Chernobyl's complete alienation: dolls left in the kindergarten of Pripyat

More than 32 years have passed since the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Photographer Olga Dovgopol was 5 years old when her family was forced to hastily collect the necessities and leave her home in Pripyat forever.

Many years later, Olga created the Dolls photo project. She took pictures for him in the exclusion zone, in a preschool, where Olga herself and her brother went. “When the Chernobyl accident occurred, my family lived in Pripyat. One of the brightest memories of my childhood is April 27, the day of evacuation. An endless column of buses and a voice repeating the words:“ This evacuation is only for three days. Please take your documents and everything you need for the next three days. "

"I remember the conflicting feeling: I was happy with an unusual adventure and at the same time sad, because my parents did not allow me to take my dolls:" No, you can’t! We will be back in three days. They will be waiting for you, they will not go anywhere. ""