The town of Chernobyl
Chernobyl, that word is probably known to most people from Europe and North America.
The city is located in the northern part of central Ukraine, about 95 kilometers north of Kiev in a straight line and 19 kilometers southwest of Pripyat.
The first mention of the settlement dates back to the 12th century, it was then in the Kievan Principality.
For centuries, the town belonged to Lithuania, the Commonwealth of the Two Nations, the Soviet Union and finally ended up as territory of Ukraine.
Urban rights were obtained in 1941.
The name of the city comes from a plant grown here in the Middle Ages.
The first name of the town was Chornobyl.
The next name of the city was Chernobyl.
After the fall of the Soviet Union the name was changed to Chernobyl. (not in english version)
Before the evacuation, Chernobyl was inhabited by 15,000 people.
About 80 people live there currently.
They live in houses and blocks next to destroyed buildings.
There are special signs on the actually inhabited houses.
The inscription says "Here lives the host of this house"
Life is normal here.
There are shops, polyclinic and post office.
Masses are celebrated every Sunday in the orthodox church.
There is also a police station, a fire station, a small airport for helicopters and a meteorological station.
The town does not lack hotels, restaurants and petrol stations.
In the side streets are the headquarters of the Zone management and research institutions.
The fact that the city is bustling with life is best seen at night.
Most windows of houses and blocks of flats are bright from shining lightbulbs.
Chernobyl is divided into two parts. Blockhouses with shops and offices of institutions...
...and family houses set along the urban streets. Most of them are abandoned.
In addition to people on the streets there are dogs.
Dogs run around the city from downtown to the furthest streets.
Local people told us, that many dogs are killed every year by wolves on the city border.
In the center of the city is a small park with alley with signs bearing the names of evacuated villages.
Each ding symbolizes dozens of displaced people from various corners of the Chernobyl Zone.
Some of them returned to their homes shortly after the catastrophe, but the vast majority did not return and the villages were abandoned.
In the park there is also an angel blowing the trumpet, which is a reference to the apocalypse of St. John.
There are also monuments referring to atomism and the past epoch.
Park in the city center was built on the 25th anniversary of the disaster.
Throughout the city you can see symbols referring to the power plant disaster, which is located 16 kilometers from the city.
The power plant takes its name from Chernobyl, as it is the nearest town in its vicinity.
Currently in Chernobyl the radiation level does not exceed the norm and is the same as in most cities in Europe.
To the north of the town is a repair yard, in 20th it was a century town harbor.
There was also a workshop repairing boats floating in Pripyat and Dniepr.
During the Kiev campaign on April 27, 1920, the Polish Navy River Flotilla fought a victorious battle with the Soviet Dnieper Flotilla, pushing out the defeated side out of Pripyat onto Dnieper
At present there are forestry headquarter. Nearby barges are cut.
The whole town has its own unique atmosphere, which is impossible to give a film or photos.
Although this place is often treated only as a stopover on the way to the power station and Pripyat, it is worth staying here to see all the charms of Chernobyl.
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