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How Long Till Chernobyl is Safe If you are wondering if it’s safe to enter Chernobyl exclusion zone as a tourist, we suggest you checking out our article Is It Safe To Visit Chernobyl?. However, if your inquiry is if Chernobyl can be safe to live in, this is right…

Church in Chernobyl Some sources say that this temple was built in 1500. There were a school and houses of priests built nearby as well. Unfortunately, wooden construction burned down in 1857. In less than 10 years, it was totally restored: the new one was made out of stone. As…

Sport Complex You Have Seen in Call of Duty Pripyat city had well developed sport infrastructure. On the roof of the hospital people could read that the health of the population is a treasure of the state. All over the city there were places created to give the opportunity to…

Pripyat Nursery According to the plan of Pripayt`s development each of five districts was supposed to have a school and a kindergarten. So that, before the accident there were five schools in the city, however, the amount of kindergartens was much bigger than it was planned. Totally, there were 15…

Chernobyl Villages is Where Time Stopped Chernobyl exclusion zone used to be home for more than 200,000 of people. 50,000 of them lived in Pripyat city, 15,000 in Chernobyl town and the rest lived in the villages all over the zone. The accident of 1986 converted this area into uninhabited…

Pripyat and Kids` Hospital Out of almost 50,000 of inhabitants in Pripyat, kids were third part of the population. Taking into account the number of children in Ptypiat, there was a need to build separate facility for the kids despite the fact that the city had pretty big hospital no.126….

Schools in Pripyat According to the plan of the development of Pripyat city, each of the districts was supposed to have a public school. Before the accident, there five districts in the city, consequently, there were five schools for 6786 pupils. Usually, they were built in the middle of the…

Piano Shop in Pripyat Piano was one of the most popular music instruments in the Soviet Union. Playing piano was among basic cultural skills of the citizen of the Soviet Union. However, attending music schools wasn’t free of charge, so not every family could afford it. Having piano at home…

Krasne Village in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Krasne village is located on the left bank of Pripyat River, close to the border with Belarus. One of the meanings of Ukrainian word “krasne” is nice and beautiful. The village had neat streets and lovely architecture; that is why it was given such…