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Alexander Sirota

November 18, 2023

Alexander Yukhymovych Sirota (Ukrainian: Олександр Юхимович Сирота, Russian: Александр Ефимович Сирота; born June 7, 1976) is a Ukrainian photographer, journalist, filmmaker. He writes in Russian and Ukrainian. As a former resident of Pripyat, he is an eyewitness and a victim of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. He has devoted many articles, photographs, and video reports to the city of Pripyat and to the Chernobyl catastrophe. He is the editor-in-chief of the internet project "pripyat.com" and the president of the International Public Organization "Center Pripyat.com". In May 2008, he became the winner of the ІХ-th international competition "Golden George" of films, TV-programs, and internet projects about protective law and law enforcement. In that competition, Alexander won "The Big Tape of George" award for his website devoted to Chernobyl. He is a member of the Union of Journalists of Ukraine since 2008 and a member if International Federation of Journalists.

Alexander Sirota
Born (1976-06-07) June 7, 1976 (age 47)
Kiselivka, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupations

Biography edit

Alexander Sirota was born on June 7, 1976, in Kiselevka of the Kherson area, Ukraine. From 1983, Alexander and his mother, Lyubov Sirota, lived in the new city of Pripyat, the satellite of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant — only 1.5 kilometers away from the plant. There, Alexander studied in the school No. 1 until April 26, 1986, when the Chernobyl Catastrophe happened.[1]

In April 1986 I was not yet 10 years old. For me, then a care-free little boy, and for my age group the cozy little streets of our town, all its yards and back alleys, and also the nearby wood and the Pripyat River, were the scenes of our childish play and "war games". That fatal Saturday, 26 April, was no exception. I remember how my friends and I, after school, ran down to the stream and played on its banks almost until nightfall, building fortresses and dugouts. ... ...the evacuation itself then also seemed like an exciting game, only now with real camouflaged military helicopters flying low over the roofs, with real armoured troop-carriers, with militiamen in flak jackets and gas masks standing along the road, with an endless line of buses taking us and all the town's population "for three days" to an unknown destination. We did not know and did not understand then that we were leaving our town for ever...

Alexander Sirota "I want them to remember" [2]

On April 27, all inhabitants of Pripyat were evacuated due to a disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Everyone was forced to leave the city with the promises that they would be able to return soon.

From 1987, Alexander lived in Kyiv, where he finished high school No. 267 in 1994. Later on, he finished the International Solomon University of Kiev with a degree in history.

Alexander's first experience as a journalist came from his work about the Chernobyl tragedy titled "I Want Them to Remember," which has been translated into English and published in the magazine of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations.[3] After this publication, in April 1996, Alexander has been invited by the Greenpeace to the United States to participate in the international action GREENPEACE "Testimonies tours", where Alexander (nicknamed "Sasha") was a representative of Ukraine in mass actions and meetings with the public and the Ukrainian diaspora, which were devoted to the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl Catastrophe.

 
Photos of Alexander Sirota: View of the center of ghost town Pripyat including Chernobyl power plant, 2007

Nowadays, Alexander's articles and photo-reports are published in various mass-media outlets (including newspapers such as "Literary Ukraine", "PostChernobyl", and "Your Health"), and his video reports were used by many Ukrainian and Russian channels and also by the BBC. In December 2006, his video report about the marauding in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and Pripyat was broadcast by the 5th channel of Ukraine. As a result of his report, the Government filed criminal charges for plunder and export of materials from the radiation-polluted zone and created a governmental commission for investigation.[4]

From January to March 2005, Alexander worked as an editor of a section “Literature and the Art” of the internet project "Pripyat.com." Later, he became the editor-in-chief of this project. In 2006, Alexander has been elected to be the vice-president of the International Public Organization "Center PRIPYAT.com," the primary goal of which is to report the truthful information about the city of Pripyat, the Chernobyl Catastrophe, and the consequences of the catastrophe to the people all around the world. The center, for the purpose of shedding a truthful light on the Chernobyl Catastrophe, organizes and carries out fact-finding excursions into the Chernobyl Zone and Pripyat. As Alexander has told in the interview to the correspondent of the Russian Information Agency (RIA NEWS) Ivan Sheglov: "I want to believe that those, who visited Pripyat, would not be able to live in a way that there would be dead cities left after them..."[5]

When Alexander was the editor-in-chief of "pripyat.com," he wrote and posted together with "Literary Ukraine" a petition titled "An Appeal to the President, the Government and the Supreme Rada of Ukraine, to the Chapters of all countries of the world, the Council of Europe, UNESCO, the United Nations,"[6] to make Pripyat a city-monument and to grant it International status of the City-Museum. Additionally, they asked to include under protection the 15-km zone of alienation around Pripyat and the city Chernobyl. Furthermore, their appeal asked to grant the Exclusion Zone a status of a historical-ecological reservation and to turn it into a monument, the place of the greatest technological accident on the planet.[7]

Additionally, among the many projects that Pripyat.com undertakes, there is one very special project titled "The Photo of Your Home." This project is made for former Pripyat residents.[8]

Articles, interviews, a photo- and video-reports edit

  • "I want them to remember" — DHA NEWS No.16, September/October 1995
  • Pripyat 2006. Winter
  • Pripyat. Winter 2006. Photo report, part 2
  • "Zone. Prypyat. Winter-2006" — 2006" — video.
  • Specially for PRIPYAT.COM. Interview with Rollan Sergienko, the director of the most well-known films about Chernobyl — the newspaper “PostChornobyl” (29), March 2006 ().
  • "Spring walk in Pripyat" — 2006 — video.
  • Report about visiting Chernobyl atomic power station in November, 30, 2006 — photos and video
  • Flight above Chernobyl, 2007 — video.
  • Pripyat from height of the bird's flight. Photo-reporting, 2007
  • Video-interview of the former Deputy Chairman of the Pripyat City Executive Committee, Alexander Esaulov
  • The seminar for mass-media on Chernobyl atomic power station. Photo-reporting, 2007
  • Pripyat, May, 9, 2007.The picture story
  • "Presentation of the site Pripyat.com", 2007 — video.
  • "WE'LL UNDERSTAND LATER", 2009 — the film about still alive Pripyat.
  • Channel 5: Pripyat the City-Museum — video reporting of Alexander Sirota about initiative of the granting to city of Pripyat of the International status of the City-museum
  • , 13–14.01.2010 - photos of Alexander Sirota

References edit

  1. ^ Pripyat. The city of the workers of atomic power.
  2. ^ Alexander Sirota "I want them to remember" — DHA NEWS *September/October 1995* No. 16
  3. ^ "DHA NEWS” No.16, September/October 1995.
  4. ^ ""Wanna some radioactive batteries?"". Archived from the original on 2012-07-20. Retrieved 2011-07-14.
  5. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-10-09. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  6. ^ . Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-10-31.
  7. ^ Pripyat - the City-Museum — the video scene of 5-th channel Ukrainian TV.
  8. ^ . Archived from the original on 2009-03-10. Retrieved 2009-10-31.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexander Sirota.
  • Pripyat in photos and video of Alexander Sirota
  • Cleaning in Pripyat— the video scene of 5-th channel Ukrainian TV.
  • "Our Pripyat" — YouTube channel with some films of Alexander SirotA
  • — film Julio Soto: Spain/USA/Ukraine, 2005, 56min (Alexander Sirota is one from heroes of this film)
  • Virtual Pripyat
  • , 2009
  • — the TV's bridge Moscow-Kiev "Chernobyl: the human factor in technological accidents", Russian Information Agency of News, Moscow, 28.01.2010
  • The Photo-reporting. The TV's bridge Moscow-Kyiv, 28.01.2010 — RIA of News
  • Pripyat 2011: Soviet dream turned nuclear nightmare
  • "Chernobyl: The Zone of Silence" — to 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.

November 18, 2023
alexander, sirota, alexander, yukhymovych, sirota, ukrainian, Олександр, Юхимович, Сирота, russian, Александр, Ефимович, Сирота, born, june, 1976, ukrainian, photographer, journalist, filmmaker, writes, russian, ukrainian, former, resident, pripyat, eyewitness. Alexander Yukhymovych Sirota Ukrainian Oleksandr Yuhimovich Sirota Russian Aleksandr Efimovich Sirota born June 7 1976 is a Ukrainian photographer journalist filmmaker He writes in Russian and Ukrainian As a former resident of Pripyat he is an eyewitness and a victim of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster He has devoted many articles photographs and video reports to the city of Pripyat and to the Chernobyl catastrophe He is the editor in chief of the internet project pripyat com and the president of the International Public Organization Center Pripyat com In May 2008 he became the winner of the IH th international competition Golden George of films TV programs and internet projects about protective law and law enforcement In that competition Alexander won The Big Tape of George award for his website devoted to Chernobyl He is a member of the Union of Journalists of Ukraine since 2008 and a member if International Federation of Journalists Alexander SirotaBorn 1976 06 07 June 7 1976 age 47 Kiselivka Ukrainian SSR Soviet UnionOccupationsJournalistphotographerfilmmaker Contents 1 Biography 2 Articles interviews a photo and video reports 3 References 4 External linksBiography editAlexander Sirota was born on June 7 1976 in Kiselevka of the Kherson area Ukraine From 1983 Alexander and his mother Lyubov Sirota lived in the new city of Pripyat the satellite of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant only 1 5 kilometers away from the plant There Alexander studied in the school No 1 until April 26 1986 when the Chernobyl Catastrophe happened 1 In April 1986 I was not yet 10 years old For me then a care free little boy and for my age group the cozy little streets of our town all its yards and back alleys and also the nearby wood and the Pripyat River were the scenes of our childish play and war games That fatal Saturday 26 April was no exception I remember how my friends and I after school ran down to the stream and played on its banks almost until nightfall building fortresses and dugouts the evacuation itself then also seemed like an exciting game only now with real camouflaged military helicopters flying low over the roofs with real armoured troop carriers with militiamen in flak jackets and gas masks standing along the road with an endless line of buses taking us and all the town s population for three days to an unknown destination We did not know and did not understand then that we were leaving our town for ever Alexander Sirota I want them to remember 2 On April 27 all inhabitants of Pripyat were evacuated due to a disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Everyone was forced to leave the city with the promises that they would be able to return soon From 1987 Alexander lived in Kyiv where he finished high school No 267 in 1994 Later on he finished the International Solomon University of Kiev with a degree in history Alexander s first experience as a journalist came from his work about the Chernobyl tragedy titled I Want Them to Remember which has been translated into English and published in the magazine of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations 3 After this publication in April 1996 Alexander has been invited by the Greenpeace to the United States to participate in the international action GREENPEACE Testimonies tours where Alexander nicknamed Sasha was a representative of Ukraine in mass actions and meetings with the public and the Ukrainian diaspora which were devoted to the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl Catastrophe nbsp Photos of Alexander Sirota View of the center of ghost town Pripyat including Chernobyl power plant 2007Nowadays Alexander s articles and photo reports are published in various mass media outlets including newspapers such as Literary Ukraine PostChernobyl and Your Health and his video reports were used by many Ukrainian and Russian channels and also by the BBC In December 2006 his video report about the marauding in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone and Pripyat was broadcast by the 5th channel of Ukraine As a result of his report the Government filed criminal charges for plunder and export of materials from the radiation polluted zone and created a governmental commission for investigation 4 From January to March 2005 Alexander worked as an editor of a section Literature and the Art of the internet project Pripyat com Later he became the editor in chief of this project In 2006 Alexander has been elected to be the vice president of the International Public Organization Center PRIPYAT com the primary goal of which is to report the truthful information about the city of Pripyat the Chernobyl Catastrophe and the consequences of the catastrophe to the people all around the world The center for the purpose of shedding a truthful light on the Chernobyl Catastrophe organizes and carries out fact finding excursions into the Chernobyl Zone and Pripyat As Alexander has told in the interview to the correspondent of the Russian Information Agency RIA NEWS Ivan Sheglov I want to believe that those who visited Pripyat would not be able to live in a way that there would be dead cities left after them 5 When Alexander was the editor in chief of pripyat com he wrote and posted together with Literary Ukraine a petition titled An Appeal to the President the Government and the Supreme Rada of Ukraine to the Chapters of all countries of the world the Council of Europe UNESCO the United Nations 6 to make Pripyat a city monument and to grant it International status of the City Museum Additionally they asked to include under protection the 15 km zone of alienation around Pripyat and the city Chernobyl Furthermore their appeal asked to grant the Exclusion Zone a status of a historical ecological reservation and to turn it into a monument the place of the greatest technological accident on the planet 7 Additionally among the many projects that Pripyat com undertakes there is one very special project titled The Photo of Your Home This project is made for former Pripyat residents 8 Articles interviews a photo and video reports edit I want them to remember DHA NEWS No 16 September October 1995 Pripyat 2006 Winter Pripyat Winter 2006 Photo report part 2 Zone Prypyat Winter 2006 2006 video Specially for PRIPYAT COM Interview with Rollan Sergienko the director of the most well known films about Chernobyl the newspaper PostChornobyl 29 March 2006 in Ukrainian Spring walk in Pripyat 2006 video Video reporting about the visiting of Chernobyl Zone by the writers of the festival EUROCON 2006 Report about visiting Chernobyl atomic power station in November 30 2006 photos and video Flight above Chernobyl 2007 video Pripyat from height of the bird s flight Photo reporting 2007 Video interview of the former Deputy Chairman of the Pripyat City Executive Committee Alexander Esaulov The seminar for mass media on Chernobyl atomic power station Photo reporting 2007 Pripyat May 9 2007 The picture story Presentation of the site Pripyat com 2007 video WE LL UNDERSTAND LATER 2009 the film about still alive Pripyat Channel 5 Pripyat the City Museum video reporting of Alexander Sirota about initiative of the granting to city of Pripyat of the International status of the City museum Old New Year in Pripyat 13 14 01 2010 photos of Alexander SirotaReferences edit Pripyat The city of the workers of atomic power Alexander Sirota I want them to remember DHA NEWS September October 1995 No 16 DHA NEWS No 16 September October 1995 Wanna some radioactive batteries Archived from the original on 2012 07 20 Retrieved 2011 07 14 Chernobyl 23 years later Archived from the original on 2011 10 09 Retrieved 2009 10 31 Ogoniok 4998 Archived from the original on 2009 05 22 Retrieved 2009 10 31 Pripyat the City Museum the video scene of 5 th channel Ukrainian TV Yevgen Goncharenko Pripyat Winter Fairy Tales Reports from Chornobyl Area Archived from the original on 2009 03 10 Retrieved 2009 10 31 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Alexander Sirota Photos from Pripyat Pripyat in photos and video of Alexander Sirota Cleaning in Pripyat the video scene of 5 th channel Ukrainian TV Our Pripyat YouTube channel with some films of Alexander SirotA Radiophobia film Julio Soto Spain USA Ukraine 2005 56min Alexander Sirota is one from heroes of this film Virtual Pripyat The International photo exhibition of Pripyat We want that people remembered it 2009 The New generation of Ukrainian people does not know about lessons of Chernobyl the TV s bridge Moscow Kiev Chernobyl the human factor in technological accidents Russian Information Agency of News Moscow 28 01 2010 The Photo reporting The TV s bridge Moscow Kyiv 28 01 2010 RIA of News Pripyat 2011 Soviet dream turned nuclear nightmare Chernobyl The Zone of Silence to 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alexander Sirota amp oldid 1127141595, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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