At the initiative of the Office of the President, the online platform “Chornobyl. Journey", with which you can make a virtual journey through the exclusion zone.
"Chornobyl. Journey" continued the eponymous multimedia exhibition, opened at the National Complex "Expocenter of Ukraine" to the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster.
The project was created by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine together with the State Agency for Exclusion Zone Management with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy.
The site "Chornobyl. Journey" was developed by the web production studio Gremcy. By following the link, you can make an interactive journey in space and time, including flying over modern Pripyat, radar station "Duga" and abandoned villages of Polissya, read the chronology of the accident, the world context of 1986, hear conversations about the future of the exclusion zone and the history of the people whose fate was changed by the catastrophe.
Choose where to start your journey:
immersion in the context of the shocking "1986"
study of the anatomy of the "Catastrophe" and its consequences
scientific view of the accident in the block "Atom"
stories of "People" whose fates are inextricably linked to the events of April 26, 1986
study of the exclusion zone, where the main owner is "Nature"
talk about "Today, tomorrow" Chernobyl.
"This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Chornobyl tragedy. But the night of April more than thirty years ago divided the lives of millions of people into "before" and "after". The word "Chernobyl" was heard all over the world. But he began to be mentioned mostly along with the words "tragedy", "catastrophe", "disaster". This is really perhaps the greatest man-made catastrophe of mankind. And this is truly a huge tragedy. These are broken human destinies, abandoned homes and devastated lands of the exclusion zone. But it is also worth paying attention to the other side of Chornobyl - the courage and dedication of the heroes who almost nakedly opposed this catastrophe. More than 600,000 people took part in the liquidation of the consequences of the Chornobyl accident. Many of them gave their lives and health for the lives of others and the safety of future generations. We must preserve their memory and pass it on to our children and grandchildren. To never again allow such catastrophes on our planet. We must respect the feat of the liquidators and remember its price," said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
The site "Chornobyl. Journey" created on the principles of scrolling - is a continuous story with multimedia elements that are activated when scrolling and pressing.
"It is important to reveal the secrets of Chornobyl and pass this knowledge on to the next generation. Every story has value here, every memory of people in emergencies, testimonies of liquidators, scientists, engineers, former officials, the military, and everyone who has something to say," said Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko.
According to him, Chernobyl mustn't become a place of oblivion but a point of development and correct conclusions.
"At the initiative of President Volodymyr Zelensky, infrastructure projects are being implemented in the Chornobyl zone, and the latest technologies are being introduced. And the platform "Chornobyl. "Journey" helps to collect invaluable stories about Chernobyl and better understand what happened on April 26, 1986, and how to live with it," added Kyrylo Tymoshenko.
A team of more than two hundred specialists worked on the project: from historians to radiologists. The site presents declassified documents and research that help understand the causes of the tragic events and destroy common myths about Chernobyl.
On the site "Chornobyl. Journey" in the block "People" users are waiting for the stories of witnesses, contemporaries of the Chernobyl accident.
You can join this project by sharing your story about Chernobyl or your vision for its future. To do this, the site provides a special form to supplement the project with your story. And to express an opinion about the development of Chernobyl, you should click on the video with the discussion of experts in the block "Today, tomorrow".
