Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Gas-Masks-in-Pripyat-School-27MZIFIRHP0I.htmlConceptually similarAbandoned Toys in PripyatGP030VICompleted★★★★★★Abandoned Toys in PripyatGP0312YCompleted★★★★★★Radioactivity Information Board in Pripyat HospitalGP0310GCompleted★★★★Abandoned Classroom in PripyatGP0310ICompleted★★★★Abandoned School in PripyatGP03124Completed★★★★Abandoned Flat in PripyatGP0310MCompleted★★★★Abandoned Amusement Park in PripyatGP0310NCompleted★★★★★★Abandoned Baby Shoes in PripyatGP03123Completed★★★★★★Abandoned Baby Shoes in PripyatGP0312XCompleted★★★★View AllGP0310JGas Masks in Pripyat SchoolGas masks in a Pripyat elementary school are another cruel paradox: A week before the nuclear accident children were trained to use safety equipment against nuclear danger. But no single gas mask was used in the day of accident because of an order from the party leadership.Before the Chernobyl accident, the town of Pripyat was considered the "glory" of the former Soviet Union. More than 48,000 inhabitants were living here - less than 3 kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Many of them were employed directly in the power plant. Today Pripyat is like a ghost town.In original language:Gasmasken in Pripyater GrundschuleGasmasken in einer Pripyater Grundschule sind ein weiteres grausames Paradox. Nur eine Woche vor der Tschernobyler Katastrophe waren die Schuelerinnen und Schueler im Gebrauch von "Rettungszubehoer" im Falle eines Atomunfalls unterwiesen worden. Aber keine einzige Gasmaske wurde am Tag des Unfalls benutzt Ð auf Grund einer Anordnung der Parteifuehrung. Vor dem Reaktorunfall von Tschernobyl galt die Stadt Pripyat als "Prunkstueck" der damaligen Sowjetunion. Mehr als 48.000 Menschen lebten hier Ð nur drei Kilometer vom Atomkraftwerk entfernt, wo viele Pripyater auch arbeiteten. Heute ist Pripyat eine Geisterstadt.Locations:Eastern Europe-Pripyat-UkraineDate:28 Jul, 2005Credit:© Vaclav Vasku / GreenpeaceMaximum size:2421px X 3661pxKeywords:Close ups-Copy space-Day-Destruction-Dirty-Gas masks-Indoors-KWCI (GPI)-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear accidents-Nuclear energy-Nuclear radiation-Patterns-RadiationShoot:Chernobyl 20 Years After the Nuclear DisasterDocumentation of regions and people affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, photographed nearly twenty years after the event.
