Pripyat and Ukraine in the Top Ten Ghost Cities

The abandoned city Pripyat is an evacuation zone north of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, near the border with Belarus. The city, with a population of about 50,000, is the hometown of most workers in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The Chernobyl disaster of 1986 brought the threat of nuclear radiation here, and the city was forced to give up. For a long time after that, Pripyat was preserved like a museum, showing a part of Soviet life completely. But in the early 2 1 century, this place was ransacked, leaving nothing behind, even the toilet seat was stolen.

For many years, people thought the city was uninhabitable. Before the construction of Chernobyl nuclear power plant, people were worried that it was too close to the capital. Because it is only 25 kilometers away, Kiev has a great risk of pollution. After a long discussion, they decided to build it in Pripyat, which is 0/00 km away from Kiev/KLOC. This decision was later considered a wise move.