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Pripyat: We must not forget it!
Pripyat (Ukr. Prip'yat) - deserted town of regional significance in Kiev region of Ukraine, on the banks of the Pripyat River. Founded February 4, 1970. Leave a population April 27, 1986 due to the Chernobyl accident.
The status of the city of Pripyat acquired in 1979 by the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic No. 1264/686.
Directly next to the exploding power plant is founded in 1970, the Soviet town of Pripyat
General reason the city's foundation was the construction and subsequent operation one of the largest in Europe Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the city-forming enterprise, which gave the city the title of Pripyat nuclear scientists pride. Thus, Pripyat was the ninth in the Soviet Union atomogradom.
The population (in November 1985) - 47 thousand 500 people, including more than 25 nationalities.
Annual population growth - more than 1,500 people, including about 800 - Pripyaters newborns, and approximately 500-600 people - have arrived for permanent residence from all over the Soviet Union.
The project, originally designed population - 75-78 thousand people.
Pripyat - a large railway junction (station Yanov), easy assembly highways Polesie, a marina, river navigation.
At the entrance to the city - another checkpoint.
The first thing that meets the man drove into the center - the hammer with a hammer on a pole
Pripyat - that Soviet city. Here in 1986. There is always the USSR.
There is no double glazing.
No gentrification.
No casinos and slot machines.
No salons "Euroset".
No satellite TV.
No Internet.
No "Coca-Cola".
No pain-free dentistry.
No printers.
No health insurance (in the photo - the magazine with the recording of abortions is operating).
No Barbie dolls.
No supermarket. At night there nowhere to buy food.
There are no here and fitness centers.
No transformers.
No game console.
Gamers not.
There is no built-in appliances.
No intercoms.
No advertisement of goods and services.
No face control and nightclubs.
No penthouses.
And yet there are no people.
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