I would like to tell you a little about this object, since personally I first of all went to the ChEZ for it.
The Duga-1 over-the-horizon radar station (ZGRLS) is a secret Soviet facility designed for long-range radar, a reminder of the Cold War. The main goal is to track the launch of nuclear missiles of a potential enemy. In 1976, the main radar unit was mounted, and three years later, the first tests were carried out. The construction required a huge amount of energy, so the arc was built 9 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
Because of the noise-clicks that the structure caused on the air, the NATO military called it "Russian Woodpecker".
On the territory there are a command post building and auxiliary systems.
Promotional video:
Remote Control.
Photo of the interior.
And from our window the ZGRLS is visible.
At this facility, about 1,000 military personnel were on alert. For them, a city was built - Chernobyl-2 (or simply Ch2) with the only street - Kurchatov. On the maps, on the site of the city, there is either a pioneer camp, or just a road, because the object is secret. The road to Ch2 is overgrown and it is difficult to get there, excursions there are very rare. The city has five-storey buildings, there is a kindergarten, a school, a shop, even a club - all the conditions for a comfortable stay.
Photos from the town itself.
I would like to believe that the mackerel is really from those times, and not abandoned by stalkers).
Several different cases are associated with Duga (jumping from there with a parachute, falling of a stalker), therefore, the object is guarded very well now.
And there are a lot of dogs nearby.
After the accident, the equipment of Chernobyl-2 was mothballed, and in 1987 valuable systems were taken to Komsomolsk. But even during its full-fledged functioning, Duga could not track single missile launches. And it was difficult to call a colossal structure, which can be seen from everywhere, as a secret object.
My photos from my trips in 2014-2016, except for photos from the city of Chernobyl-2 itself, they are from my husband's trip in 2018. Some of the interesting facts were taken from the book “The Chernobyl Zone through the Eyes of a Stalker” (not an advertisement, just so as not to be accused of plagiarism) …
A bonus is a photo from the Chernobyl canteen (I usually don't take pictures of food, but I don't often eat in such a place). This is how we were fed for about 110 hryvnia.
Author: kamova