About the plot:
Folk Solyanka is a modification where you need to keep a lot of details in your head, information for various quests. This article contains tips for quests that are included in the "Last Day and the Backwater" questline. (Guide: Admin(Spaa-team))
Walkthrough guide: 1. We move to the backwater, read the radio traffic
2. After Norman deals with the Monolith fighters - we search the corpses, we find a map from one of them
3. We go to the helicopter, which lies in the swamp - we find the military man, we take away the document from him
4. We receive a message from the Perfumer, we go to the place that is marked on the map. There we speak with Robinson, he directs us to the Beard
5. We speak with the Beard, learn about the locals. After the conversation, we receive a message about the bandits caught, we go to a meeting.
6. After the negotiations, we go to the attic for weapons, we talk with Beard - we get the task. After we speak with Fainting, and then with Keith. We give them guns, we escort Keith to the nearest hill, we speak with him again.
7. We return, we speak with Fainting, we go with him to the local lads to Skadovsk
8. In Skadovsk we talk with Grandfather, we get the task, we talk with the Bartender, we talk with the guard at the entrance, we move forward with him to the barge
9. On the barge we kill all the mutants, we find the parts we need, we say, we go further on the road alone.
Where to look for radio components
10. We come to Vaseline, we talk to him, we climb to the top of the barge, to the antenna, after the radio exchange we go down, we talk again with Vaseline, we take the next task
11. We go to the Bandits at the substation, kill everyone, open the elevator doors, but don’t jump down, otherwise we won’t get out later
12. We take the radio components to Keith, talk to Beard, get a tip on the bloodsucker hunter, go to the village, clean it up, the hunter comes, we talk to him.
13. We learn about Sakharova, we get a new task to find a hunter's friend. We follow the bat.
14. On the Port cranes we find the body of a friend of the Bloodsucker Hunter, we take the documents from him, we take them to the hunter.
15. We get a tip on Sakharov, go to the substation, jump into the elevator, go to the closed door, after the radio exchange it will open
16. We pass deep into the room, we meet peaceful bloodsuckers and Sakharov, we say, we get a notebook for Professor Sakharov.
17. We go to Yantar, give the notebook to Sakharov, return to Zaton to the Bar on Skadovsk
18. We get the task from the Bartender - Track the rat. We climb higher, track down the rat.
19. After the Rat arrives at the destination, we go to talk to him. We get information about the cave, and the money that needs to be taken to the Bartender
20. We take the money to the Bartender, we get information about the Hunters and a couple of carcasses of rats, we go to the pine oak, we say, we get a tip on the leader of one of the bandit groups, we return to Grandfather.
21. Grandfather gives us a backpack and a tip to Broadway
22. We find Broadway, talk to him, get 2 pictures from him, go along the bearing to the factory
23. At the factory we get hit on the head, we wake up, we talk with the bloodsucker hunter, we get the task
24. We kill the troublemaker, we return to the hunter, we get a tip on the hiding place.
25. On the plateau we find a cache with the device, and near the helicopter in the box we find a notebook, we take the prey to the bloodsucker hunter. On the plateau, it will also not be superfluous to go into the cave, pick up a note from the scientist.
Stash spawn locations
Option 1
The cache lies on a plateau where one of the helicopters is located. Also at the helicopter itself is a box that needs to be searched.
Option 2
A cave under a burnt farm, the closest hole to the Emerald, and all the time keep to the left side, you will find it behind a pebble.
Option 2
Cave under the gas station. We approach from the side of the anomalous field, we see a cave, we go in, we jump over the fault, and here we are at the Cache.
26. We give the bloodsucker hunter his device. We're going to look for the military on the backwater
Where to look for a military
In the dungeons under the burnt farm
27. We go into the cave, but we see a blockage there, we go to Keith, we get information about how the blockage can be dismantled
28. We will need to activate a capsule with jelly near the blockage (It can be bought from the Bartender in Skadovsk)
29. We speak with the military, we get information about the drone, we leave the cave, we shoot down the glider.
Where is the downed glider
30. We pick up the orange module, we attribute it to the military. After we go to Sakharova, we speak, we get a tip on Gulden.
31. We find Gulden, we plan the release of Iskra.
32. We are waiting for the release of Iskra, we accompany the group to the cave where the military man is sitting. We speak with him, we speak with Gulden, we lead Iskra to the pioneer camp.
33. Upon arrival, we speak with Iskra, we get the code from the remote control in the MG, we head to it.
34. In MG we find a combination lock, open it, in the room we find Evil's laptop, we return to Zaton to Sakharova.
35. We return the laptop to Sakharova, we try to activate the remote control - nothing comes of it. We return to Elsa, pick up the laptop, go to Iskra
36. We return the laptop to Spark, walk for 10 minutes, find out about the new code, go to the control panel at the substation, activate it, receive SMS from Evil, go to a meeting.
PS. When I first met Bland, I left him alive
37. After the conversation, we kill the Evil One, we receive a message from Bland, we go to a meeting with him
38. From Bland we get information about Lightning and a code from the door.
39. On the way we receive SMS from Fang, we find him at the gas station, we say, we go together to the base of the Last Day.
40. We take out the entire base with partners, go down to the lower level of the laboratory, kill Lightning, destroy the portal activator.
All =)
Novochernobyl.
It was the fourth year of the confrontation between the stalkers of Novochernobyl and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine. The Chernobyl zone was released from state protection and came under the complete control of stalkers. Among them, a referendum was held, as a result of which Novochernobyl was proclaimed, which included two independent republics: the Central People's Republic and the ZNR (Central Stalker and Western Stalker People's Republics). The boundaries of the TsZNR have been expanded beyond Ivankov and Narodichi.
As a result of the confrontation, Ivankovsky, Dityatsky and Lelevsky boilers were formed, in which the police forces of Ukraine in the amount of 4.5 thousand people are digested.
In accordance with Art. 1-64 KSNOAN (Code of Novochernobyl stalkers on administrative violations), any obstruction to the presence and movement of stalkers in Novochernobyl and the penetration of any police, security and paramilitary state formations of Ukraine into its territory is prohibited. For the import of any non-radioactive items into Novochernobyl from the territory of Ukraine, a criminal article 562 UKSN (Criminal Code of Novochernobyl stalkers) has been introduced.
The NSC arch is being dismantled by the workers of Novarka, captured by the stalkers. Ukraine cuts off electricity supply to Novochernobyl. In response to this, the stalkers launch the 1st and 2nd power units and resume the construction of the second stage of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A railroad redoubt was installed at the Semikhody station to blockade electric trains from the territory controlled by Ukraine. The border with Belarus was taken under the control of Novochernobyl, the circulation of the hryvnia is prohibited, only Belarusian rubles are in circulation. Stalker has been declared the state language. The second state - Belarusian. Negotiations are underway with Alexander Lukashenko on the accession of Novochernobyl to Belarus. Ukraine in a panic turns to the Hague and European courts with claims against Belarus and asks for political support from Russia and the United States.
The curfew in the exclusion zone has been lifted, but stalkers are on duty at all checkpoints, carrying out access control. Regular patrols of the area are carried out by the self-defense forces of stalkers and the identification of persons who illegally entered the territory of Novochernobyl.
Groups of police saboteurs from Ukraine are periodically caught and liquidated in the TsNR and ZNR.
From the reports of Novochernobyl. April 13, 8:20 am.
A lone stalker takes up position in a Pripyat apartment and carefully observes the area through the window, trying not to give away his location. At 10:35 a.m., he discovers a group of three patrol policemen quietly making their way in the yards along the overgrown Lesya Ukrainka street, turning around every 5 meters. The stalker runs out of the apartment into the street in front of the patrolmen, blocking their way.
- Good day, lads! And what are you doing here?
- Yes, we are ... just walking.
- Have you heard about Article 1-64?
- Yes, but we were ... walking, we just wanted to look at Pripyat ... We are not policemen and not patrolmen ...
Why in police uniform?
- Yes, we bought it on the market in Kyiv.
- Let's get the documents. And lay out everything from backpacks and pockets on the ground.
The police dutifully hand over the documents to the stalker, unpack their backpacks on the ground and turn out their pockets. Stalker checks documents.
- Oh, so among you is a citizen of Lvov! Well, you guys got it! You will have to call the stalker security service, as is always done when a foreigner is caught on the territory of Novochernobyl. Lviv is no longer Ukraine.
- And what will we do now for this?
- This stalker court in Ivankovo will decide what to do with you. Probably nothing will happen to the Lviv resident, they will have an educational conversation and will be expelled from Novochernobyl, and the rest will be sent to compulsory work to improve the conditions of stalkers. You will clear the railway from thickets from Vilcha to Krasnitsa, or drain the swamps in the Red Forest, maybe they will send the NSC arch to be dismantled with the French. Do you think it will be fair? We didn't come to you, but you came to us!
The cops mumbled reluctantly, which was fair.
“Oh, just don’t take us to Vilcha,” one policeman pleaded, “Last year, the stalkers detained me there, took away the thermal imager and the police uniform, after that I got a big blow from the authorities, almost got fired. Okay, there's a thermal imager, but why do you need a police uniform, I'll never know ...
- Yes, we don’t need a uniform, - the stalker answered, - but they took it away so that it would be disrespectful to go to us. And in general, we already got it, we catch it every time, and you keep climbing and climbing here, and even with hired foreigners, - the stalker was inflamed, - What have you forgotten here at all? We are not coming to you!
The patrolmen silently lowered their heads, realizing that the rest of the day would be wasted only on drawing up protocols and taking evidence from them. And ahead loomed unillusory Ivankovsky stalker court - severe, but fair!
- Aren't they going to beat us? the policemen asked fearfully.
- If you behave decently, they won't. And rejoice that it was I who delayed you. If there were stalkers from Grezli in my place, you would long ago have taken you to Pripyat along Lenin Avenue, like the captured Frenchmen of Novarka last year. After them, the entire avenue was washed with water from the backwater.
What about the French?
- And it was wrong to build this shed at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Now they are working and dismantling it for free.
The stalker hid the policemen's passports in his pocket and called operational stalkers from Chernobyl by phone.
- Pack your things in backpacks and go to the apartment, you will help me to insert double-glazed windows, I will not work alone.
- Yes, yes, of course we will help, - the police responded with joy, - And after how long will they come for us from Chernobyl?
- In about seven hours they will come for you, but they will not come. We don't drive around Novochernobyl, we just walk around.
- Will they also deliver us to Chernobyl on foot?
- Naturally. And look, no nonsense there! I still have your documents, no one will let you out of Novochernobyl without them. If you try to run away, we will catch you and punish you anyway! And hand over your phones, all contacts from them will be checked against our stalker database.
Six hours later, with the help of the police, double-glazed windows were inserted in the stalker's apartment. The four of them sat down to dine at a cozy table in the center of the room. There was no longer a tense situation in the communication between the police and the stalker, they began to talk about everyday topics.
- And where did you, stalkers, double-glazed windows come from?
- In Belarus we buy.
- Hmm... And they say on television that Belarus is not helping you!
- They also say on television that foreigners do not serve in your police ranks, - said the stalker, nodding at the Lviv resident.
- He officially does not serve with us, he is a hired policeman, so to speak, he went to defend Ukraine of his own free will.
“Well, we don’t have official stalkers from Belarus either, only hired ones,” the stalker laughed.
- Tse OK zrada and slander! the policemen were outraged.
- Zrada, not zrada, but officially there are no Belarusians in Novochernobyl, period! Do you still have crucified stalkers on the square in front of Ivankov's court before your eyes? Why are you silent? Has it become embarrassing?
The conversation failed, and for the next 15 minutes everyone dined in silence. There was a knock on the apartment and the stalker went to open the door. From afar, someone else's sonorous voice sounded a greeting: "Glory to Novochernobyl!" the answer was not long in coming: "Glory to the stalkers!".
- Fat to stalkers, - one of the Ukrainian policemen mimicked quietly and caustically.
“They came for us from Chernobyl,” said the Lvov resident.
Two new stalkers entered the room and went to the policemen.
- So, so, soooo, we have dear guests, - said one of the stalkers with joy, - Shake out your backpacks and turn out your pockets!
- But we've already been searched!
- Well, nothing, search again.
The police reluctantly began to unpack their backpacks again, dragging their contents onto the floor. The second of the stalkers who arrived, thoughtfully moving a couple of their things with his foot, suddenly barked in an angry voice:
- The first two lines of the Novochernobyl anthem! Fast!
The policemen shuddered and indistinctly tightened:
- Shcheee died in Ukraine and glory and vooolya, Shche we are brothers stalkers of the Chernobyl roood ...
- And now they got up and started jumping with the words "Who does not jump - he will freeze!".
- This is too much! Stop mocking them! - said the very first stalker who detained the policemen, - We are not some kind of monsters, we will not act by their methods, especially since such torture is prohibited by the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners. Just take them and take them to Chernobyl, let them deal with them further as they want. And I still need to conduct electricity to the house from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, I’m already tired of cooking food at the stake, - with these words, the stalker handed over the police passports to his colleagues.
The path to Chernobyl first passed through the Red Forest. Everyone walked in silence, cursing this swampy area to themselves. "Nothing, the Ivankovsky cauldron will soon surrender to us, we will immediately force them to drain these swamps," the stalkers thought. "Nothing, soon Putin will come - put things in order, we will immediately force these stalkers to sit in this swamp again," the police dreamed. Twilight fell on Novochernobyl, there was a long way to Chernobyl ahead. In Pripyat, electric lights came on in many apartments.
Far past midnight, tired travelers reached the former Chernobyl police department, where the stalker department was located, and handed over the police to the hands of security officers, where they were met, albeit peacefully, but without enthusiasm:
- The contents of backpacks and pockets on the floor!
- But we are already... Oh, okay.
The interrogation continued until morning.
- How did they get into the territory of Novochernobyl?
- Through the line of demarcation near Katyuzhanka, then Ivankov and Oranoe bypassed the forest, after the Dityatsky cauldron, and straight to Pripyat.
- How did they force it?
- At first they wanted to cross the bridge at night, but behind the bridge they saw stalkers in an ambush and we had to swim across already two kilometers from Cherevach.
Do you have any prohibited items with you? I suggest you submit it right now.
With trembling hands, the Lvov resident pulled out a small book "The Constitution of Ukraine" from his bosom. The rest of the policemen covered their faces with their hands, quietly cursing the Lvov citizen:
- Well, why the hell did you take it with you? Couldn't leave in your country? Now you will be forced to eat it!
The stalker who was interrogating the police became gloomy and silent. After some silence, he said through his teeth:
- For what purpose did they enter the territory of Novochernobyl?
- The authorities sent us to you for reconnaissance, we did not want to go, but each of us has a family, children, they need to be fed with something ...
- And we don't have families and children? - the interrogator interrupted him angrily, - We held a referendum, created independent republics here and defend our territory from people like you! It's you climbing to us, not we to you!
- This referendum was illegal, not a single country, except for Belarus and a couple of banana republics, recognizes your Novochernobyl! - himself surprised at his courage, the Ukrainian policeman retorted, - And Russia is for us! Putin come - put things in order!
The entire stalker self-defense department laughed in unison.
- In the morning you will be taken to the Ivankovsky Stalker Court, where a decision will be made about your future fate. Then you will return with your escorts to the mandatory work for the benefit of Novochernobyl.
- Will they take you away? On foot again? - the policemen were dismayed.
- Of course on foot! We only walk. You reached Pripyat on foot, so get used to walking, it's good for your health. Moreover, you will go along the road, and not through forests and fields. In 11 hours you will reach at a fast pace with short breaks for rest. Now it's time to leave, otherwise you won't have time ...
It was the fourth year of the confrontation between the stalkers of Novochernobyl and law enforcement agencies of Ukraine.
Notes.
Art. 1-64 KSnoAN dated 09.10.2023 No. X-3708
Violation of the requirements of the security regime for stalkers in a specially defined zone of radiation contamination, which is expressed in the penetration of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine into this zone without official permission from the community of stalkers, or unauthorized patrolling in it, or obstructing the presence and movement of stalkers in it, -
entails punishment in the form of compulsory works for the benefit of Novochernobyl from 360 to 840 hours with confiscation of the instruments of committing the offense.
Art. 562 UKSN dated 10/09/2023 No. X-3709
Importation into the territory of Novochernobyl of any non-radioactive items, food products and animals - entails criminal liability in the form of imprisonment with compulsory work for the benefit of Novochernobyl for a period of two to five years.
The same actions, if they brought harm to the citizens of Novochernobyl or other grave consequences, are punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to ten years.
Large areas of alienated territories, which have been isolated from the ubiquitous and destructive human activity for about a quarter of a century, have turned into a unique and in many ways attractive world.
Chernobyl exclusion zone gradually turns into one of the most interesting natural complexes in Ukraine and gradually becomes a prominent tourist attraction in our country. Public interest in the alienated territories is enhanced by the abundance of high-quality resources about the city on the Internet and the release of a number of successful computer games with a well-visualized storyline, where the fictional world and the world of the real zone are harmoniously combined. An increase in interest in the real exclusion zone of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is also promoted by the EKSMO publishing house. Also, a significant easing of the access control regime also contributes to the formation of interest among the average layman in the Chernobyl zone.
At the same time, the growth of the Chernobyl theme in the information space surrounding us and its transition to the category of mascult, the interest in the exclusion zone among people who are tired of the disgusted routine and longing for temporary solitude is increasing. Some, having a bivouac experience, find solace in penetrating the territory of the Chernobyl zone. Another reason for the growth of stalkers in the Chernobyl exclusion zone is the desire of young people to feel like a "real stalker" - to run around the zone not on a computer screen, but live.
It was the wave of reports on penetration into the Chernobyl exclusion zone, which the Internet has become saturated with recently, that drew attention to such a phenomenon as stalkers.
It became interesting to analyze both the reports already published on the Internet and to communicate (if possible) directly with the authors of the published materials. For the most part, my appeals to the authors of reports on penetrations into the exclusion zone were ignored, but a few people nevertheless agreed to slightly expand their knowledge about the life of stalkers.
Modern literature also contributes to a significant popularization of the topic of the Chernobyl zone. One publisher is successfully marketing a series of fantasy stories called S.T.A.L.K.E.R. In many ways, similar to the realities of the Chernobyl exclusion zone.
Chief Chernobyl stalker
First stalker
Surprisingly, the phrase placed in the epigraph of the text was expressed by a police colonel, a man who had been guarding the Chernobyl exclusion zone for many years - Alexander Naumov. This former Chernobyl worker, often referred to by journalists as a "stalker", is a frequent subject of journalistic coverage of the Chernobyl zone. Naumov has his own, in many ways unique, view of the form of visiting the zone.
Actually, for the sake of this phrase, it was worth mentioning this person, although those who are not too lazy and “filter” the Internet will find a lot of interesting things about this person and his attitude to tourism and other activities in the exclusion zone.
Despite the fact that the former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs does not welcome when he is identified with the concept of "stalker" - the newspaper "Vestnik Stalker" with the significant slogan "Your guide in the zone" (created by fans of the game of the same name), contains the author's material by A. "Colonel" Naumov about the events related to the exclusion zone, the liquidation of the accident, etc.
Stalker - what's in this word
The concept of a stalker was introduced by the Soviet science fiction writers the Strugatsky brothers in the story Roadside Picnic. There it was a criminal profession: "That's what we call in Harmont desperate guys who, at their own peril and risk, penetrate the Zone and drag everything they can find out of there." The penetration was quite pragmatic - to steal an artifact (“swag”) from the zone and sell it for money. True, this occupation greatly influenced a person - each campaign is a stay in a borderline situation, where each action means a choice between life and death, where there is always a place for complex moral dilemmas, where intuition is more important than reason.
In the future, the image of the stalker was popularized and filled with new content thanks to the film of the same name by Tarkovsky. Here the stalker is already a pragmatist to a lesser extent, and more of a man of the Zone. He understands and accepts the zone - "he has a date with the zone" says the Professor when the Stalker retires to be alone. And all the problems that he has from this are redeemed not by money, but by staying in this territory, where another would not have lived even five minutes, where there are a lot of miracles that go beyond human experience. A trip to the zone is a test of oneself, a search for inner values. Note that this was all in 1972 and 1979. respectively.
The image of a stalker has gone beyond the limits of works of art, and this is not surprising. Man has always had areas of the unknown, and this gave rise to a whole system of related concepts and images: “border and borderland” as the edge of the inhabited and understandable world, “guardian” - the one who protects this world from another, scout / guide / contactee - one who is familiar with another world. The latter include Charon, shamans, etc. The problem is that the “unknown” in the 20th century shrank very much - there were no geographical white spots left, non-material objects capitulated to science - therefore, guides were no longer needed there. However, having dealt with traditional mythology, industrial civilization began to build its own. And she was the first to announce a new end of the world - a total war on a planetary scale with the use of weapons of mass destruction. Textbooks of civil defense colorfully described this reality - the zones of destruction and zones of contamination (radioactive, chemical, biological). Ruins and places where there is no place for people, but there is danger. Again there were boundaries and guides to the unknown.
The conductor of the industrial era in the mass consciousness began to be called a stalker.
Stalkers of the Chernobyl zone
It is worth noting right away that there are several fundamental differences in people entering the exclusion zone. There is a fairly clear distinction between Chernobyl stalkers into two camps - two categories. The differences between the categories are striking - this can be seen both in the quality of the reports prepared, the slang used, photographs, and also the appearance of the stalkers.
The first, I would call them so - curious gamers.
The second is ideological.
Regarding these two categories of stalkers, the following can be said:
The first are young people who have received "basic" knowledge about the exclusion zone from computer games, and later from the Internet. It is gambling and the desire to sharpen the sensory perception of game plots that is the reason for the penetration into the exclusion zone. As a rule, the average age of stalkers in this category is about 20 years old, but not older than 22-24 years old. Most of these people make only one or two penetrations into the zone and calm their ambitions on this.
The vast majority of gamers do not even cross the borders of the Chernobyl exclusion zone. They have enough views of the abandoned buildings of the mandatory evacuation zone (Narodichi, Polessky, and Vilchi districts), and the resulting photographs and videos look no less apocalyptic than photographs from thirty and dozens (10-km exclusion zone).
In fact, these territories do not have a security perimeter and it is relatively easy to organize a visit to them - but not "safely". So, in 2008, four game stalkers were detained by the exclusion zone guards. The detainees were tried.
At the beginning of 2009, one stalker was also detained.
The second caste is ideological. Quite a unique category of stalker brethren. Representatives of this category penetrate the thirty-kilometer zone and occasionally enter the top ten. The ideological ones carry out long visits to the zone, which usually last several days, and in some cases reach a week.
Photo - zone visitors
It is clear that penetration into the depths of the zone requires the skills of a single trip and some preparation. Living, even for a few days, in a completely offline mode is not as easy as it seems. For example, for a two-day trip, you need only one water of at least 4-5 liters ...
In addition, being in the exclusion zone in the status of an intruder should (and does) cause some moral discomfort. Voluntarily is in such "uncomfortable" conditions can not everyone.
What drives the "ideological" and what are their goals for visiting the zone? One of the stalkers gave the most meaningful answer to this question:
“... It is difficult to describe in words all the feelings that fill me while visiting the zone, and sometimes I seriously fear that there are hints of some kind of diagnosis in this. Hopefully not significant. It's just that this is the most unique place on the entire planet, a huge territory from which all people instantly left. It is very interesting to visit all these villages and cities, but on the other hand everything looks ominously empty… But the main thing is that I feel alive there. There I am a person who depends only on himself, perhaps this is the main reason for the popularity of the zone among everyone who goes there illegally, alone or in small groups. I don’t know exactly what the rest of the people are aiming for, those who burn down houses, make a mess in still untouched houses ... my number 1 rule is not to change anything in the zone, no garbage and souvenirs as a keepsake .... ”
Stalker photo of the city of Pripyat
Photo of the Chernobyl zone and the city of Pripyat - "Zone through the eyes of a stalker."
(Photo by Bat)
The last difference between these categories of stalkers is the number. It is difficult to find reliable figures, but according to indirect signs of "ideological" stalkers, there are no more than two dozen. The number of "gamblers" is an order of magnitude higher than the "ideological" ones.
It is worth mentioning the third group of people visiting the exclusion zone, people who are immensely far from computer games and mental suffering of the urban era. People for whom the penetration of the exclusion zone is a common event in their daily, everyday life. This is the population of villages and villages that are in close proximity to the alienated territories. It is hard to imagine that in our beggarly time, when the state is actually carrying out a genocide of the village and the rural population is mostly begging, people would not use it as a source of gratuitous building material, metal and other things that could give at least some income.
Therefore, native stalkers were not considered by us in this material. Although it should be noted that their life requires comprehensive public attention.
Stalker outfit
Equipment is an important element of a stalker. There are differences in the equipment and equipment of stalker groups. "Gamblers" mostly use clothes for hiking in the forest, and sometimes simple sportswear. Funds (in most) do not use. Although sometimes, for courage, they take gas masks with them to take a spectacular photo against the background of some kind of radiation safety sign or a dilapidated farm.
Stalker map of the exclusion zone
Almost all "ideological" stalkers know well where they are going. They are well prepared theoretically and have practical skills in radiation safety. All respondents use dosimeters (very often they even take several devices on a hike) and respiratory protection equipment. It is quite common to use gas and alcohol burners for cooking. The diet itself looks thoughtful and usually consists of canned food.
Curious detail. "Ideological" do not leave behind garbage. Tin cans, wrappers, etc. are taken with you.
In group penetrations, walkie-talkies are often used.
Some use means of physical protection - the balloon "Strike".
"Ideological" without fail have a first aid kit. Here is a small list of the stalker's first aid kit "An elastic bandage (it's clear why, there is a danger of sprains and dislocations, you can even fall under the floor in many houses), one sterile bandage, peroxide, iodine, painkillers (ketanov - the most effective, but quite aggressive)."
The route of penetration of the stalker into the restricted area
Stalkers are reluctant to talk about the places of penetration into the zone. One gets the impression that each of the "gamblers" believes that his route is somehow unique. "Ideological" stalkers keep the "holes" secret due to the growing popularity of penetrations into the Chernobyl zone. They are also silent about the "holes" in the security perimeter of the city of Pripyat. It seems that everyone has their own "secret" route.
At the same time, for those who know the exclusion zone, it is quite easy to determine the likely places of penetration from photographs that are posted in abundance on the net.
We will not post detailed maps of the stalkers' routes in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Below is a schematic map of the penetration zones of different categories of stalkers, compiled based on the results of the analysis of reports and photographs.
Below are several schematic maps compiled by gamers stalkers. Published with the permission of the authors of the map.
Stalker map of the exclusion zone
Stalker card
Stalker - as a means of protecting the zone
Correspondence acquaintance with stalkers, which took place during the analysis of their reports, leads to several conflicting thoughts. The first problem that lies on the surface is the need to tighten security measures, strengthen control and punishment. With a high degree of certainty, we can say that this approach is unlikely to solve the problem. Since stalkers with experience have already established contacts with the locals (natives) and know about all modes of patrolling the perimeter of the Chernobyl zone. The tightening of controls is likely to be temporary, but as the financial crisis progresses, there is likely to be no impact at all.
The second approach is the possibility of involving stalkers in the work of protecting and caring for the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Legalization. The approach is not without flaws - but with a thoughtful approach, young people could, on a voluntary basis, connect to the work of foresters and other important services of the exclusion zone, which, by the nature of their activities, are associated with the care and control of the state of 2600 square kilometers of the ecological catastrophe zone.
It is important that such an approach, which allows young people to take part in the scientific and production process of the enterprises of the Chernobyl exclusion zone, would also have a powerful educational and educational character.
Agree, today it is very important for our degrading society.
The authors do not approve of the penetration of stalkers into the exclusion zone, because these actions are not only illegal, but dangerous for the stalkers themselves. For completeness of information when making a decision on penetration, we have compiled a rating of dangers when visiting the zone illegally. When constructing the rating, the authors used more than 10 years of personal experience of field work in the Zone and the experience of colleagues, information about incidents and accidents. Types of hazards are arranged according to the increasing probability of their implementation.
1. Wild animals. On the territory of the zone there are three types of large predators that can potentially attack a person - a lynx, a wolf and, possibly, a bear. Regarding the latter species, there are no reliable signs of its presence, but this is rather a flaw of the researchers, because it exists in the Belarusian part of the zone. In addition to the threat of attack, predators can serve as a source of rabies infection. Poisonous animals - common viper and hornets. The viper is quite numerous - this is due to the abundance of its habitats: swamps and humid forests. Hornets build nests in closed spaces - hollows, voids, abandoned rooms. Despite its size, it is a rather dangerous creature - one of the authors witnessed how a hornet "disabled" an adult man for 4 hours, in 2008 an electrician died from a hornet bite.
2. Radiation sources. The ranking of the zone at 5-km, 10-km and 30-km according to the degree of danger and dose load is quite adequate, but rather gives a general picture. You are not immune from getting a dose even in the "cleanest" places. The reason for this may be man-made sources - a part from the equipment that took part in the liquidation, a "dirty" room in which, in 1986, the liquidators kept "dirty" things.
3. Law enforcement agencies. The service of the internal affairs bodies in the zone is not limited to the protection of the perimeter and objects. Therefore, solving the problem of "bypassing the checkpoint" does not solve problems. In addition to security, there are operational units, catching illegal visitors is their job. For such work - raids and sweeps - "non-local" units of the security profile (special forces and rapid response groups) are involved. And if you light up, then the hunt will begin. By the way, it lights up very easily. The zone only seems lifeless, in fact, the “eye” is enough, and it is very easy for an experienced person to calculate the “non-native” in the wake of the stay. There is only one result - a stage to the Ivankovsky district court through the department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Chernobyl. In addition to the police, the following services can hunt a stalker - border troops, forest guards, operational groups of the VOKhR.
4. Illegal rabble. There are enough of them in the Zone - hunters for metal and building materials, mushroom pickers, poachers. One cannot be a misanthrope, but this category of people is such that it is better to re-read Arseniev: “In the taiga of the Ussuri Territory, one must always count on the possibility of meeting with wild animals. But the most unpleasant thing is meeting a person. The beast flees from a man by flight, but if he rushes, then only when he is pursued. In such cases, both the hunter and the beast - everyone knows what to do. Another thing is a person. In the taiga, God is the only witness, and therefore the custom has developed a special skill. A person who sees another person should first of all hide and prepare a rifle. These can hand you over to the police or deprive you of property, health, and life. The last option is not very rare. As one police officer explained, “poachers are not loved here, not because they exterminate animals, but because any imported trunk often finds targets among people” (negligence or murder is not important).
5. Non-resident. The territory itself, without taking into account the radiation factor, is fraught with many dangers. The most typical are various kinds of penetration into the ground: wells, cesspools, basements, etc. For 20 years, everything has grown so much that you can’t see it right away. Another problem is traps, loops and traps - tools of poachers and self-settlers. The abundance of swamps suggests the presence of bogs. You can list and list, but all these dangers are familiar to a more or less experienced tourist. However, this is the biggest problem. If something happens, then a qualified first honey. help can only be provided in the special medical unit of the city of Chernobyl or at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, and this can be very far away ...
P.S. Emergency exit. The above arguments did not convince you and you are going to visit the zone. We will advise only one thing - working out the map before penetration, drawing a route, mark for yourself the points of "emergency exit". "Emergency exit" points are places where you can get in touch with the personnel of the exclusion zone and get help in a situation where you are not up to conspiracy. Points of "emergency exit": 1. Centers of the Zone - Chernobyl, town. Polesskoe and Chernobyl, Vilcha; 2. Bases of services and enterprises with round-the-clock stay of personnel - bases of foresters (Paryshev, Opachichi, Lubyanka), checkpoints (Lelev, Paryshev, Pripyat, Benevka), Yanov railway station. 3. Villages with self-settlers - Teremtsy, Ladyzhichi, Paryshev, Ilintsy, Dibrova, Lubyanka, Opachichi, Kupovatoye. 4. Fire stations of foresters - towers (Korogod and Cherevach).
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