Брошенные города в Украине The abandoned town in Ukraine
The abandoned town in Ukraine
Pripjat (Ukrainian: Прип'ять) is an abandoned city in Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus. It was abandoned in 1986 after the Chernobyl disaster, and had before it was abandoned about 50 000 inhabitants.
Why they built the city?
They built the city for the nuclear power plant Chernobyl and before the accident it was an open city, and proximity to nuclear power was not seen as a problem.
The accident
The accident occurred on the night of April 26, 1986 at 01:23:45 when the four reactor on the outskirts of the city Pripjat. an explosion and a cloud of radioactive particles spread by winds over large parts of Europe.
And more then 50 000 citizens were forced to escape.
After the accident
Until recently, the city was practically seen as a museum documenting the Soviet era ended. Housing, swimmingpool, hospitals and all other buildings were abandoned, along with everything that was inside, including toys, clothing, sheets and photographs, and more. The residents were only allowed to take with them documents, books and clothes that are not contaminated.
However, most houses got looted in the early 2000s,
http://video.mail.ru/bk/sav-info/kursk/2062.html
Pripjat (Ukrainian: Прип'ять) is an abandoned city in Kiev Oblast of northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus. It was abandoned in 1986 after the Chernobyl disaster, and had before it was abandoned about 50 000 inhabitants.
Why they built the city?
They built the city for the nuclear power plant Chernobyl and before the accident it was an open city, and proximity to nuclear power was not seen as a problem.
The accident
The accident occurred on the night of April 26, 1986 at 01:23:45 when the four reactor on the outskirts of the city Pripjat. an explosion and a cloud of radioactive particles spread by winds over large parts of Europe.
And more then 50 000 citizens were forced to escape.
After the accident
Until recently, the city was practically seen as a museum documenting the Soviet era ended. Housing, swimmingpool, hospitals and all other buildings were abandoned, along with everything that was inside, including toys, clothing, sheets and photographs, and more. The residents were only allowed to take with them documents, books and clothes that are not contaminated.
However, most houses got looted in the early 2000s,
http://video.mail.ru/bk/sav-info/kursk/2062.html
