Red Forest
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The Red Forest is the ten-square-kilometre area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant within the Exclusion Zone, located in Polesia. The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of
Radiation signage in the Red Forest
Chernobyl exclusion zone
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The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, also known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone or Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, is also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone, was established s
Red Forest
…lis; Russian: Рыжий лес, romanized: Ryzhiy les) is the ten-square-kilometre (4 sq mi) area surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant within the Exclusion Zone, located in Polesia. The name "Red Forest" comes from the ginger-brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels…
Entrance to the Zone of Alienation at Dytiatky, 2010
The oak Partisan's Tree or Cross Tree. The power plant is visible in the background.
Abandoned apartment blocks in Pripyat
The entrance to the Zone of Alienation