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Nowadays, the world has really become small thanks to the developed air traffic. Among the many tourist destinations and types of tourism, extreme tourism to dangerous places has become increasingly popular.

Ukraine is an ancient European state that boasts historical monuments, beautiful and varied architecture, many forests, rivers and lakes where you can travel and relax. But when visiting Ukraine, many tourists tend to visit a unique, unrepeatable place on earth (God forbid, that it was the only such place) - Chernobyl.

Chernobyl is the name of a small town in the north of Ukraine, 120 kilometers from the capital of the country, Kyiv (in Russian "Kiev"). In the modern world the word Chernobyl means often not only the city, but also the events that took place at the area in 1986. On April 26, an explosion took place at the Chernbyl nuclear power plant, which destroyed nuclear reactor number four and led to radioactive contamination not only of the nearby territories, but of the entire planet. Particularly affected were Ukraine and Belarus, which were then part of the now defunct Soviet Union.

Within a short time, about 350 thousand residents were evicted from the area around the nuclear power plant. The area with a radius of thirty kilometers around power unit number four is still prohibited for permanent residence. People only work there, with the exception of a few dozen people living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone on a permanent basis. The positive impact on the nature of the absence of people exceeded the negative impact of radioactive contamination, which led to the rapid development of flora and fauna, the expansion of biodiversity.

Since quite a long time has passed since the tragic events and the radiation levels have decreased hundreds and thousands of times, the Chernobyl zone is now open to visitors with a special permit, subject to fairly strict rules.

During the four years of my work, I have conducted hundreds of tours to Chernobyl, both one-day group tours and individual (by car) duration up to five days. During the excursion, we visit the town of Chernobyl itself, the once super-secret Soviet base with a preserved giant radar, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the ghost town of Pripyat and many other places.