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{{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see ] -->
| name = Elena Filatova
| image = Elenafilatova.png
| pseudonym = Kid of Speed<br />Gamma Girl
| birth_date = 1974
| birth_place = ], ]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| occupation = Writer, Photographer
| genre = Nonfiction, History
| movement =
| notableworks =
| influences =
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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 &mdash;and that she simply wore biker clothing and posed for pictures while in a group tour.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news
{{R from person}}
|title= Prypiat Journal; New Sight in Chernobyl's Dead Zone: Tourists
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|last=Chivers
|first = C.J.
|publisher=The New York Times
|date=2005-06-15
|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9902EEDD163BF936A25755C0A9639C8B63&sec=travel
}}</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 ].

==Chernobyl photos and motorcycle trip==
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>

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 &mdash;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"/>

== Other projects ==
Among her projects is a photo-journal about the ] near the city of ], her home.<ref name="tsw1">{{cite web|url=http://www.consumedland.com/elena/serpentswall/index_en.html|title=The Perpent's Wall|last=Filatova|first=Elena|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref> The journal contains photos of Filatova's exploration of an ancient wall and more modern ] ]s built amongst its remains.

Other links in her website lead to her photo journal of the day of Ukraine's ].<ref name="se1">{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/orangerevolution/page1.html|title=STOLEN ELECTION|last=Filatova|first=Elena|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref> In April 2007, she posted more photos of the surrounding Chernobyl area that had been taken in March of that year.<ref name="s2">{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/spring2007.html|title=Spring 2007|last=Filatova|first=Elena|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref>

One of the latest projects on the site is photos of abandoned ] prison camps established under ] as part of the Soviet ] system.<ref name="eg1">{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/camps/camps.html|title=Excursion to Gulag|last=Filatova|first=Elena|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book
|title=Tjernobyl. Dagbok från spökstaden
|isbn=91-7126-050-1
|first=Elena
|last=Filatova
|authorlink=Elena Filatova
}} }}


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==External links==
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Ukrainaian photographer and motorcyclist
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1974
| PLACE OF BIRTH = ], ]
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