{"id":15443,"date":"2024-08-23T22:37:09","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T22:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/?p=15443"},"modified":"2024-08-23T22:37:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T22:37:11","slug":"chernobyl-today-fb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/chernobyl-today-fb\/","title":{"rendered":"Haunting Photos of Chernobyl Decades After The Nuclear Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been over three decades since Chernobyl experienced the most massive&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/nuclear-energy\">nuclear<\/a>&nbsp;disaster in history. Even after billions spent cleaning up and at least four thousand dead, the area itself is a ghostly shell of itself, long reclaimed by plant and animal life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pripyat, the town built next to the plant, was intended to be a symbol of Soviet strength. A city of the future that could only be matched by the massive achievement of nuclear power. Today, it\u2019s merely the Chernobyl exclusion zone, long since abandoned, tragically full of past relics.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-a-brief-history-of-chernobyl-before-the-disaster\">A Brief History of Chernobyl Before The Disaster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With construction beginning in 1970, Chernobyl was the third Soviet RBMK nuclear plant and the first on Ukrainian soil. By 1977, reactor no. 1 was operational, with four more completed by 1986. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The USSR had big plans for Chernobyl. A fifth reactor was almost complete, and seven more were planned to go live by 2010. At the time of the disaster, it provided 10% of Ukraine\u2019s power.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/72fa3c630f8b991936ba7d1351cf790a605bbf30-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2059\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-the-chernobyl-meltdown-happened\">How The Chernobyl Meltdown Happened<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Problems started early on April 25, 1986. The day-shift planned a routine test as part of a reactor shut down. Because of another regional power plant shutdown, the test didn\u2019t move forward to meet new electric demands. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delay ended up lasting until the night-shift, giving them very little time to prepare. If things had gone to plan, the night shift would have only had to monitor the after-effects of the initial test. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even worse, Anatoly Dyatlov, the deputy chief-engineer, decided to oversee the test, overriding senior personnel\u2019s objections with more hands-on experience.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The test called for a gradual power decrease in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/chernobyls-reactor-4-woke-up\/\" title=\"The Day Chernobyl\u2019s Reactor 4 Woke Up\">reactor No. 4.<\/a> When the power dropped to the target of 500 MW, it suddenly dropped down to 3 MW, a near shutdown state. We don\u2019t know the circumstances because the engineers who would know died in the hospital of radiation poisoning.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While trying to continue with the test and get power back to normal levels, a sudden spike in power caused the reactor to explode, knocking a 1,000-ton steel lid off the top of the reactor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifty tons of hazardous material shot into the air and drifted all over the surrounding area.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Plant and emergency workers went to work on the reactor. After a day of poor communication and failed cover-ups, officials began evacuating the city around it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rest of the world had no idea what was happening. It only became known because\u00a0Sweden\u00a0detected the elevated radiation levels and pushed the Soviets to come clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point, around 100,000 people were in the midst of being evacuated, and the USSR finally announced that there had been a nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next weeks and months, workers risked their lives to contain the fire and radiation, eventually containing the reactor in a steel and concrete dome. Many died horribly in this process, but they heroically contained the plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Decades later, the long-lasting effects of the Chernobyl disaster are finally taking shape.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-an-irradiated-ghost-town\">An irradiated ghost town<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The radiation levels in the Chernobyl area after the disaster were too high for humans. Many emergency workers became ill, and over the years, many more would follow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/chernobyl-s-transformed-from-nightmare-to-sanctuary-since-the-accident-33-years-ago#:~:text=Reactor%20number%20four%20of%20the,Hiroshima%20(Japan)%20in%201945.\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"\">Chernobyl released 400 times more radioactive<\/a>&nbsp;material than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima. The radiation was carried across Europe, reaching as far as France, thousands of kilometers away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Millions of acres around Chernobyl were affected and made uninhabitable for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Soviets abandoned the city of Pripyat and the area around it. The Chernobyl exclusion zone is 19 miles in every direction around the plant. It is the world\u2019s largest ghost town, left to nature and ruin.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-chernobyl-today\">Chernobyl Today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Though Chernobyl is a ghost town, it\u2019s not devoid of life. If you look closely, you can see signs of life that say a lot about the past and future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Many people don\u2019t know that though the area is mostly abandoned, some people still live there. The government had to remove 1,200 who wanted to stay forcefully, many of who returned. Today, there are a couple of hundred living in the Chernobyl exclusion zone.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite health risks, Chernobyl isn\u2019t the wasteland that many video games and movies make you think. The people there live lives, not unlike many people. People live incredibly close to nature. They grow their food, raise livestock, and trade with their neighbors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, things aren\u2019t all roses. The disaster certainly still looms over the area. Take a look at some of the most amazing photos of Chernobyl today.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/abandoned-chernobyl-doll-1024x670.png\" alt=\"A doll in the ruins of a kindergarten in Pripyat\" class=\"wp-image-2025\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A doll in the ruins of a kindergarten in Pripyat \u2013 Gleb Garanich\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/abandoned-office-chernobyl-1024x679.png\" alt=\"Abandoned Interior of a building in Pripyat\" class=\"wp-image-2026\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abandoned Interior of a building in Pripyat \u2013 Gleb Garanich\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/chernobyl-abandoned-amusement-1024x739.png\" alt=\"An abandoned amusement park in Pripyat\" class=\"wp-image-2027\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An abandoned amusement park in Pripyat \u2013 Gleb Garanich\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/chernobyl-abandoned-grocery-store.jpg\" alt=\"An abandoned grocery store in Chernobyl exclusion zone\" class=\"wp-image-2029\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An abandoned grocery store in Pripyat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cat-chernobyl-1-1024x741.png\" alt=\"A cat near the amusement park by Pripyat\" class=\"wp-image-2030\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A cat near the amusement park by Pripyat \u2013 Gleb Garanich\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/chernobyl-abandoned-gym.jpg\" alt=\"Abandoned gym in Pripyat\" class=\"wp-image-2031\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abandoned gym in Pripyat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/chernobyl-picture-swimming-pool.jpg\" alt=\"Empty pool in Pripyat\" class=\"wp-image-2032\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Empty pool in Pripyat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/chernobyl-pictures-football-stadium.jpg\" alt=\"Abandoned Football field in Pripyat\" class=\"wp-image-2033\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abandoned Football field in Pripyat<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Abandoned-ride-chernobyl-1024x701.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2034\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gleb Garanich\/Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/original-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2035\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A radiation-warning sign near checkpoint \u201cMaidan\u201d \u2013 Sergei Grits \/ AP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Bear-Grafiti-Priypat-Bear-1-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Bear graffiti in Priypat\" class=\"wp-image-2037\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bear graffiti in Pripyat -Brendan Hoffman\/Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/abandoned-chernobyl-boat-1024x809.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2039\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Pripyat-central-square-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pripyat central square Chernobyl exclusion zone\" class=\"wp-image-2040\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pripyat central square \u2013 Efrem Lukatsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Abandoned-hallway-chernobyl-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2041\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abandoned Hallway Pripyat \u2013 Efrem Lukatsky<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ABandoned-barn-krasnoselie-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2042\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A tree growing out an abandoned bard in Krasnoselie, Belarus \u2013 Vasily Fedosenko \/ Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/view-pripyat-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2043\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">View of Pripyat \u2013 Gleb Garanich \/ Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/building-kopachi-chernobyl-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2044\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An abandoned building near Kpachi \u2013 Sergei Supinsky \/ AFP \/ Getty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/DUGA-Radar-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2045\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Soviet DUGA Radar station \u2013 Sun Shine \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/barge-pripyat-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2046\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overturned Barge in the Pripyat river \u2013 Sean Gallup \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/strays-chernobyl-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2048\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stray puppies near Chernobyl \u2013 Sean Gallup \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/ariel-chernobyl-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2049\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ariel view of a hammer sickle on top of an abandoned building \u2013 Sean Gallup \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Broken-Window-Pripyat-1024x804.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2050\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nature reclaiming a building \u2013 David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Abandoned-Church-Chernobyl-1024x813.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2051\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/abandoned-basketballhoop-1024x809.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2052\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A grown over basketball hoop \u2013 David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/abandoned-bedroom-1024x821.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2053\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/abandoned-room-2-1024x805.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2054\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/abandoned-Room-Boat-1024x828.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2055\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abandoned rowboat \u2013 David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/abandoned-steel-drums-1024x808.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2056\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/rooms-toys-1024x809.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2057\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Toys left behind \u2013 David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/positivenegativeimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/abandoned-room-green-1024x810.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2058\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David McMillan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been over three decades since Chernobyl experienced the most massive&nbsp;nuclear&nbsp;disaster in history. Even after billions spent cleaning up and at least four thousand dead, the area itself is a ghostly shell of itself, long reclaimed by plant and animal life.&nbsp; Pripyat, the town built next to the plant, was intended to be a symbol [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3247,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-modern","category-photos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15444,"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15443\/revisions\/15444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historydefined.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}