Gerd Ludwigのインスタグラム(gerdludwig) - 4月26日 02時02分

25 years after the Chernobyl disaster, the small settlement of Teremtsy—evacuated after the accident—was home to about 30 returnees who lived amongst the many abandoned homes. One of the returnees was Kharytina D., then 92 years old. With difficulties walking and hearing and the other returnees living far from her home, she lived in isolation, having hardly any communication with anyone, but was quite content.

After the catastrophe, more than a quarter of a million people living inside the 30km Zone were evacuated, including those living in small villages. Ignoring radiation levels, a small (and now diminishing) number of elderly people returned to their homes. Although surrounded by devastation and isolation, they prefer to die on their own soil than of a broken heart in anonymous city suburbs. At first Ukrainian officials discouraged them, but soon they turned a blind eye and even provided them with infrequent medical visits.

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kult825 I remember when that happened, I lived in Poland at the time. All children were rushed to local doctor and they gave us something to drink. There was a-lot of parents with children there. The medicine that was given to me was so bad tasting, I remember crying. We could not eat anything home grown but after a while people started to use home grown produce. I should say that I grew up on farm. How could you not eat what you harvest. I am ok today but because of Chernobyl, i can’t be a blood donor in US.

emmalemmaloo I can’t believe it’s been 25 years! I can remember how experts were scrambling to guess at the impact globally. I guess they’re still scrambling, and still learning. So sad.

pippapippa1985 Thank you for photographs. I read interesting article bout folk returning to their hames. Local community have set up Nurses + help for the Elderly folks. 🌻

emmalemmaloo @lu96keee good grief, that didn’t even click as far as the dates. Unreal. It seems like so much more recently than that!!

vivcamargo What was done with most of the personal belongings that were left behind after the evacuation in Pripyat?

tofessy В один миг для кого-то погас этот мир, а жизнь продолжалась, оставив человека со своим горем.

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