Simon Ostrovsky:
As of September, more than 90,000 people have visited. It's already well above more than the number of people who decided to brave Chernobyl in the whole of 2018, according to the Exclusion Zone Administration.
So, this is actually my third trip to Chernobyl, but my first trip since I watched the HBO show. And I have got to say, it's a different experience, because Chernobyl is a disaster that I have lived with my entire life, but I didn't have an emotional connection to.
And now that I'm here, I'm imagining the drama that played out here from the scenes in the show.
Chernobyl lies now in an independent Ukraine. Then, it was the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. And for Ukrainians, who are all too familiar with the consequences of the disaster, the show has served as a fresh reminder of what life was like under Moscow rule.
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