Monument To Those Who Saved the World
Monument To Those Who Saved the World, Memorial monument near fire station in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
Description
Monument To Those Who Saved the World is a memorial near a fire station in Chernobyl, Ukraine. Life-sized metal sculptures depict firefighters, medical staff, and other helpers positioned in front of the original station building.
History
The memorial honors men and women deployed during the first hours after the reactor explosion in April 1986. Many of these helpers later became seriously ill because they were exposed to high radiation doses.
Culture
The installation shows the human side of a nuclear disaster through realistic figures representing people often left unnamed in history books. The sculptures help visitors imagine the first hours after the accident, when local emergency teams acted without full knowledge of the danger.
Practical
Access is only possible on guided tours with authorization, since the site lies inside the exclusion zone. Guides often stop at this location for a few minutes so visitors can view the figures and take photographs.
Did you know?
The sculptures carry no names, so they stand in for many other unknown helpers. The building behind the figures served as the starting point for the first emergency vehicles that night.
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