Kopachi

Ukraine / Kyyivska / Prypyat /
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The nearest old village to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. Before failure here there was a village Kopachi. After the failure it has been strongly polluted, and consequently the decision to liquidate it was accepted. Now the village is destroyed and buried under the ground.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopachi
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Coordinates:   51°21'9"N   30°7'31"E

Comments

  • The village was completely demolished due to contamination, and to prevent potential "squaters" from inhabiting such a contaminated area so close to the plant.
  • well you see the wall woild have eventually decayed and would have cost more than tearing it down.(no i didnt minus your comments.)
  • Does anybody know when it was destroyed? And I see that the village names was changed from the Russian name into the Ukraine name (the last letter was changed). When was this done? Why did they change the name of a ghost village? Thanks for your answers!
  • >Why did they change the name of a ghost village? Actually, even I, ukrainian, aren't able to understand this :). Well, to be serious, in my mind there're political reasons. Not only the name of Kopachi village was changed in the alienation zone. >Does anybody know when it was destroyed? I don't know, but I quess, that right after the catastrophe (in the near 4-6 days, I think). There was Soviet Union and such things were made extremely fastly) >And I see that the village names was changed from the Russian name into the Ukraine name (the last letter was changed). When was this done? I don't know, probably in the early 1990s. I can say exactly that by the time of the Orange Revolution the name has already been changed.
  • Only stupid people can destroy nice village.
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