Toys in a kindergarten lay the same way as they were left after the catastrophe. A child's gas-mask next to a doll is only 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. 

Staubige Puppe und Kindergasmaske liegen in einem verlassenen Kindergarten in Prypat. Vor dem Tschernobyl-Unfall war die Stadt Prypat eine Vorzeigestadt der UdSSR mit 40.000 Einwohnern. Die Stadt liegt nur 3 km vom Atomkraftwerk entfernt und ist heute eine Geisterstadt.