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The city of Pripyat and surrounding areas are evacuated due to the Chernobyl disaster.
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Pripyat
Abandoned city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad, catering the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Chernobyl disaster
1986 nuclear accident in the Soviet Union
On 26 April 1986, the no. 4 reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located near Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union, exploded. With dozens of direct casualties, it is one of only two nuclear energy accidents rated at the maximum severity on the International Nuclear…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)