At that time, Chernobyl and its nearest town, Pripyat, belonged to the Soviet Union. Today they are in northern Ukraine and Pripyat is a ghost town where time has stopped forever, as these images ...

Prior to the 1986 disaster, nearby Pripyat was a thriving city and home to nearly 50,000 people. It was quickly evacuated following the explosion and has transformed into a ghost town, completely ...

There are guided tours available for those interested. The 1986 nuclear disaster left Pripyat a ghost town, frozen in time after a sudden evacuation. Legends of mutated creatures and lingering ...