Rudky

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Small historic village abandoned in 1986 because of the Chernobyl disaster radiation. Residents were evacuated to the village of Arkadievka in the Zgurovskogo area near Kiev.

Rudky was a former village in Ukraine's Ivankiv district of Kyiv Oblast, which was officially removed from records due to the evacuation of its residents following the Chornobyl disaster.

In the mid-19th century, the settlement was known as Rudyaky. The village was located 33 km northwest of the city of Chornobyl, with the village of Richytsia situated 3 km away. Rudky was a small village without its own church and was administratively part of the Richytsia village council.

The residents were evacuated in 1986 to the village of Arkadiyivka in the Zghurivka district of Kyiv Oblast.