Abandoned stuffed animals left behind in the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone after the 1986 nuclear disaster [1024X768].

The city of Pripyat (Prypiat), Ukraine, was founded on February 4, 1970, a purpose-built, closed city for workers of the not-yet-completed Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Plant, better known as Chernobyl (Chornobyl), named after the nearby historic town. By January 1, 1986, it had a population of 49,400, far larger than Chornobyl itself. The city [...]