirit of bygone era, with its "cold war", stridulous slogans and tube-transistor radio equipment. All the week long I was ready to leave, in expectation of news from Sergey. And here at last all arranged already, the permission is received and also the admission is signed...

“Chornobyl – 2” Part II

Station of back-inclined sounding of the ionosphere (BIS or "Circle") 
OTH-Radar "Chornobyl - 2".

"Circle" is an auxiliary system for OTH-Radar. It looks like two circles with diameter of 300 meters each, which consists from 240 metres aerials (120 by each circle).

Position Radar station in suburb of Chornobyl

Its not difficult to get on the former position of Radar station near Chernobyl... The main thing – to know, where it is :). It is situated very close to road Chornobyl - Pripyat, at the left, at once behind a crossroads of Korogod - Paryshiv. Pair of steps on a roadside - and we are on a place.