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Pripyat (/ ˈ p r iː p j ə t, ˈ p r ɪ p-/ PREE-pyət, PRIP-yət; Russian: Припять, IPA: [ˈprʲipʲɪtʲ] ⓘ), also known as Prypiat (Ukrainian: Припʼять, IPA: [ˈprɪpjɐtʲ] ⓘ), is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus.
The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015) is a documentary about three women who decided to return to the exclusion zone after the disaster. In the documentary, the Babushkas show the polluted water, their food from radioactive gardens, and explain how they manage to survive in this exclusion zone despite the radioactive levels.
The Pripyat amusement park is an abandoned amusement park located in Pripyat, Ukraine. It was to have its grand opening on 1 May 1986, in time for the May Day celebrations, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] but these plans were cancelled on 26 April, when the Chernobyl disaster occurred a few kilometers away.
Pripyat is one of the world's best-known ghost towns. People fled in such haste that the city looks frozen in time — with nature taking over. Although the area remains abandoned, it's now safe ...
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant [a] (ChNPP) is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine , 16.5 kilometers (10 mi) northwest of the city of Chernobyl , 16 kilometers (10 mi) from the Belarus–Ukraine border , and about 100 kilometers (62 mi) north of Kyiv .
A security checkpoint in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 2010. The Chernobyl disaster in 1986 released large quantities of radioactive material from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant into the surrounding environment. [9] The area in a 30 kilometres (19 mi) radius surrounding the exploded reactor was evacuated and sealed off by Soviet authorities.
Bridge of Death (Pripyat) in Ukraine, a road bridge over a railway line, between the town of Prypiat and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, where there were unsubstantiated claims of deaths from radiation during the Chernobyl disaster. The explosion destroyed the Chernobyl 4 reactor, killing 30 operators and firemen within three months and ...
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