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1 | Ukraine: Memories and Photos of Chernobyl in August 1986 | Ukraine: Fahatsiarovana sy sarin'i Chernobyl tamin'ny volana Aogositra 1986 |
2 | Moscow-based LJ user av-strannik (Aleksandr Strannik) arrived at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in mid-August of 1986, some four months after the April 26 blast at Reactor #4, to assist in the clean-up effort as a ventilation engineer. | Nigadona tany amin'ny Orinasa Famokarana Angovo nokleary any Chernobyl ny mpampiasa LJ av-strannik (Aleksandr Strannik) monina any Mosko tamin'ny tapaky ny volana Aogositra 1986, efa-bolana teo ho eo taorian'ny fipoahan'ny fitaovana fampandehanana #4 ny 26 Aprily, hanatrika ny ezaka fanadiovana amin'ny maha injeniera amin'ny fitsofana azy. |
3 | By that time, “all the most dangerous work had been done by the [liquidators],” he wrote [ru] on his blog on April 19, 2011. | Nanomboka tamin'izay, “nataon'ny [mpanadio ] ireo asa rehetra mety hampidi-doza,” hoy izy nanoratra [ru] ao amin'ny bilaoginy ny 19 Aprily2011. |
4 | In a follow-up post [ru], written on April 26, Strannik explained how he had become one of the Chernobyl catastrophe “liquidators” himself: | Eo amin'ny lahatsoratra mifanaraka amin'izany [ru], nosoratana ny 26 Aprily, dia nanazava mikasika ny naha-iray amin'ireo “mpanadio ny lozan'ny Chernobyl” ny tenany i Strannik: |
5 | […] I asked to be sent to [the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant] right away, as soon as I learned about the accident's scale. | […] Nangataka ny ho any [amin'ilay Orinasa famokarana ny angovo nokleary any Chernobyl] aho, raha vao nahalala mikasika ny haben'ny loza. |
6 | What are you going to do there, my boss asked me. | Inona no hataonao any, hoy ny lehibeko tamiko. |
7 | I could clear the debris away with a bulldozer, I had done this type of work as a student. | Afaka manadio ny potipoti-javatra amin'ny fiarabe mpitrongy tany aho, efa nanao asa sahala amin'izany aho fony mbola mpianatra. |
8 | They'll manage without you. | Vitan'izy ireo tsy mila anao izany. |
9 | Then, in August, when the numbers of those willing to go on a work-related trip [to Chernobyl] diminished, they remembered those who had wanted to come from the very start. […] | Ary dia tamin'ny volana Aogositra, raha nihena ny isan'ireo narisika handeha amin'ny dia mifandray amin'ny asa [any Chernobyl], dia tsaroan-dry zareo ireo te ho any tany am-boalohany indrindra. […], |
10 | Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, August 1986. | Toeram-piasana famokarana angovo nokleary any Chernobyl, Aogositra 1986. |
11 | Photo by Aleksandr Strannik (LJ user av_strannik) | Sary nalaini Aleksandr Strannik (mpampiasa LJ av_strannik) |
12 | Strannik, who was 30 back then, was an amateur photographer, and “a couple of snapshots” that he took in Chernobyl in 1986 “even won some prize at some exhibition” later. | Mpaka sary mbola mpiofana i Strannik, 30 taona izy, ary ny roa tamin'ireo saripika izay nalainy tany Chernobyl tamin'ny 1986 “aza dia nahazo loka tamin'ny fampirantiana ” taty aoriana. |
13 | Recently, he has scanned 17 of these photos - including those that he took just “for himself” (“as they'd say now, for [Odnoklassniki.ru, a social network popular in the former Soviet Union]”) - and shared them on his blog - “for the [25th] anniversary, so to say.” | Vao tsy ela akory, no-scanner-ny ny 17 tamin'ireo sary ireo - isan'izany ireo izay nalainy “ho azy manokana” (“izay lazain'izy ireo amin'izao hoe, ho an'ny [Odnoklassniki.ru, tambanjotra sosialy malaza any amin'ny Firaisana Sovietika teo aloha]”) - ary nizara azy ireo teo amin'ny bilaoginy - “ho an'ny fitsingerenan'ny faha [25] taona, raha izay no azo hilazana izany.” |
14 | Replying to one reader, Strannik wrote that he had been using a Zorki 4 camera, as well as “an old [Zenit]”; he also wrote that he had printed “a few hundred pictures” while in Chernobyl (“until there was no more paper left” to print on) - “and all our guys were going back home with the photos ).” | Hamaliana ny mpamaky iray, dia nanoratra i Strannik fa nampiasa fakan-tsary Zorki 4 iray izy, ary koa “[Zenit]”efa antitra; nanoratra ihany koa izy fa nampanàsa “sary anjatony vitsivitsy” raha izy mbola tany Chernobyl (“mandra-pahalanin'ny taratasy “hanontana ny sary) - “ary nody niaraka tamina sary avokoa ny olonay rehetra tany).” |
15 | Below are some of Strannik's recollections from his time in Chernobyl 25 years ago, translated from Russian; to see his photos, please visit the original post [ru]. | Ireto ambany ireto ny nangonin'i Strannik tamin'ny fotoana laniny tany Chernobyl 25 taona lasa izay, nadika avy amin'ny teny Rosiana; Raha te hijery ireo sary, dia jereo ny lahatsoratra niaingàna [ru]. |
16 | About the drivers of concrete mixer trucks, which can be seen on the second photo, right next to the damaged reactor: | Momba ireo mpamily kamiao mpanafangaro simenitra, izay mety ho hita eo amin'ny sary faharoa, tena eo akaikin'iny motera simba: |
17 | These drivers are heroes - either due to their carelessness, or due to ignorance. | Ireo mpamily ireo no tena mahery fo - angamba noho ny tsy firaharahian-dry zareo, na noho ny tsy fahalalàny. |
18 | They were paid five times their [usual] salaries and they had been promised [Zhiguli cars off the waiting list] - but I'm afraid very few of them [lived long enough] to actually get those Zhigulis - it was [2 roentgen per hour] where the photographer stood, and as for where the drivers were, at the base of the [Sarcophagus], I don't know, I think it was no less than [20 roentgen per hour], i.e., it was safe to work there for one hour, which was unreal in those conditions. | Nokaramaina avo dimy heny amin'ny karama [mahazatra] azy izy ireo ary nampanantenaina [fiara Zhiguli ary tsy anaty lisitra fiandry] - nefa manahy aho hoe tena ho vitsy amin'izy ireo no [ho ela velona ] ka tena hahazo Zhigulis marina- teo amin'ny [2 roentgen isan'ora] no nitsangana ny mpaka sary, ary raha ny nisy ireo mpamily kosa, dia teo am-pototry ny [Sarcophagus], tsy haiko, ataoko hoe tsy latsaky ny [20 roentgen isan'ora], izany hoe, azo antoka kokoa ny miasa teo mandritra ny ora iray, efa tena mihoatra ny takatry ny saina raha ireo fepetra ireo. |
19 | […] A paradox of the Soviet times - to pay for a Zhiguli with one's own life. […] | […] Efa mahazatra tamin'ny fotoan'ny Soviety - vidiana aminà Zhiguli iray ny ain'olona. […] |
20 | On “curiosity”: | Eo amin'ny “fahalinana”: |
21 | […] I wanted to take a photo of the reactor from above. | […] Te haka sary ilay motera avy eny ambony aho. |
22 | Went to the airfield, no security guards, [helicopters] are all there, and a wagon at the field's edge. | Nandeha teny amin'ny toerana malalaka, tsy nisy mpitandro fiarovana, teny avokoa ireo angidimby, ary koa ny kalesy teny amin'ny sisin'ny kianja. |
23 | Next to the wagon [stood] the helicopter pilots. | Teo akaikin'ny kalesy no [nijoro] ny mpanamory ny angidimby. |
24 | Who are you? A photographer, would like to photograph the reactor from above. | Iza ianao? mpaka sary, te haka sary ny motera avy eny ambony aho. |
25 | Go to that yellow [helicopter], they fly to the object more often. | Mandehana amin'itsy [angidimby] mavo itsy, manidina matetika eny amin'io zavatra io izy. |
26 | I come up to them, ask to take me with them. | Nanatona azy ireo aho, niangavy azy ireo ny hitondra ahy hiaraka amin'izy ireo. |
27 | Are you out of your mind, they are forcing us to go there and you are getting yourself into it voluntarily, better take a photo of us, we don't have a single picture from the whole trip. | Ianao angaha efa very saina, izahay aza teren'izy ireo ho eny nefa ianao te ho eny amin-tsitrapo, tsaratsara kokoa izahay alaina sary, izahay tsy manana sary iray akory nanditra ity dianay ity. |
28 | I took a picture of the crew. | Naka sary azy ireo aho. |
29 | When will the photos be ready? | Rahoviana no vita ny sary? |
30 | I'll make them tonight. | Hataoko rahalina. |
31 | Ok, come tomorrow, we'll give you a ride over the reactor. | Hay, tongava rahampitso, ho entinay mitsidika ambonin'ny motera ianao. |
32 | I returned [not the next day, but] a day later, couldn't make it earlier. | Niverina teny aho [tsy ny ampitson'iny nefa] fa andro hafa taty aoriana, tsy afaka nanoatra aho. |
33 | Where's the yellow [helicopter]? | Lasa aiza ilay [angidimby] mavo? |
34 | What do you need it for? - they ask me suspiciously. | Hataonao inona? - hoy izy ireo kaodikaody nanontany ahy. |
35 | I've brought photos for the guys, they'd promised to take me on a flight over the reactor. | Nitondra ny sarin'ireo lehilahy tao aho, nanome toky ahy izy ireo fa hitondra ahy hanidina ambonin'ny motera. |
36 | The guys crashed yesterday ( How? | Nianjera omaly ireo lehilahy ireo ( Ahoana? |
37 | They were preparing to land, there was a gust of wind, they fell on the tail from 50 meters or so. | Niomana ny hidina an-tany izy ireo, nisy rivotra nitsoka, nianjera izy ireo teo amin'ny 50 metatra teo ho eo. |
38 | Are they alive? Yes! | Velona ve izy ireo? |
39 | They are at the [hospital], the [helicopter] was covered with lead sheets [to protect the crew from radiation exposure], made it difficult to operate it, they got off easy. | Eny! any amin'ny [hopitaly] izy ireo, norakofana lamba nihosotra firaka ilay [angidimby] [hiarovana ny fonony amin'ny taratra], nanasarotra ny fanamoriana azy izany, vitan-dry zareo mora ihany. |
40 | Right, and they had invited me to this very flight, and I couldn't make it, was on duty. | Eny ary, nety, ary nanasa ahy izy ireo amin'ity sidina iray ity, fa tsy afaka nandeha aho, mbola nisy raharaha nefaiko. |
41 | Lucky you. | Tsara vintana ianao. |
42 | Please pass the photos to the guys. | Ireto sary ireto mba omeo ireo lehilahy ireo azafady. |
43 | My interest in flying was gone. […] | Efa tsy vonona ny hisidina intsony aho. […] |
44 | For the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl catastrophe, Strannik, along with other Moscow-based “liquidators,” has received these presents from the regional organization “Soyuz Chernobyl” (pictured on the last two color photos in the April 19 post): a thermos flask, a bottle of vodka (“a radiation medicine” written on it, among other things) and a framed Russian Orthodox Christian prayer. | Ho an'ny fitsingerenan'ny faha 25 taonan'ny nisehoan'ny loza tany Chernobyl, dia nahazo fanomezana avy amin'ny fikambanam-paritra “Soyuz Chernobyl” i Strannik, miaraka amin'ireo “mpanadio” nonina tany Maosko (nalaina sary eo amin'ny sary roa miloko farany eo amin'ny lahatsoratra tamin'ny 19 Aprily): tranona fitoeran-dranomafana, tavoahangina vodka (“fanafody hiadiana amin'ny taratra ” no soratra eo aminy, ankoatry ny zavatra maro hafa teo) ary koa vavaka Kristiana Ortodoksa Rosiana natao anaty faritra efajoro. |
45 | Strannik's photo story has generated four pages of comments, with many readers expressing gratitude to the author and all the other Chernobyl “liquidators.” | Niteraka tsikera efatra pejy ny tantara an-tsarin'i Strannik, narahin'ireo mpamaky maneho ny fankasitrahana ny mpanoratra sy ireo “mpanadio” tany Chernobyl. |
46 | LJ user oksana_slk was among those who also thanked Strannik for “preserving the history of this tradegy.” | Iray amin'ireo nankasitraka an'i Strannik ilay mpampiasa LJ, oksana_slk, noho ny “fitahirizany ny tantaran'ny loza.” |
47 | He replied: | Hoy izy namaly: |
48 | As an eyewitness, I can only state that this tragedy could have been survived with fewer human and material losses - if the management had been adequate ( | Amin'ny maha vavolombelona ahy, izao ihany no azoko lazaina hoe afaka niainana iny loza iny taminà nahafoizana olona sy fitaovana mbola vitsivitsy kokoa - raha toa ka nety ny fitantànana tao ( |