Prypiat Ukraine the city of ghosts


Prypiat is a city in northern Ukraine, on the border with Belarus. Built in 1970 as a home for workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

Prypiat
After a major nuclear disaster, in which one of the nuclear reactors exploded, the city was completely evacuated due to radiation.
It is estimated that before the crash in Prypiat there were about 50,000 inhabitants, all employed in Chernobyl nuclear plant.

Prypiat
Concerns about nuclear energy were ruled by the Soviet Union in the late 1960s.

During the construction of the nuclear station, the Ukrainian Academy of Science insisted that the site be at least 100 km from the nearest settlement.

The Soviet authorities obeyed, and made a special settlement for the displaced, but allowed free access to the surrounding towns so as not to panic unnecessarily among the population.

Prypiat
Following the Chernobyl disaster, later judged to be the worst nuclear disaster in history, after nearly half of Europe was exposed to radiation, the city of Prypiat has been completely evacuated. Since then, no one has lived here, and vegetation has almost swallowed it for the past 20 years.

Prypiat swimming pool
Prypiat
After the disaster, the city of Slavutych was built as a replacement for the radioactive Prypiat, and as the power plant was repaired and resumed work a few weeks after the accident, the staff needed a new settlement.

Prypiat
Today, Ukraine has turned this area into a tourist attraction, although some zones are still guarded by the military. The nuclear power plant was shut down in 2000, and tourist walks are around the cities of Prypiat and Slavutych.

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