Chernobyl - the current capital of the Zone, the Administrative Center for the Management of the Exclusion Zone, located in the Pripyat River, 18 km. from Chernobyl, and 83 km. from Kiev.

The ecological situation in the city is close to normal, the city has been repeatedly decontamination and now it natural background radiation but agricultural practices prohibited by this city is not designed for permanent residence. Also in the city are people who have returned to their homes in spite of prohibitions (squatters).

At the moment, live in the city shifts the various workers of the Exclusion Zone: Chernobyl workers, forest rangers, police, dosimetrists, the liquidators of the accident, the guards and others. They work 15 days a zone/15 on the mainland. Such a schedule is not hazardous to health. Each employee carries a personal dosimeter.

City Museum, formerly a cinema.

The city has a hotel, hostel, cafe, three dining rooms, one of them called "Pripyat"

Gallery memory.







In memory of the accident at the nuclear power plant in Fukushima.



Streets of city.











House squatters.













City Museum of radioactive equipment and robotics, are participating in the accident



