Krasne

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Krasne is an abandoned village in Ukraine, located 6 km from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and 25 km from the former district center, the city of Chernobyl. It is situated on the left bank of the Pripyat River (near one of its old riverbeds) in the Ivankiv district of Kyiv Oblast. Until 1986, it was part of the Chernobyl district.

During the Soviet era, the village was administratively subordinate to the Masheve village council. On the eve of the Chernobyl disaster, the village had a population of 325 residents and consisted of 158 households.

Following the accident at the power plant on April 26, 1986, the village was evacuated due to severe contamination, and its residents were relocated to the villages of Rudnytske and Lukashi in the Baryshivka district. It was officially removed from administrative records in 1999.

The wooden Church of Archangel Michael has been preserved and still hosts occasional religious services.