"A former nuclear power plant that everyone has heard of at least once. This is the very heart of the Zone. If you believe the legends, somewhere there is a certain anomaly that can fulfill any desire — it is called a Monolith."
A huge territory with a complex of buildings and a dried-up cooling pond located on it, enclosing the location from the east. Initially, it was a deserted highly anomalous and radioactive zone, where they had to make their way to the Sarcophagus, skirting impassable places.
The first disaster occurred at 01:23 on April 26, 1986 as a result of a powerful explosion of a nuclear reactor in the fourth power unit. Due to the widespread radioactive background, the government of the Soviet Union was forced to urgently evacuate all residents from nearby settlements, including the city of Pripyat. The territory within a radius of 30 kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was completely cordoned off by the military, who turned it into a strictly guarded exclusion zone.
After the construction of the sarcophagus over the destroyed power unit, the operation of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant resumed. Due to the availability of a powerful uninterrupted energy source and sparsely populated area, various scientific research and experiments are beginning to be conducted, as well as the creation of "X" laboratories on the territory of the Zone.
On June 10, 2006, at 14:33, an incident of an unknown nature occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, giving rise to the Chernobyl Anamous Zone (the second disaster). The experiment is getting out of control. The generators located next to the station begin to release energy from the Earth's information field. Most of the people who are in the exclusion zone at this very moment die instantly. Various anomalies appear in various places of the Zone, which, when interacting with surrounding objects, produce artifacts — strange formations with unusual capabilities.
Soon, the Area begins to be populated by people who came here for artifacts. They call themselves stalkers. Legends are spreading among stalkers about a Monolith — a crystal from an alien world or from another dimension that fulfills any desires. From the rumors, it becomes clear that the Monolith is located inside the destroyed fourth power unit at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Stalkers seek to get there to ask the Monolith to fulfill their own desires.
I've been there myself, the place is indescribable! I made friends with cockroaches and finally saw a nine-tailed fox. The guards let me shoot the monsters, it was cool. In general, I advise you to visit.