Monument to Chernobyl Memorial site

This monument is situated by Riia Highway, next to the Vanakooli Centre in Raeküla in Pärnu.

Designed by Üllar Kallau, it was unveiled in 2016.

The monument is dedicated to those who were sent to Chernobyl and to all victims of nuclear disasters, bearing the name ‘Stairway to Heaven’, depicting an exploded reactor core and spirits flying up to the sky. The ‘core’ of the monument is a wooden trunk, while the load-bearing construction depicting the ‘stairway’ is made of metal.

The men who were to be sent to Chernobyl gathered near the school in Raeküla on 7 May 1986. Of the 5000 from Estonia who were called upon to manage the nuclear disaster, 447 were sent from Pärnu County.