A sign of radioactive danger is pictured at the entrance of the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541971
A destroyed house is pictured at the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541987
Flowers are placed to the monument at the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541990
A man visits a school at the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541976
A man visits the grave of a relative in the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541915
A picture shows an old house in the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541983
People inspect a house at the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541975
A woman washes a monument on the grave of a relative in the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus.The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541978
A woman washes a monument on the grave of a relative in the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus.The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541902
A picture shows a view from a cemetery in the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541982
A woman washes a monument on the grave of a relative in the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus.The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541914
People inspect a house at the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541974
A sign of radioactive danger is pictured at the entrance of the abandoned village of Babchin, outside the 30-km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, some 370 km southeast of Minsk, Belarus. The village inhabitants were relocated due to radioactive pollution after the Chernobyl disaster, the territory was included within the zone of the Polessky Radiation and Ecological Reserve. The area is closed for general public access but from May 8 to May 11, the reserve management allowed visitation of cemeteries located within the zone. Aligning with Radunitsa - the day of remembrance of the dead, which in 2021 falls on May 11.09.05.2021#6541970
An employee of the Federal State Statistics Service (left) interviews residents of a geriatrics center in Simferopol as part of the population census in Crimea.15.10.2014#2511050
An employee of the Federal State Statistics Service interviews residents of a geriatrics center in Simferopol as part of the population census in Crimea.15.10.2014#2511049
An employee of the Federal State Statistics Service interviews residents of a geriatrics center in Simferopol as part of the population census in Crimea.15.10.2014#2511051
Participants in the Volunteering conference at the Moscow Charity House charity fund (Russian center for promoting volunteering).01.12.1996#6327334
The Volunteering conference is held at the Moscow Charity House charity fund (Russian center for promoting volunteering). The conference participants are handed out small presents.01.12.1996#6327329
The Volunteering conference is held at the Moscow Charity House charity fund (Russian center for promoting volunteering).01.12.1996#6328016
Nursing home at the Moscow Territorial Center for Social Services No. 1 (Moskovsky Social Service Center). Residents in the dining hall.01.12.1990#8445641
Nursing home at the Moscow Territorial Center for Social Services No. 1 (Moskovsky Social Service Center). Guests in the reading room of the library.01.12.1990#8445638
Nursing home at the Moscow Territorial Center for Social Services No. 1 (Moskovsky Social Service Center). The guests during their leisure time are busy drawing, reading, playing dominoes, watching TV, playing music, singing.01.12.1990#8445627
Nursing home at the Moscow Territorial Center for Social Services No. 1 (Moskovsky Social Service Center). Residents are seen resting.01.12.1990#8445558
Rostov boarding house for labor veterans and people with disabilities. Patients of the boarding house walk in a park.01.02.1989#6624617
Rannapere, a senior home of the Kirov fishing farm named after Kirov, Estonian SSR. The farm's workers came to wish a happy birthday to their former colleague.15.07.1986#6601785
Rannapere, a senior home of the Kirov fishing farm named after Kirov, Estonian SSR.15.07.1986#6601780
Rannapere, a senior home of the Kirov fishing farm named after Kirov, Estonian SSR. The retirees watch television in the social center's hall.15.07.1986#6601777
Rannapere, a senior home of the Kirov fishing farm named after Kirov, Estonian SSR.15.07.1986#6601776
Left: Visiting nurse Ellen Vesset visiting her wards in Merivälja care home, Estonian SSR.31.08.1985#8860777
Contrary to the saying "they live like a cat and a dog," a cat and a dog often get along well in the same house, and even become friends, especially if they feel that the owner loves them equally.10.04.1979#8162502
Novovoronezh City, the Voronezh Region. In the residential district for the staff of the Novovoronezh Nuclear Power Plant.01.06.1974#2897279
Veteran of the Great Patriotic War Pavel Gushchin plays chess at a residential care facility for the elderly in the Moscow Region.04.06.1972#5519062
Leningrad schoolchildren carry birdhouses they made by themselves during Bird Day festival.01.04.1972#5838254
A medical checkup of the residents of the nursing home for senior citizens and disabled persons.10.07.1966#6096874