Chernobyl a site of historical importance in the future ??

[Red Future]

I was thinking about this and realised that the surrounding cities such as Pripyat have preserved the culture and infrastructure of the Soviet Union in the 1980s which could possibly make it interesting to future historians as a museum, personally i find the idea of visiting the location creepy and disturbing but it could one day have historical importance , what do others think?

[Rooster]

I dunno, man. It's still pretty radioactive. The reactor is still heavily polluted and the sarcophagus over it is really unstable. I planned to go there to make a documentary but my funding fell through. I think the whole area should be covered by miles of concrete.

[mykittyhasaboner]

Well, i wouldn't say that the culture and infrastructure has been preserved....considering that nobody lives there and the buildings are in ruins.

i see your point though, it would be creepy to visit, but it will have to be of historical importance considering what happened and that it's practically a ghost town where the remains of the past are somewhat visible and thought provoking. Perhaps this is the only possible purpose for the time being, since pockets of radiation are frequent, resulting in no potential for resettlement any time soon. Then again i'm no expert nor have i researched this extensively so i could be wrong.

[Comrade Wolfie's Very Nearly Banned Adventures]

I belive I read somewhere that the Ukraine has begun licensing tourist trips to Pripyat (which isn't too close to Chernobyl itself), I'd love to visit. It is likely that in the future Pripyat will become of increasing relevance to Historians and Archaeologists soon, but I'd give it some time, considering the field of WWI/WWII Archaeology is something of a new development (around 5 years of proper academic research into the field), I'd give it another few decades at least.

As Pripyat becomes more accessable the Ukrianian government should probably make some effort to secure the city against looters and the like, otherwise the site is likely to be stripped bear of anything of Historical or Archaeological value rapidly.

[Red Future]

I belive I read somewhere that the Ukraine has begun licensing tourist trips to Pripyat (which isn't too close to Chernobyl itself), I'd love to visit. It is likely that in the future Pripyat will become of increasing relevance to Historians and Archaeologists soon, but I'd give it some time, considering the field of WWI/WWII Archaeology is something of a new development (around 5 years of proper academic research into the field), I'd give it another few decades at least.

As Pripyat becomes more accessable the Ukrianian government should probably make some effort to secure the city against looters and the like, otherwise the site is likely to be stripped bear of anything of Historical or Archaeological value rapidly.

According to Wikipedia the place is pretty trashed from looting it seems

[Black Sheep]

Well, chernobyl did spawn the STALKER video games.
Reached a definite peak of importance the way i see it.