Pripyat ( ; russian: При́пять), also known as Prypiat ( uk, При́пʼять, , ), is an abandoned city in northern
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
, located near the border with
Belarus
Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...
. Named after the nearby river,
Pripyat
Pripyat ( ; russian: При́пять), also known as Prypiat ( uk, При́пʼять, , ), is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1 ...
, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth ''atomgrad'' (a type of
closed town
A closed city or closed town is a settlement where travel or residency restrictions are applied so that specific authorization is required to visit or remain overnight. Such places may be sensitive military establishments or secret research ins ...
in the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
) to serve the nearby
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP; ; ), is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine northwest of the city of Chernobyl, from the Belarus–Ukraine borde ...
, which is located in the adjacent ghost city of
Chernobyl
Chernobyl ( , ; russian: Чернобыль, ) or Chornobyl ( uk, Чорнобиль, ) is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in the Vyshhorod Raion of northern Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Chernobyl is about no ...
. Pripyat was officially proclaimed a city in 1979 and had grown to a population of 49,360 by the time it was evacuated on the afternoon of 27 April 1986, one day after the Chernobyl disaster.
Although it was located within the administrative district of Ivankiv Raion (now
Vyshhorod Raion
Vyshhorod Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Vyshhorod. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast ...
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...
, and is administered directly from the capital of
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Kyi ...
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, Belarusian: Хона адчужэння Чарнобыльскай АЭС, ''Zona adčužennia Čarnobyĺskaj AES'', russian: Зона отчуждения Чернобыльской АЭС, ...
. Following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, the entire population of Pripyat was moved to the purpose-built city of
Slavutych
Slavutych ( uk, Славу́тич) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, purpose-built for the evacuated personnel of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the 1986 disaster that occurred near the city of Pripyat. Geographically l ...
.
History
Background
Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster, as the Soviet Union deemed
nuclear power station
A nuclear power plant (NPP) is a thermal power station in which the heat source is a nuclear reactor. As is typical of thermal power stations, heat is used to generate steam that drives a steam turbine connected to a generator that produces ele ...
s safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as achievements of Soviet engineering, harnessing nuclear power for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" (russian: мирный атом, ''mirnyy atom'') was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only from
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Kyi ...
, but the
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU; uk, Національна академія наук України, ''Natsional’na akademiya nauk Ukrayiny'', abbr: NAN Ukraine) is a self-governing state-funded organization in Ukraine th ...
, among other bodies, expressed concern that would be too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were built at their current locations, about from Kyiv. After the disaster, the city of Pripyat was evacuated in two days.
Post-Chernobyl years
In 1986, the city of
Slavutych
Slavutych ( uk, Славу́тич) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, purpose-built for the evacuated personnel of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the 1986 disaster that occurred near the city of Pripyat. Geographically l ...
was constructed to replace Pripyat. After the city of Chernobyl, this was the second-largest city for accommodating power plant workers and scientists in the
Commonwealth of Independent States
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is a regional intergovernmental organization in Eurasia. It was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It covers an area of and has an estimated population of 239,796,010. ...
(CIS).
One notable landmark often featured in photographs of the city and visible from aerial-imaging websites is the long-abandoned
Ferris wheel
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located in the
Pripyat amusement park
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, but these plans were cancelled on 26 April, when the Chernobyl disaste ...
, which had been scheduled to have its official opening five days after the disaster, in time for
May Day
May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on 1 May, around halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. Festivities may also be held the night before, known as May Eve. Tr ...
celebrations. The Azure Swimming Pool and Avanhard Stadium are two other popular tourist sites.
On 4 February 2020, former residents of Pripyat gathered in the abandoned city to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pripyat's establishment. This was the first time former residents returned to the city since its abandonment in 1986.
The 2020 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildfires reached the outskirts of the town, but they did not reach the plant.
During the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. ...
, the city was occupied by Russian forces during the
Battle of Chernobyl
During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone was captured on 24 February (the first day of the invasion) by the Russian Armed Forces, who entered Ukrainian territory from neighbouring Belarus and seized the entire ...
after several hours of heavy fighting. On 31 March 2022, Russian troops withdrew from the plant and other parts of
Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...
. On 3 April 2022, Ukrainian troops took control of Pripyat again.
Infrastructure and statistics
The following statistics are from 1 January 1986.
* Population: 49,400 before the disaster. The average age was about 26 years old. Total living space was : 13,414 apartments in 160 apartment blocks, 18 halls of residence accommodating up to 7,621 single males or females, and eight halls of residence for married or ''
de facto
''De facto'' ( ; , "in fact") describes practices that exist in reality, whether or not they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms. It is commonly used to refer to what happens in practice, in contrast with ''de jure'' ("by la ...
'' couples.
* Education: 15 kindergartens and elementary schools for 4,980 children, and five secondary schools for 6,786 students.
* Healthcare: One hospital that could accommodate up to 410 patients, and three clinics.
* Trade: 25 stores and malls; 27 cafes, cafeterias, and restaurants that collectively could serve up to 5,535 customers simultaneously. 10 warehouses that could hold 4,430 tons of goods.
* Culture: Three facilities: a culture palace, the Palace of Culture Energetik; a cinema; and a school of arts, with eight different societies.
* Sports: 10 gyms, 10 shooting galleries, three indoor swimming-pools, two stadiums.
* Recreation: One park, 35 playgrounds, 18,136 trees, 33,000 rose plants, 249,247 shrubs.
* Industry: Four factories with total annual turnover of 477,000,000 rubles. One nuclear power plant with four reactors (plus two more planned).
* Transportation: Yanov railway station, 167 urban buses, plus the nuclear power plant car park with 400 spaces.
* Telecommunication: 2,926 local phones managed by the Pripyat Phone Company, plus 1,950 phones owned by Chernobyl power station's administration, Jupiter plant, and Department of Architecture and Urban Development.
Safety
A concern is whether it is safe to visit Pripyat and its surroundings. The Zone of Alienation is considered relatively safe to visit, and several Ukrainian companies offer guided tours around the area. In most places within the city, the level of radiation does not exceed an
equivalent dose
Equivalent dose is a dose quantity '' H '' representing the stochastic health effects of low levels of ionizing radiation on the human body which represents the probability of radiation-induced cancer and genetic damage. It is derived from the p ...
of 1 μSv (one
microsievert
The sievert (symbol: SvNot be confused with the sverdrup or the svedberg, two non-SI units that sometimes use the same symbol.) is a unit in the International System of Units (SI) intended to represent the stochastic health risk of ionizing radi ...
) per hour.
Climate
The climate of Pripyat is designated as Dfb (Warm-summer
humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and freezing ...
) on the
Köppen Climate Classification System Köppen is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Bernd Köppen (born 1951), German pianist and composer
* Carl Köppen (1833-1907), German military advisor in Meiji era Japan
* Edlef Köppen (1893–1939), German author an ...
A Good Day to Die Hard
''A Good Day to Die Hard'' is a 2013 American action thriller film and the fifth and final installment in the ''Die Hard'' film series. The film was directed by John Moore and written by Skip Woods, and stars Bruce Willis as John McClane in h ...
'' (2013) is partly set in Pripyat.
* The horror film ''
Chernobyl Diaries
''Chernobyl Diaries'' is a 2012 American disaster horror film co-written and produced by Oren Peli and directed by Brad Parker, in his directorial debut. The film stars Jonathan Sadowski, Jesse McCartney, Devin Kelley, Olivia Taylor Dudley, Ingr ...
'' (2012) was inspired by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and takes place in Pripyat.
* The majority of the film '' Land of Oblivion'' (2011) was shot on location in Pripyat.
* Pripyat is featured in the
History Channel
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documentary ''
Life After People
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''.
*The majority of the Russian movie (originally a miniseries) ''Inseparable'' takes place in Pripyat.
* The drone manufacturer
DJI
SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. or Shenzhen DJI Sciences and Technologies Ltd. ( zh, c=深圳大疆创新科技有限公司, p=Shēnzhèn Dà Jiāng Chuàngxīn Kējì Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) in full, more popularly known as its trade name DJI, which s ...
produced ''Lost City of Chernobyl'' (May 2015), a documentary film about the work of photographer and cinematographer Philip Grossman and his five-year project in Pripyat and the Zone of Exclusion.
* Filmmaker Danny Cooke used a drone to capture shots of the abandoned amusement park, some residential shots of decaying walls, children's toys, and gas masks, and collected them in a 3-minute short film ''Postcards From Chernobyl'' (released in November 2014), while making footage for the CBS News '' 60 Minutes'' episode "Chernobyl: The Catastrophe That Never Ended" (early 2014).
* With the help of drones, aerial views of Pripyat were shot and later edited to appear as a deserted
London
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in the film ''
The Girl with All the Gifts
''The Girl with All the Gifts'' is a science-fiction novel by M. R. Carey, published in June 2014 by Orbit Books. It is based on his 2013 Edgar Award-nominated short story ''Iphigenia In Aulis'' and was written concurrently with the screenplay ...
'' (2016).
*The film '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'' (2011) shows a brief mission to Pripyat wherein the Autobots are first attacked by Shockwave while searching for a piece of alien technology which, in universe, is explained as being the catalyst to the Chernobyl disaster.
* The documentary '' White Horse'' (2008) was filmed in Pripyat.
Games
(Alphabetical by game title)
* A portion of the
first-person shooter
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video game '' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' (2007) takes place in Pripyat, both in the campaign, and multiplayer. It also appears in the game's "Fifty thousand people used to live here. Now it's a ghost town"
title sequence
A title sequence (also called an opening sequence or intro) is the method by which films or television programmes present their title and key production and cast members, utilizing conceptual visuals and sound (often a opening theme song with vi ...
. The Azure swimming pool was featured as a point of interest in ''Call of Duty: Warzone'' (2020) on the fictional Verdansk City.
**The segment is also referenced in the game's sequel, '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'' (2011) and is playable as a portion of the game in '' Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered''.
*The videogame ''
Chernobylite
Chernobylite is a technogenic compound, a crystalline zirconium silicate with a high (up to 10%) content of uranium as a solid solution.
It was discovered in the corium produced in the Chernobyl disaster, a lava-like glassy material formed i ...
'' is set in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
*In the videogame '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', the map named Cache sees the action in the Pripyat area, with the Terrorist team trying to blow up a warehouse which could presumably contain nuclear waste, while the Counter-Terrorist team tries to stop it.
*The Azure Swimming Pool in Pripyat is featured in the video game ''
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
''PUBG: Battlegrounds'' (previously known as ''PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds'') is a battle royale game developed by PUBG Studios and published by Krafton. The game, which was inspired by the Japanese film '' Battle Royale'' (2000), is based ...
'' (2017).
* The city of Pripyat is the primary location used in Atypical Games' ''Radiation City''.
* The ''
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
''S.T.A.L.K.E.R.'' is a first-person-shooter survival horror video game series developed by GSC Game World. The series is set in an alternate version of the present-day Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine, where, according to the series' backs ...
Warface
''Warface'' is a free-to-play online first-person shooter video game developed by Crytek Kiev, co-produced by Crytek Seoul, and published by My.com. The full version of the game was released on October 21, 2013 as playable in North America ...
'' features a mission in the Pripyat area, including locations like the Azure Swimming Pool and Pripyat Amusement Park.
*The indie survival horror videogam Liquidators based on the story of the Chernobyl Liquidators who were credited for limiting the immediate and long term effects of the Chernobyl disaster.
Literature
(Alphabetical by artist)
* In
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
' '' Batwoman'' (2011) comic book series, the final mission of Kate Kane's training to become the titular superhero consists of a hostage rescue in the city.
*
Markiyan Kamysh
Markiyan Kamysh ( uk, Маркіян Камиш, born 19 October 1988) is a Ukrainian novelist.
Biography
Markiyan Kamysh is the only person who represents the Chernobyl underground in literature. Since 2010, he has been illegally exploring the ...
's novel, ''Stalking the Atomic City. Life among the decadent and the depraved of Chornobyl'', about illegal trips to Chernobyl.
* Much of the
James Rollins
James Paul Czajkowski (born August 20, 1961), better known by his pen name of James Rollins, is an American veterinarian and writer of action-adventure/thriller, mystery, and techno-thriller novels who gave up his veterinary practice in Sacra ...
' novel '' The Last Oracle'' takes place in Pripyat and around Chernobyl. The story revolves around a team of
American
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* American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America"
** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America
** American ancestry, pe ...
"Killer Scientist" special agents who must stop a terrorist plot to unleash on the world the radiation of
Lake Karachay
Lake Karachay (russian: Карача́й), sometimes spelled Karachai or Karachaj, was a small lake in the southern Ural mountains in central Russia. Starting in 1951, the Soviet Union used Karachay as a dumping site for radioactive waste from Maya ...
, during the installation of the new sarcophagus over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
* The exclusion zone is the setting for
Karl Schroeder
Karl Schroeder () (born September 4, 1962) is a Canadian science fiction author and a professional futurist. His novels present far-future speculations on topics such as nanotechnology, terraforming, augmented reality, and interstellar travel, a ...
's science fiction short story " The Dragon of Pripyat".
* A novel by R. D. Shah, ''The 4th Secret'', includes a chapter (30) that takes place in Pripyat where a fictional group of
Skoptsy
The Skoptsy ( rus, скопцы, p=skɐpˈtsɨ; "eunuch") were a sect within the larger Spiritual Christianity movement in the Russian Empire, best known for practicing castration of men and the mastectomy of women in accordance with their teachi ...
heretics were holding two important people they had kidnapped.
*
Martin Cruz Smith
Martin Cruz Smith (born November 3, 1942) is an American mystery novelist. He is best known for his nine-novel series (to date) on Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was first introduced in 1981 with '' Gorky Park''.
Early life and educ ...
's novel ''
Wolves Eat Dogs
''Wolves Eat Dogs'' is a crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith, set in Russia and Ukraine in the year 2004. It is the fifth novel to feature Investigator Arkady Renko and the first one taking place in Russia during the new, independent (post-Soviet) ...
'' uses Pripyat as the setting for an investigation by
Arkady Renko
Arkady Renko ( Russian: Аркадий Ренко) is a fictional detective who is the central character of nine novels by the American writer Martin Cruz Smith.O'Brien, Timothy L. ''The New York Times'' (August 6, 2007)Martin Cruz Smith's Arkad ...
.
Music
(Alphabetical by artist)
* The Ukrainian singer Alyosha recorded most of the video for her Eurovision 2010 entry, " Sweet People", in Pripyat.
*
Ash
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, the rock band from Northern Ireland, has a song titled Pripyat included in their album '' A–Z Vol.1''.
* The music video for the Crucifix song "Chernobyl" was filmed in Pripyat.
* The song "Dead City" ( uk, Мертве Місто) by the Ukrainian Symphonic Metal band DELIA is about Pripyat, and scenes from the music video were shot in the city. DELIA's vocalist, Anastasia Sverkunova, was born in Pripyat just before the Chernobyl disaster.
* In 2006, musician Example featured Pripyat in his 18-minute documentary of the ghost town and in his promotional video for his track, "What We Made".
* In 2021, a second music video for
Go_A
Go_A ( uk, Ґоу_Ей) is a Ukrainian electro-folk band first formed in 2012 who were set to represent Ukraine in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with the song " Solovey". Following the cancellation of the 2020 co ...
's Eurovision 2021 entry " Shum" displayed the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant from a far distance.
* The German pianist and composer
Hauschka
Volker Bertelmann (born 1966) is a German pianist and composer who mainly performs and records under the name Hauschka. He is best known for his compositions for prepared piano.
Early life
Volker Bertelmann was born in Kreuztal, Germany. He ...
features Pripyat on the second track of his album ''Abandoned Cities''.
*The Scottish post-rock band
Mogwai
Mogwai () are a Scottish post-rock band, formed in 1995 in Glasgow. The band consists of Stuart Braithwaite (guitar, vocals), Barry Burns (guitar, piano, synthesizer, vocals), Dominic Aitchison (bass guitar), and Martin Bulloch (drums). Mog ...
Christy Moore
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his significant success as an individual, he is one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts. His first album, ...
included a song called "Farewell to Pripyat" on his album ''
Voyage
Voyage(s) or The Voyage may refer to:
Literature
*''Voyage : A Novel of 1896'', Sterling Hayden
* ''Voyage'' (novel), a 1996 science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
*''The Voyage'', Murray Bail
* "The Voyage" (short story), a 1921 story by ...
'' (1989), the song credited to Tim Dennehy.
*In 2014, for the 20th anniversary of the original release of ''
The Division Bell
''The Division Bell'' is the fourteenth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 28 March 1994 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and on 4 April by Columbia Records in the United States.
The second Pink Flo ...
'', a music video for the song "
Marooned Marooned may refer to:
* Marooning
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" was produced and released on the official Pink Floyd website.
Aubrey Powell Aubrey Powell may refer to:
*Aubrey Powell (designer)
Aubrey Powell (born 23 September 1946) is a British graphic designer. He co-founded the album cover design company Hipgnosis with Storm Thorgerson in 1967. The company ran for 15 years u ...
of
Hipgnosis
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directed the video, some parts of which were filmed in Pripyat during the first week of April 2014.
* Marillion guitarist
Steve Rothery
Steven Rothery (born 25 November 1959) is an English musician. He is the original guitarist and the longest continuous member of the British rock band Marillion. Outside Marillion, Rothery has recorded two albums as part of the duo the Wishing ...
's first solo album is called ''The Ghosts of Pripyat'' (2014).
* The Australian rapper
Seth Sentry
Seth Gabriel Marton (born 4 January 1983), who performs by his stage name Seth Sentry, is an Australian hip hop recording artist. He has released one extended play and two studio albums. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2015 he won the ARIA Award f ...
included the two-part song "Pripyat" in his album ''Strange New Past'' (2015).
*The English rock band
Suede
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Pripyat amusement park
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, but these plans were cancelled on 26 April, when the Chernobyl disaste ...
, and Polissya hotel.
* The Swedish Industrial Metal band ZAVOD has a song titled "Pripyat" on their debut album ''Industrial City'', released in 2012. The song covers the aftermath for the people of Pripyat who were affected by the disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986.
* The Italian Rapper Caparezza has a song titled "Come Pripyat" on his album ''Exuvia'', released in 2021.
* The Belarusian post-punk band
Molchat Doma
Molchat Doma (russian: Молчат Дома, , Houses Are Silent, ) is a Russian-singing Belarusian post-punk band from Minsk, formed in 2017. Their current lineup consists of Egor Shkutko (vocals), Roman Komogortsev (guitar, synthesizer, drum m ...
released a music video for their song titled, "Waves" (russian: Волны) as part of their album '' Etazhi''. The music video was filmed in Pripyat through a series of varying drone shots; displaying famous landmarks of the abandoned city.
Television
(Alphabetical by series)
* The '' 60 Minutes'' episode "Chernobyl: The Catastrophe That Never Ended" (early 2014) aired on
CBS
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Chernobyl
Chernobyl ( , ; russian: Чернобыль, ) or Chornobyl ( uk, Чорнобиль, ) is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in the Vyshhorod Raion of northern Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Chernobyl is about no ...
'' (2019) is based on the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. The scenes set in 1986 Pripyat were filmed in
Vilnius
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paranormal
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investigation series ''
Destination Truth
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'' conducted an overnight investigation within Pripyat.
* The ''
Ed, Edd n Eddy
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'' episode "Once upon an Ed" shows a cameo of Pripyat in a jawbreaker storage vault.
* in the '' Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways'' Season 5 episode "Extreme Nuclear Railway: A Journey Too Far?" (episode 22),
Chris Tarrant
Christopher John Tarrant, (born 10 October 1946) is an English broadcaster, television personality and former radio DJ. He presented the ITV children's television show '' Tiswas'' from 1974 to 1981, and the game show '' Who Wants to Be a Mil ...
visits Chernobyl on his journey through Ukraine.
* '' Manhunt: Unabomber'' season 1 episode 3 mentions this town as the homeland of Slavic people.
* Discovery Science Channel's ''Mysteries of the Abandoned'' episode "Chernobyl's Deadly Secrets", produced and hosted by Philip Grossman, was filmed over a four-day period in Pripyat and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in 2017.
* In the '' Spider-Man'' season five episode "Six Forgotten Warriors Part 2: Unclaimed Legacy", Spider-Man,
Silver Sable
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, the
Wild Pack
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Publication history
The Wild Pack first appears in ''The Amazing Spider-Man'' #265 and was created by Grego ...
, Kingpin and the Insidious Six later find themselves at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
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Animal Planet
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nature investigation series ''
River Monsters
''River Monsters'' is a British and United States, American wildlife Documentary film, documentary Television show, television programme produced for Animal Planet by Icon Films of Bristol, United Kingdom. It is hosted by extreme Angling, ang ...
'' conducted an extensive 2013 investigation within Pripyat, the exclusion zone, and the Chernobyl Power Plant in search of a radioactive mutated
wels catfish
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Top Gear
Top Gear may refer to:
* "Top gear", the highest gear available in a vehicle's manual transmission
Television
* ''Top Gear'' (1977 TV series), a British motoring magazine programme
* ''Top Gear'' (2002 TV series), a relaunched version of the or ...
'' series 21 episode 3 features a race to run out of fuel before reaching the city, with two of the presenters,
Jeremy Clarkson
Jeremy Charles Robert Clarkson (born 11 April 1960) is an English broadcaster, journalist, game show host and writer who specialises in motoring. He is best known for the motoring programmes '' Top Gear'' and '' The Grand Tour'' alongside R ...
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James May
James Daniel May (born 16 January 1963) is an English television presenter and journalist. He is best known as a co-presenter of the motoring programme '' Top Gear'' alongside Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond from 2003 until 2015. He also ...
Chernihiv–Ovruch railway
russian: Участок Чернигов–Овруч be, Ўчастак Чарнігаў–Оўруч
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. It was an important passenger hub of the line and was located between the southern suburb of Pripyat and the village of Yaniv. An electric train terminus of Semikhody, built in 1988 and located in front of the nuclear plant, is currently the only operating station near Pripyat connecting it to
Slavutych
Slavutych ( uk, Славу́тич) is a city and municipality in northern Ukraine, purpose-built for the evacuated personnel of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant after the 1986 disaster that occurred near the city of Pripyat. Geographically l ...
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Personalities
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Markiyan Kamysh
Markiyan Kamysh ( uk, Маркіян Камиш, born 19 October 1988) is a Ukrainian novelist.
Biography
Markiyan Kamysh is the only person who represents the Chernobyl underground in literature. Since 2010, he has been illegally exploring the ...
(born 1988), writer, illegal Chernobyl explorer ("stalker")
* Alexander Sirota (born 1976), photographer, journalist and filmmaker
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Lyubov Sirota
Lyubov Makarivna Sirota ( uk, Любов Макарівна Сирота; born June 21, 1956) is a Ukrainian poet, writer, playwright, journalist and translator. As a former inhabitant of the city of Pripyat and an eyewitness (and victim) of t ...
(born 1956), poet, writer, playwright, journalist and translator
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See also
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Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, Belarusian: Хона адчужэння Чарнобыльскай АЭС, ''Zona adčužennia Čarnobyĺskaj AES'', russian: Зона отчуждения Чернобыльской АЭС, ...