Virtual walks through the Chernobyl zone Yandex. Yandex launched an application for walking around Russian cities

They are becoming more and more popular, more and more travel agencies and stalkers are appearing, who with undisguised pleasure show and tell everything they know about the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Modern technologies They also do not stand still and move in the right direction. They combine our historical past with modernity and create amazing things. Such a thing, for example, became virtual walks around Chernobyl. About them and we'll talk in the article later. But first I want to add a few words from myself.

Secret object "Chernobyl 2" (Arc)

It seems that it has become more popular, but everyone is starting to forget about the tragedy. Less and less is said about the history of this city. Everyone just wants to look at the terrifying beauty of the city of Pripyat and the outlines of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Of course, this is very important and necessary, but it is still important to know the history. Therefore, before moving on to the description virtual tour on Chernobyl, I will tell you about the events that took place in Pripyat in 1986.

The Chernobyl accident in the city of Pripyat occurred thirty-one years ago in April 1986. The accident occurred in the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

After a huge explosion that occurred on the night of April 25-26, the reactor of the fourth power unit was completely destroyed. A colossal dose of radioactive substance was released into the atmosphere, irradiating a vast area around the nuclear power plant in Pripyat. Now this territory is called the “Chernobyl Exclusion Zone”.

Call it human error. But what was this mistake? The power in the reactor of this power unit was increased three months earlier than was written in the plan.

The initially planned power for the experiment was 700 MW, but just before the experiment began, the power dropped sharply and became equivalent to 30 MW. The operator was forced to begin the planned experiment at 200 MW. After 36 seconds, the power level began to rise. The operator had to press a button and an explosion occurred.

Memorial to the lost villages in Chernobyl

Pripyat - the place where hell happened

It became the worst nuclear disaster in the history of mankind after calculating the number of victims and deaths during and after the liquidation of the accident, as well as due to the economic damage caused to the country.

More than 30 human lives were lost during the first 3 months of liquidation of the accident. Doctors have found that almost 100 people died due to high levels of radiation within 15 years after the accident. To this day, no one knows how many more victims of the Chernobyl accident there were.

Palace of Culture "Energetik" in Pripyat

More than 130 people received radiation sickness varying degrees severity in the first days of the accident. The number of evacuees is generally astounding: more than 115,000 people were taken out of the Exclusion Zone - a 30-kilometer radius around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. And three times as many liquidators arrived to replace the evacuated people. From the entire Soviet Union, 600,000 workers arrived at Chernobyl to eliminate the consequences of the accident.

If we talk about the one that hit the planet, then the indicators are impressive. When the reactor was burning, the cloud that formed above it was carried by the wind far beyond Pripyat. Thus, radionuclides represented by iodine and cesium were spread throughout Soviet Union(now Ukraine, Belarus and Russia) and throughout most of Europe.

Hotel "Polesie" in the center of Pripyat

Virtual walks around Pripyat

Walking around Pripyat is now very popular view extreme excursions. Excursions from Kyiv come especially often, thanks to the close location - there are only 150 kilometers between Kiev and Pripyat.

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In Pripyat you can also meet foreigners who are interested in the history of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, which affected all of humanity. After reading facts on the Internet and finding out about possible anomalies in the Exclusion Zone, people decide to come to Chernobyl to see everything with their own eyes.

Unfortunately, the modern pace of life does not always allow us to visit the places we want and when we want. Many people work, study, schedules are drawn up months in advance. And besides, you need to coordinate everything with your friends, or those with whom you are going on a trip. To decide whether it is worth spending your weekend on a trip to Pripyat, you need to weigh the pros and cons very carefully.

For some people, photos and videos, of which there are so many on the Internet now, are not enough. For complete information, there is an online walk around Pripyat Yandex.

Anyone can try virtual walks around Chernobyl, because to do this you just need to go to the Internet and type into the search engine “Virtual walks around Chernobyl three-dimensional street views.” The system will immediately redirect you to a page where a virtual walk around Pripyat will be available online.

Radioactive cars in Pripyat Amusement Park

Virtual walks around Chernobyl - the basics of a virtual trip

Online virtual walks around Chernobyl are very easy to use. Just go to the website “Virtual walks around Chernobyl Yandex maps”, and a map of the city will open.

A blue stripe will highlight the place where virtual walks around Pripyat Yandex are available. This means that specialists worked there, photographed the area from satellites and directly on Earth, and created such a wonderful application for users.

To get to the place of interest, click the corresponding point on the map (necessarily on the blue path). Where you click, a binocular icon with an extension will appear, which will, as it were, demonstrate virtual walks around Chernobyl.

Radioactive Ferris Wheel in Pripyat

Walks and panoramas of Chernobyl

No virtual walks through Chernobyl videos can compare with those provided to users by Yandex. Here you can move at any time to any place available on the map and look around. By the way, available places so many.

There are unique species that cannot be found in any photographs on the Internet, on forums or in social networks. Each street is signed and the house number is indicated. This way you can write down the address and make a tentative route for your excursion.

It will be a very wonderful experience to compare what you see on a virtual walk and in person. Comparing the appearance of the same place in summer, autumn, winter and spring is a very interesting idea.

An abandoned children's doll in a kindergarten in Chernobyl

Of course, no virtual walk through Chernobyl can replace Yandex in reality. But still, this modern function will become an assistant in choosing a tour and in preliminary inspection of the area, because many tourists tend to get lost in unfamiliar places. After watching virtual walks around Chernobyl, you will definitely want to visit it in the near future.

Last year the Chernobyl disaster marked its thirtieth anniversary. In connection with this date, panoramas of Chernobyl again became popular among different segments of the population. The area near Pripyat appears on screens more and more often, and the number of people who would be happy to visit the exclusion zone is growing every day.

Why shouldn't you do this?

So, why shouldn’t you go to the infamous city and admire the panoramas of Chernobyl live? A walk through this place might be quite exciting. However, one must understand that although it happened three decades ago, it is less dangerous this area I didn't. Radioactive contamination within a radius of thirty kilometers around the epicenter of the disaster has not yet been eliminated. And that’s why it’s better to admire the city streets in photos, which Google can provide in abundance. If you want to see a live image and what in at the moment is happening on the streets - there is also no need to go to Chernobyl: the Yandex panorama is fully capable of satisfying the user’s curiosity.

Benefits of a virtual tour

On the one hand, it will seem stupid to sit in front of a monitor and watch footage taken by a satellite - after all, if you wish, you can simply come to Ukraine and see everything with your own eyes. Nowadays there are even special agencies, who organize tours to the popular exclusion zone. However, there are several reasons why Chernobyl panoramas and a virtual walk will become the best option.

There is no need to buy tickets or prepare documents to cross the border between states.
Considering the current political situation and relations between the two countries, it is much more prudent to limit it to video.
Radiation, despite the passing of years, still poses a health hazard and being there without special means. defense is simply unreasonable.
Of course, no one will be allowed into the epicenter of the disaster, but this is precisely the most interesting thing!
Yandex maps make it possible to “visit” any corner of the nuclear power plant at any time of the day or night, and absolutely free!

What interesting things are happening in Chernobyl at this time?

This place is considered abandoned, but in reality everything is not so gloomy. Today the station can be compared to a huge construction site - work continues there to eliminate the consequences of the accident, in which specialists from all over the planet are taking part, who were not afraid to come to Chernobyl. The panorama map will show that on the site of the fourth power unit, a new shelter is being built to replace the sarcophagus that was erected in November 1986. According to the promises of the French contractor, the huge arch will be able to stand for more than a hundred years. At the same time, already American company is constructing a storage facility to store spent nuclear waste. The first two power units are still unloading spent reactor fuel - therefore they have the status of nuclear facilities.

Is there life in Pripyat?

A virtual walk through Yandex maps will allow you to observe the work currently underway there, as well as make a shocking discovery for some: people still live in this area! Even when the period of resettlement began, certain groups wanted to stay in their native lands. Currently, 157 people live in the zone. The Ukrainian government has stopped supporting their lives since 2003, due to changed laws - this is the official wording. The virtual tour will also show that approximately 6.5 thousand people work at various enterprises in the exclusion zone. In addition, approximately 2.5 thousand work at the nuclear power plant itself. Union representatives say approximately 11,000 people work for the benefit of the station. To ensure that their radiation dose does not become higher than permissible, work is carried out in shifts that last only a few hours. At the same time, the degree of exposure is monitored by individual dosimeters, and the condition of the workers themselves is monitored by doctors.

What future awaits Chernobyl?

At the moment, the tourism direction is mainly developing, due to the continuing interest in the zone. Very great curiosity this issue foreigners show - and this affects the price of excursions. There is an intention to turn this place into a production site with special conditions. However, bringing such an intention to life requires serious research that can confirm the safety for the health and life of workers. For now, no one can claim that this territory is completely safe in this sense. There is also a possibility that the area will be turned into a bio-reserve.

Summing up

Summarizing the above, we can rightfully say that the safest, most economical and educational way to visit Chernobyl will be a virtual tour of it.

Together with the Yandex company, today they announced another new product, called Yandex.Walks. Unique application for iPhone, invites Russian residents and tourists to learn about various cities in more detail, suggesting the most interesting places and routes for walking. The service is absolutely free and is already available for download from the App Store.

Yandex.Walks is a service that tells users about 18,000 interesting places in various cities of Russia. Special technology, developed by Yandex, allowed the company to collect and analyze 50 million photographs and more than a million articles, on the basis of which the Yandex.Walks database was created. In the application, the attractions of each city are sorted by popularity. If you, for example, are visiting St. Petersburg, but do not plan to stay in the Northern capital for a long time, you will have an excellent chance to get acquainted with only the most significant places.

The developers also provided for a scenario in which users do not plan long trips around the city they are visiting. In this case, you can find out about the most interesting places located nearby, moreover, see their location on the maps built into the application. Yandex.Walks are also a storehouse of information - you can find out about any interesting object, be it a monument or a building detailed information, provided by the sites KudaGo, Sobory.ru, “Discover Moscow”, “I Saw It”, “PhotoKazan”, Wikipedia, People's Map and Yandex.Photos. One more interesting function Yandex.Walks is a unique opportunity to find out information about a completely unfamiliar place by simply photographing the object.

Download the Yandex.Walks app iPhone owners can absolutely free of charge, using the link below.

Undoubtedly, virtual travel cannot and should not replace real travel with all its gamut of vivid sensations and impressions. But they help us see any corner of the earth for free, even if you yourself will never be able to visit there. Moreover, it is very convenient way get mass in advance useful information and plan your future trips.

You can fly in the stratosphere over the entire planet or over the roofs of Paris and St. Petersburg, look into the halls of the British Museum or the Kremlin treasury, find yourself among the mountains and waterfalls of Iceland or in the amazing underwater world of the Galapagos Islands... Stop dreaming, there are no more barriers in front of you!

1. Panoramas 360cities.net

Just as poets describe the world with poems, artists with paintings, composers with music, so the website 360cities.net describes the world with picturesque panoramas.

Tens of thousands of photographs from all corners of the earth are collected here, and not only ours - there are even panoramas of other planets from one interesting rover. Here you will enjoy virtually traveling around the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu, or exploring the panorama of London, which was filmed in such high resolution that you can see the faces of people in the windows of houses.

2. Google Photo Tours

Of course, the ability to view streets on GoogleStreetView maps will not surprise anyone for a long time. But not everyone may know that the participants in this project are also passionate about creating photo tours and entire virtual trips.

These photo tours give you the opportunity to walk around Taj Mahal, look at Dubai from the world's tallest 800-meter skyscraper Burj Khalifa, over the whole of Paris from one of three observation decks Eiffel Tower or be transported to Mexico to the pyramids Chichen Itza. There are also unusual journeys, for example, a descent into a salt mine similar to an underground palace in Wieliczka (Poland)) or diving into the real underwater world in dozens of different places, for example, at Galapagos Islands.

To travel around Russia, take a look at RusMap.net (Google services are used) - it’s clear and accessible service for those who often go on business trips, love to travel, or are just about to hit the road. Regardless of your goal, Rusmap will make the trip as pleasant and comfortable as possible.

The “panorama” option allows you to take a virtual walk through the cities of Russia. Perhaps such an online journey will be the impetus for taking a real one.

3. Google Street View app

When I travel, I often use the Street View app. It is available for Android and iPhone. The application allows you to view many panoramas located on the world map.

There are panoramas of users and panoramas of Google itself. The service is developing rapidly and the number of panoramas is increasing before our eyes.

I myself observed the fascinating process of creating a panorama using special equipment. But each of you will be able to add your own panoramas using your smartphone and obeying the commands of the application.

4. Yandex panoramas

The Yandex company is also actively developing its mapping service, and on its maps you can take a bird's eye view of the cities of Russia and the world. For example, fly over Palace Square in St. Petersburg or over the Assumption Cathedral in Vladimir.

Yandex maps are perhaps more visual than Google; there is a mode for viewing a panorama and a map at the same time.

5. Air Pano

An amazing project by another Russian Air Pano team is rare case, where enthusiastic professionals create products at a level that was previously only achievable by wealthy Internet corporations. Spherical aerial panoramas, or rather entire air excursions Air Pano, will easily give both Google and Yandex a run for their money in terms of the beauty and quality of the footage.

Filming is carried out from literally everything that can fly: from airplanes and hot air balloons to airships and radio-controlled drones. Now the site has about 2000 panoramas from the most picturesque corners of the world. Here you can visit the island of Java on the Bromo volcano or see the Kremlin from the air from different angles, admire the northern lights in Iceland or admire one of the islands of Hawaii, visit Petra in Jordan and even look inside the famous Treasury.

In addition, when viewing a panorama, you can switch to another camera by simply clicking on the helicopter symbol.

The panoramas are not only colorful, but also educational. Many are marked with the names of visible objects.

6. Youtube 360 video files

360-degree video provides even greater immersion and full presence. You can easily look to the right or left, for example, when passing the palaces on a boat in Venice.

You can search for 360 degree videos on Youtube, but you can also search on Air Pano.

7. Video travel on Vimeo

You will be surprised what miracles he can do good photographer using the time-lapse technique (slow motion). This great way show even familiar places in a completely new light and inspire travel.

Excellent collections of such videos are collected on vimeo.com. Hundreds of videos give you the opportunity to visit the most beautiful places planets. You can admire the golden pagodas of mysterious Myanmar, the northern beauty of Norwegian sunsets, romantic views of the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco or other stunning shots from around the world.

Another global Google project is dedicated to art. It’s called: Art Project. Behind the modest name lies an incredible exhibition - tens of thousands of paintings from the best museums in the world. Moreover, each one was filmed in such high resolution, that you can, for example, examine in detail every stroke of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” or look into the eyes of the noblewoman Morozova Surikov.

Many museums kindly allowed us to film not only their exhibitions, but also their premises. And now you can, without getting up from your chair, stroll through the halls of the Hermitage or the Doge's Palace in Venice, or visit the Museum of the Acropolis of Athens.

If you are a creative person, then such virtual excursions will save your time and money, and you will receive no less aesthetic pleasure from works of art.

9. Webcam on the ISS

Are you fascinated by the unknown expanses of the Universe? Then watch the broadcasts at live from a webcam on the International Space Station. You will have the feeling that the camera is somewhere very close, and not 400 km from the surface of the planet.

The image changes slowly but surely throughout the day and you can see for yourself that our blue planet is in perfect order. However, it should be noted that the video is only available when there is a signal with the Earth, otherwise you will only see a splash screen. Sometimes on video you can see the life of astronauts and their spacewalks.

P.S. Did you enjoy virtually walking around the world? Will such virtual excursions help you prepare for visiting some interesting places in real travel? Do you have video panoramas in your collection that will take your breath away? Share with us your impressions and findings in the comments to this article...

And also, don't forget to tell your friends about this new opportunity explore the world.