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Prypiat

A large, modern Soviet ghost-town near the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, within the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone, part of Kyiv Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus. It was evacuated days after the 1986 Chornobyl disaster, & remains contaminated; & thus uninhabitable for the foreseeable future.

The city was abruptly evacuated 36 hours after the accident. Since the inhabitants were told that the evacuation would only be for 3-days, they left their possessions behind, but they were never allowed to return. Since then, the city has been extensively looted & vandalized. Former residents of the city view the accident & evacuation as a major tragedy in their personal lives; as well as a tragedy for their nation.

Prypiat was sometimes referred to as a “Dormitory City” in that much of the population were employees of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It was a planned, purpose-built & modern city, & the layout of the buildings reflect part of its history.

Passes to Prypiat can be found in the Chornobyl tour here:
www.chernobyl-tour.com/english/?action_skin_change=yes&...

Google panorama: goo.gl/maps/Tcs991aZp4PjzPEp7

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prypiat,_Ukraine

Recent city comments:

  • The Mobile Mechanized Autocade №35, fatherfrost wrote 6 years ago:
    It's a specific soviet burocratic name for garage & repair complex for govermental or utility vehicles ))
  • Remains of two same buildings, Jessie Thaden wrote 6 years ago:
    Why were they demolished? Shouldn't the city be kept? Nature is already doing the job for us.
  • vulytsia Sportyvna, 17a, Surjit Nagra (guest) wrote 6 years ago:
    Where Leonid Toptunov lived, the operator of Reactor Number 4.
  • Hospital No. 126, corebug wrote 7 years ago:
    Indeed it is, especially the basement.
  • Sports shop , Axel2015 wrote 8 years ago:
    Adidas T-shirts, pants...training. Unfortunately slavic Adidas had only two lateral lines (Moskow 1980).
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51°24'18"N   30°2'48"E
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