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| name = Elena Filatova |
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| image = Elenafilatova.png |
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| pseudonym = Kid of Speed<br />Gamma Girl |
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| birth_date = 1974 |
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| birth_place = ], ] |
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| occupation = Writer, Photographer |
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| genre = Nonfiction, History |
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'''Elena Vladimirovna Filatova''' ({{lang-ru|Елена Филатова}}, ]: Олена Володимирівна Філатова; born 1974 in ], ]) is a ] ] and ] who uses the online nickname "KiddOfSpeed". Her website, containing a photo-essay presented as solo motorcycle rides through ]'s ], gained her ] fame.<ref name="ad001">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,18825302-912,00.html|title=Nuclear ghosts shadow victims|last=Staff|date=2006-04-15|publisher=The Advertiser (Adelaide)|accessdate=2008-09-05}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> Her website gained popularity due to its mention on ] and other online news sources.<ref name="lat001">{{cite news|title=The World; Account of Chernobyl Trip Takes Web Surfers for a Ride|last=Mycio|first=Mary|date=2004-07-06|publisher=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2008-09-05|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/jul/06/world/fg-chernobyl6}}</ref> A guide who brings ] to the region later said that Filatova's account is fictional —and that she simply wore biker clothing and posed for pictures while in a group tour.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |
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|title= Prypiat Journal; New Sight in Chernobyl's Dead Zone: Tourists |
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|first = C.J. |
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|publisher=The New York Times |
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|date=2005-06-15 |
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|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902EEDD163BF936A25755C0A9639C8B63&sec=travel |
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}}</ref> Filatova has also made photo-documentary websites of Kiev-area history about the ] and about the city's historic "Serpent's Wall" defensive earthworks and their role in the ]. |
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==Chernobyl photos and motorcycle trip== |
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Filatova's website contains a series of photographs documenting the area around the ], starting just under 18 years after ].<!-- look at 2004 March archive copies --> She visited the virtually abandoned city of ] and a circular area surrounding the 1986 ] known as the ].<ref name="smh001">{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/russia/a-day-in-the-halflife-of-chernobyl/2005/08/24/1124562907092.html|title=A day in the half-life of Chernobyl|last=Staff|date=2005-08-27|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=2008-09-05}}</ref> |
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Her website features a large number of photographs of Chernobyl-area buildings, cottages, rusting carnival equipment, and the interiors of disused Prypiat schools, shops, and apartments. The photos are mostly snapshots of the scenery, but a few show Filatova —usually with ]-brand motorcycle gear. Some show a motorcycle.<ref>http://www.kiddofspeed.com/chapter2.html</ref> The photos are presented as an account of a trip by a biker who trekked alone in the ] zone. However, Chernobyl tour guide Yuri Tatarchuk later said that Filatova "booked a tour, wore a leather biker jacket and posed for pictures."<ref name="nyt"/> |
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== Other projects == |
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Among her more recent projects is a photo-journal about the ] near the city of ], her home. The journal contains photos of Filatova's exploration of an ancient wall and more modern ] ]s built amongst its remains. She also includes history of the region during both the 1917 ] and the ]. |
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Other links in her website lead to her photo journal of the day of Ukraine's ]. In April 2007, she posted more photos of the surrounding Chernobyl area that had been taken in March of that year. |
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One of the latest projects on the site is photos of abandoned ] prison camps established under ] as part of the Soviet ] system. |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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==Bibliography== |
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|title=Tjernobyl. Dagbok från spökstaden |
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|isbn=91-7126-050-1 |
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|first=Elena |
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|last=Filatova |
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|authorlink=Elena Filatova |
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