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page 1Ghost towns in Ukraine

Pripyat
Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad ("atom city"), a type of closed city in the Soviet Union that housed nuclear workers. Residents of Pripyat worked at the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, north of the abandoned city of Chernobyl, after which the power plant was named. Pripyat was officially proclaimed a city in 1979 and had ballooned to a population of 49,360 by the time it was evacuated on the afternoon
Marinka
city in Pokrovsk Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Vypuchki
Vypuchky () is an abandoned village in Drohobych Raion, Lviv Oblast, in west Ukraine.
Orbita
settlement in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine