Video - Chernobyl Zone/Pripyat: Winter 2006
This is a video shot by my friend Sasha during the Pripyat.com editor's trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in February 2006. The video includes scenes from the checkpoints, Pripyat and samosels living in the village of Novo Sheplichi.
The samosels, Sava and Olena Obrazjey, returned to their home approximately two weeks after being evacuated in 1986. They are the only people living in the village - the very essence of an isolated existence. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting this couple in June 2006, several months after this video was shot. Sava and Olena continue living in Novo Sheplichi to this very day.
The samosels, Sava and Olena Obrazjey, returned to their home approximately two weeks after being evacuated in 1986. They are the only people living in the village - the very essence of an isolated existence. I had the distinct pleasure of meeting this couple in June 2006, several months after this video was shot. Sava and Olena continue living in Novo Sheplichi to this very day.
