people away. We could take only a few things with us that we needed to live.
"They took us to a village called Babchino. Those who had nowhere to go stayed in this village, in an old school. In about the middle of May they told us that we could not go home the land was too radioactive. We got some money for our homes and other things of ours. It was not big money. But it was enough to buy some things for a new flat that was now our home in Igovka.
'We once visited our old home. You know, remembering the past now makes me shake. When we came to see our village, we could not find the birds or gardens that were there before. When I came into my house I did not find any of the things that were there before. ' 'Once the place was beautiful, there were forests, fields and the Pripyat River. Many people came to enjoy it. Now it is all different, everything has changed. We can visit the place only twice a year on 9 May, and on a holiday called Radovnitsa. Chernobyl was a disaster. For me it is hard to forget, and terrible to remember.