Kyiv Oblast

Ukraine

The Saint Vladimir Cathedral has a warm and beautiful interior.
The Saint Vladimir Cathedral has a warm and beautiful interior.
#StunningStructures
Pripyat, the ghost city that was abandoned because of the catastrophe at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, looks like a tornado hit it because of vandals, NOT because there was a stampede of people trying to get away from some deadly mushroom cloud of radiation.  It's still eerie to explore and it definitely a photographer paradise, but I feel that some of the photos present a misleading history of the city.  More here: http://www.thecuriouszephyr.com/2015/04/pripyat-visiting-chernobyls-ghost-city.html
Residential block at the edge of Lenin Square (complete with yellow phone box on the left)

see my blog post for more information www.greengoulash.com/chernobyl

#chernobyl #darktourism 
#Abandoned