Ghost cities- Pripyat
Named after a nearby river Pripyat, the town was founded on 4th February 1970.
Built to house the workers at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant by 1986 Pripyat was a thriving economy. The schools and kindergartens, Cinema, A palace of culture, swimming pools and a selection of cafes and restaurants-much like a town you would find today. With around 50,000 residents, Pripyat offered a standard life above and beyond many modern Soviet cities. The town was in the frontline of disaster-just a couple of miles away from the unfortunate power plant. Nowadays nature has reclaimed its land.
The city was evacuated after the explosion of the nearby Chernobyl nuclear power plant on the 27th of April 1986. One of the four reactors went supercritical when the technicians failed to follow proper operating procedures during a test of its emergency systems. The core exploded and spread radioactive material over a large radius.
Today not much remains of the town as it is now a thick forest with damaged buildings dotted here and there.
By Harry
Thanks Harry, that was very interesting. From Mum
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