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Also known as Novo-Shepelychi, Novoshepelichi, Novo-Shepelichi

Novoshepelychi (; ) was a village near Pripyat, Ukraine, south-west of the Pripyat River basin. After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated, and now lies within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The village has been abandoned since 2013.

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Place details

Locality
Прип’ять
Region
Київська область
Country
Україна
Population
2

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Novoshepelychi
Settlement.native_name
Новошепеличі
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
Пам'ятник Великій Вітчизняній війні, с. Новошепеличі.jpg
Settlement.imagesize
250px
Settlement.image_caption
World War II Memorial in Novoshepelychi
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Kyiv Oblast
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Raion
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Novoshepelychi Raion Chernobyl Raion Ivankiv Raion Vyshhorod Raion Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (de facto)
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
1507
Settlement.population_as_of
1986
Settlement.population_total
0
Settlement.pushpin_map
Ukraine#Ukraine Kyiv Oblast
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Kopachi in Ukraine
Settlement.elevation_m
113

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Country
Ukraine
Located in
Ivankiv Raion
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Пам'ятник Великій Вітчизняній війні, с. Новошепеличі.jpg
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Novoshepelychi
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WikiProject Ukraine
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Novoshepelychi (; ) was a village near Pripyat, Ukraine, south-west of the Pripyat River basin. After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated, and now lies within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. The village has been abandoned since 2013.

== History == In the 11th century a settlement existed in the area, surrounded by a rampart and a moat. L. Pokhylevych suggested that this was the settlement of Shepel (or Shopol), mentioned in the chronicle of 1098.

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