Kopachi (Ukraine)
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Kopachi was a village near Chernobyl
, Ukraine
, just south-west of the Pripyat River
Basin. After the Chernobyl disaster
in 1986 the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated, thus being abandoned since 1986.
After Kopachi village was evacuated the authorities, as an experiment, had all the houses torn down and buried. This village was the only village suffering this fate as a result of the Chernobyl disaster.
The only traces left of the village today is a series of mounds. Each mound contains the remains of one house and is topped by a sign with the international radiation symbol.
Chernobyl
Chernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932....
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, just south-west of the Pripyat River
Pripyat River
The Pripyat River or Prypiat River is a river in Eastern Europe, approximately long. It flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and Ukraine again, draining into the Dnieper....
Basin. After the Chernobyl disaster
Chernobyl disaster
The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
in 1986 the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated, thus being abandoned since 1986.
After Kopachi village was evacuated the authorities, as an experiment, had all the houses torn down and buried. This village was the only village suffering this fate as a result of the Chernobyl disaster.
The only traces left of the village today is a series of mounds. Each mound contains the remains of one house and is topped by a sign with the international radiation symbol.