Inside our Chernobyl hotel. But Irina, not unlike Maria, felt a need to return to the zone. She has never been back to Pripyat, though; it would upset her too much to see it now.

Just getting to Chernobyl took a huge effort. Months before leaving Indy, we booked a private tour of the power plant. We took a 90 minute flight from Moscow to Ukraine. We were met by our driver from ...

The Polissya hotel in Pripyat was one of the city’s tallest buildings. Built in the 1970s to house delegations and guests that were visiting the Chernobyl Power Plant, it now sits ruined ...

After the release of the HBO series “Chernobyl” in 2019, ... Museums were being developed. A new modern hotel was on its way. Up to one million tourists a year were expected by 2025.

NEARLY 30 years ago, the worst nuclear power disaster in history occurred in Chernobyl, northern Ukraine.

NEARLY 30 years ago, the worst nuclear power disaster in history occurred in Chernobyl, northern Ukraine.