pripyat

{{see also|Chernobyl disaster}}

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Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster as the Soviet Union deemed nuclear power stations safer than other types of power plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as achievements of Soviet engineering, harnessing nuclear power for peaceful projects. The slogan "peaceful atom" ({{langx|ru|мирный атом|mirnyy atom}}) was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only {{convert|25|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Kyiv, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed concern that would be too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat{{cite web|url=http://www.chornobyl.in.ua/en/pripyat.htm|title=History of the Pripyat city creation|website=chornobyl.in.ua|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722200930/http://www.chornobyl.in.ua/en/pripyat.htm|archive-date=22 July 2011|url-status=live}} were built at their current locations, about {{convert|100|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from Kyiv.{{cite news |url=http://www.dirjournal.com/info/abandoned-places-in-the-world/|title=dirjournal.com|author=Anastasia|work=Info Blog|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117085117/http://www.dirjournal.com/info/abandoned-places-in-the-world|archive-date=17 November 2014|url-status=live}}

{{wide image|Pripyat Panorama.JPG|1500px|A panorama of Pripyat during summer. The Chernobyl power plant, currently undergoing decommissioning, is visible in the distance, at top center.}}

File:Pripyat01.jpg, as seen from the City Center Gymnasium]]

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File:October 1996-Swimming Pool.jpg was still in use by liquidators in 1996, a decade after the Chernobyl incident.]]

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In 1986, the city of Slavutych was constructed to replace Pripyat. After Chernobyl, this was the second-largest city for accommodating power plant workers and scientists in the Commonwealth of Independent States.

One notable landmark often featured in photographs in the city and visible from aerial-imaging websites is the long-abandoned Ferris wheel located in the Pripyat amusement park, which had been scheduled to have its official opening five days after the disaster, in time for May Day celebrations.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/17/pripyat-chernobyl-30th-anniversary/82897578/ |title=Pillaged and peeling, radiation-ravaged Pripyat welcomes 'extreme' tourists |first=Kim |last=Hjelmgaard |work=USA Today |date=17 April 2016 |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=29 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200429141521/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/04/17/pripyat-chernobyl-30th-anniversary/82897578/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://psmag.com/news/chernobyl-in-spring |title=Chernobyl in Spring |first1=Hannah |last1=Gais |first2=Eugene |last2=Steinberg |work=Pacific Standard |date=26 April 2016 |access-date=27 March 2019 |archive-date=18 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101118/https://psmag.com/news/chernobyl-in-spring |url-status=live }} The Azure Swimming Pool and Avanhard Stadium are two other popular tourist sites.

On 4 February 2020, former residents of Pripyat gathered in the abandoned city to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Pripyat's establishment. This was the first time former residents returned to the city since its abandonment in 1986.{{Cite web|last=LEE|first=PHOTOS BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, EDITED BY AMANDA|title=AP Gallery: Chernobyl town Pripyat celebrates 50th anniversary|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/visuals/photos/ap-gallery-chernobyl-town-pripyat-celebrates-50th-anniversary/article_6e4a352e-47ab-11ea-88da-4b8c7c94ceac.html|access-date=24 August 2020|website=Columbia Missourian|date=4 February 2020|language=en|archive-date=24 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124084202/https://www.columbiamissourian.com/visuals/photos/ap-gallery-chernobyl-town-pripyat-celebrates-50th-anniversary/article_6e4a352e-47ab-11ea-88da-4b8c7c94ceac.html|url-status=live}} The 2020 Chernobyl Exclusion Zone wildfires reached the outskirts of the town, but they did not reach the plant.{{Cite news |last=Roth |first=Andrew |date=2020-04-13 |title=Ukraine: wildfires draw dangerously close to Chernobyl site |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/13/ukraine-wildfires-close-chernobyl-nuclear-site |access-date=2024-06-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the city was occupied by Russian forces during the Battle of Chernobyl after several hours of heavy fighting.{{Cite web|date=2022-02-24|title=Fighting breaks out near Chernobyl, says Ukrainian president|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/chernobyl-nuclear-russia-attack-ukraine-b2022444.html|access-date=2022-02-24|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=24 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220224151418/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/chernobyl-nuclear-russia-attack-ukraine-b2022444.html|url-status=live}} On 31 March Russian troops withdrew from the plant and other parts of Kyiv Oblast.{{Cite news|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-hands-control-of-chernobyl-back-to-ukraine-officials-say-11648764981|title = Russia Hands Control of Chernobyl Back to Ukraine, Officials Say|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|date = 31 March 2022|access-date = 2 April 2022|archive-date = 3 April 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220403005727/https://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-hands-control-of-chernobyl-back-to-ukraine-officials-say-11648764981|url-status = live}}[https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/2/7336590/ Ukrainian flag was raised at the Chornobyl nuclear power plant] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402141104/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/2/7336590/ |date=2 April 2022 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (2 April 2022) On 3 April Ukrainian troops took control of Pripyat again.[https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/3/7336803/ Kyiv region: Ukrainian military take control of Pripyat and section of border] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625233851/https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/04/3/7336803/ |date=25 June 2022 }}, Ukrainska Pravda (3 April 2022){{Cite web|url = https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-3-22#h_73c9bdc355cda059115acc4fe731aefb|title = Ukrainian forces regain control of Pripyat, the ghost town near the Chernobyl nuclear plant|date = 3 April 2022|access-date = 3 April 2022|archive-date = 3 April 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220403134101/https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-04-3-22/h_73c9bdc355cda059115acc4fe731aefb|url-status = live}}

The following statistics are from 1 January 1986.[http://pripyat.com/pripyat-and-chernobyl/pripyat-v-tsifrakh.html Припять в цифрах ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013181632/http://pripyat.com/pripyat-and-chernobyl/pripyat-v-tsifrakh.html |date=13 October 2012 }} ("Pripyat in Numbers"), a page from Pripyat website

• The population was 49,400. The average age was about 26 years old. Total living space was {{convert|658700|m2|abbr=on}}: 13,414 apartments in 160 apartment blocks, 18 halls of residence accommodating up to 7,621 single males or females, and eight halls of residence for married or de facto couples.
• Education: 15 kindergartens and elementary schools for 4,980 children, and five secondary schools for 6,786 students.
• Healthcare: one hospital could accommodate up to 410 patients, and three clinics.
• Trade: 25 stores and malls; 27 cafes, cafeterias, and restaurants collectively could serve up to 5,535 customers simultaneously. 10 warehouses could hold 4,430 tons of goods.
• Culture: the Palace of Culture Energetik; a cinema; and a school of arts, with eight different societies.
• Sports: 10 gyms, 10 shooting galleries, three indoor swimming-pools, two stadiums.
• Recreation: one park, 35 playgrounds, 18,136 trees, 33,000 rose plants, 249,247 shrubs.
• Industry: four factories with annual turnover of 477,000,000 rubles. One nuclear power plant with four reactors (plus two more planned).
• Transportation: Yanov railway station, 167 urban buses, plus the nuclear power plant car park with 400 spaces.
• Telecommunication: 2,926 local phones managed by the Pripyat Phone Company, plus 1,950 phones owned by Chernobyl power station's administration, Jupiter plant, and Department of Architecture and Urban Development.

File:Totalexternaldoseratecher.png for a person in the open near the Chernobyl disaster site. The intermediate lived fission products like Cs-137 contribute nearly all of the gamma dose now after a number of decades have passed, see opposite.]]

File:AirDoseChernobylVector.svg of the air soon after the accident. Drawn using data from the OECD report [http://atom.kaeri.re.kr] and the second edition of 'The radiochemical manual'.]]

File:Pripjat Panorama.jpg

A concern is whether it is safe to visit Pripyat and its surroundings. The Zone of Alienation is considered relatively safe to visit, and several Ukrainian companies offer guided tours around the area. In most places within the city, the level of radiation does not exceed an equivalent dose of 1 μSv (one microsievert) per hour.{{cite web|url=http://chernobylgallery.com/chernobyl-disaster/radiation-levels/|title=Radiation levels|work=The Chernobyl Gallery|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140929220650/http://chernobylgallery.com/chernobyl-disaster/radiation-levels/|archive-date=29 September 2014|url-status=live|date=24 October 2013}}

The climate of Pripyat is designated as Dfb (Warm-summer humid continental climate) on the Köppen Climate Classification System.Mindat.org https://www.mindat.org/loc-271143.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200106185006/https://www.mindat.org/loc-271143.html |date=6 January 2020 }}

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(Alphabetical by title)

• The horror film Chernobyl Diaries (2012) was inspired by the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and takes place in Pripyat.{{IMDb title|qid=Q147308|id=tt1991245|title=Chernobyl Diaries}}
• The majority of the film Land of Oblivion (2011) was shot on location in Pripyat.
• Pripyat is featured in the History Channel documentary Life After People.
• The drone manufacturer DJI produced Lost City of Chernobyl (May 2015), a documentary film about the work of photographer and cinematographer Philip Grossman and his five-year project in Pripyat and the Zone of Exclusion.{{Citation|last=DJI|title=DJI Stories – The Lost City of Chernobyl|date=14 August 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15PaBahavcE|access-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825014047/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15PaBahavcE|archive-date=25 August 2015|url-status=live}}
• Filmmaker Danny Cooke used a drone to capture shots of the abandoned amusement park, some residential shots of decaying walls, children's toys, and gas masks, and collected them in a 3-minute short film Postcards From Chernobyl (released in November 2014), while making footage for the CBS News 60 Minutes episode "Chernobyl: The Catastrophe That Never Ended" (early 2014).{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/witness-a-drones-eye-view-of-chernobyls-urban-decay/|title=Witness a Drone's Eye View of Chernobyl's Urban Decay|work=The Creators Project|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126194018/http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/witness-a-drones-eye-view-of-chernobyls-urban-decay|archive-date=26 November 2014|url-status=live|date=24 November 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://arabic.cnn.com/entertainment/2014/12/01/ent-011214-chernobyl-drone-footage?hpt=continous|title=من فوق.. كيف يبدو ما بقي من تشيرنوبل بعد 30 عاما من الكارثة النووية؟|work=CNN Arabic|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724032337/http://arabic.cnn.com/entertainment/2014/12/01/ent-011214-chernobyl-drone-footage?hpt=continous|archive-date=24 July 2015|url-status=live|date=December 2014}}
• With the help of drones, aerial views of Pripyat were shot and later edited to appear as a deserted London in the film The Girl with All the Gifts (2016).{{cite news |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/the-story-behind-the-girl-with-all-the-gifts/5107197.article |title=The story behind 'The Girl With All The Gifts' |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |newspaper=Screen International |date=4 August 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920190553/http://www.screendaily.com/news/production/the-story-behind-the-girl-with-all-the-gifts/5107197.article |archive-date=20 September 2016 |url-status=live }}
• The documentary White Horse (2008) was filmed in Pripyat.{{IMDb title|qid=Q7994813|id=tt1183950|title=White Horse}}

(Alphabetical by artist)

• Markiyan Kamysh's novel, Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl, is about illegal trips to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.{{Cite web|title=Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/691145/stalking-the-atomic-city-by-markiyan-kamysh/9781662601279|access-date=2021-08-19|website=Penguin Random House Canada|language=English|archive-date=18 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818113149/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/691145/stalking-the-atomic-city-by-markiyan-kamysh/9781662601279|url-status=live}}
• [https://brians.wsu.edu/the-chernobyl-poems/ The Chernobyl Poems of Lyubov Sirota] by the professor of Washington University [https://brians.wsu.edu/the-chernobyl-poems/ Paul Brians]
• Lyubov Sirota’s novel [https://www.amazon.com/PRIPYAT-SYNDROME-FILM-STORY/dp/B08WYDMZNR/ "The Pripyat Syndrome"]; Language: English, Publisher: Independently published (February 18, 2021), Paperback: 202 pages, {{ISBN|979-8710522875}} – Lyubov Sirota (Author), Birgitta Ingemanson (Editor), Paul Brians (Editor), A. Yukhimenko (Illustrator), Natalia Ryumina (Translator)
• Much of the James Rollins' novel The Last Oracle takes place in Pripyat and around Chernobyl. The story revolves around a team of American "Killer Scientist" special agents who must stop a terrorist plot to unleash on the world the radiation of Lake Karachay, during the installation of the new sarcophagus over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
• The exclusion zone is the setting for Karl Schroeder's science fiction short story "The Dragon of Pripyat".

(Alphabetical by artist)

• The Ukrainian singer Alyosha recorded most of the video for her Eurovision 2010 entry, "Sweet People", in Pripyat.
• Ash, the rock band from Northern Ireland, has a song titled "Pripyat" included in their album A–Z Vol.1.
• The song "Dead City" ({{langx|uk|Мертве Місто}}) by the Ukrainian symphonic metal band DELIA is about Pripyat, and scenes from the music video were shot in the city. DELIA's vocalist, Anastasia Sverkunova, was born in Pripyat just before the Chernobyl disaster.{{cite web|url=http://www.delia.com.ua|title=DELIA|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211133059/http://www.delia.com.ua/|archive-date=11 December 2014|url-status=live}}
• In 2006, musician Example featured Pripyat in his 18-minute documentary of the ghost town and in his promotional video for his track, "What We Made".
• German composer and pianist Hauschka included a piece titled "Pripyat" on his 2014 album Abandoned City (on which each track is titled after a different abandoned place.)
• The Scottish post-rock band Mogwai included a song titled "Pripyat" on their album Atomic (2016), which is a soundtrack to Mark Cousins' documentary Atomic, Living in Dread and Promise.
• The Irish folk-rock singer Christy Moore included a song called "Farewell to Pripyat" on his album Voyage (1989), the song credited to Tim Dennehy.
• Marillion guitarist Steve Rothery's first solo album is titled The Ghosts of Pripyat (2014).
• The Australian rapper Seth Sentry included the two-part song "Pripyat" in his album Strange New Past (2015).
• The English rock band Suede used the city to shoot their music video clip Life Is Golden, including takes of the Azure Swimming Pool, Pripyat amusement park, and Polissya hotel.
• The Italian Rapper Caparezza has a song titled "Come Pripyat" on his album Exuvia, released in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/602435892634|title=Exuvia|website=Record Store Day|access-date=7 May 2021|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507094941/https://recordstoreday.com/UPC/602435892634|url-status=live}}
• The Belarusian post-punk band Molchat Doma released a music video for their song titled, "Waves" ({{langx|ru|Волны}}) as part of their album Etazhi. The music video was filmed in Pripyat through a series of varying drone shots; displaying famous landmarks of the abandoned city.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6G6AW7oApA|title=Molchat Doma - Volny (Official Lyrics Video) молчат дома - волны|website=YouTube|date=5 September 2020 |access-date=18 September 2022|archive-date=20 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920174218/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6G6AW7oApA|url-status=live}}

(Alphabetical by series)

• The 60 Minutes episode "Chernobyl: The Catastrophe That Never Ended" (early 2014) aired on CBS.{{cite web|url=http://arabic.cnn.com/entertainment/2014/12/01/ent-011214-chernobyl-drone-footage?hpt=continous|title=من فوق.. كيف يبدو ما بقي من تشيرنوبل بعد 30 عاما من الكارثة النووية؟|work=CNN Arabic|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724032337/http://arabic.cnn.com/entertainment/2014/12/01/ent-011214-chernobyl-drone-footage?hpt=continous|archive-date=24 July 2015|url-status=live|date=December 2014}}
• HBO's drama miniseries Chernobyl (2019) is based on the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. The scenes set in 1986 Pripyat were filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania.
• in the Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways Season 5 episode "Extreme Nuclear Railway: A Journey Too Far?" (episode 22), Chris Tarrant visits Chernobyl on his journey through Ukraine.
• Discovery Science Channel's Mysteries of the Abandoned episode "Chernobyl's Deadly Secrets",{{Cite web|url=https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/mysteries-of-the-abandoned/bios/philip-grossman|title=Philip Grossman - Mysteries of the Abandoned Cast|website=Science|access-date=23 June 2018|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623170037/https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/mysteries-of-the-abandoned/bios/philip-grossman|url-status=live}} produced and hosted by Philip Grossman,{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm9333045/|title=Philip Ethan Grossman|website=IMDb|access-date=25 August 2019|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423205949/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9333045/|url-status=live}} was filmed over a four-day period in Pripyat and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in 2017.
• The Animal Planet nature investigation series River Monsters conducted an extensive 2013 investigation within Pripyat, the exclusion zone, and the Chernobyl Power Plant in search of a radioactive mutated wels catfish.{{Cite web |url=https://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/river-monsters/full-episodes/atomic-assassin |title=Atomic Assassin |website=Animal Planet |access-date=4 May 2021 |archive-date=4 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504134856/https://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/river-monsters/full-episodes/atomic-assassin |url-status=live }}
• A David Attenborough documentary depicts natural life in Pripyat.{{Vague|date=May 2024}}

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare's (and its remaster's) single-player campaign includes levels "All Ghillied Up" and "One Shot, One Kill", which are set in Pripyat. The former is considered to be one of the greatest video game levels of all time.{{Cite news|url=https://kotaku.com/what-modern-warfares-all-ghillied-up-got-right-1649797510|title=Why Modern Warfare's 'All Ghillied Up' Is One Of Gaming's Best Levels|last=Burford|first=GB|date=23 October 2014|website=Kotaku|publisher=Univision Communications|access-date=29 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222165032/https://kotaku.com/what-modern-warfares-all-ghillied-up-got-right-1649797510|archive-date=22 February 2018|url-status=live}}

The S.T.A.L.K.E.R franchise is set around the Chornobyl exclusion zone, and prominently features Pripyat in the series, namely in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.

SCUM, developed by the Croatian studio Gamepires, features a radiation area than includes a fictional city of "Krsko," which is an accurate reproduction of Pripyat, including points of interest.

[[File:Map of Pripyat microdistricts.svg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|City diagram

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{{legend|#f3ff2096|Neighborhood II}}

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{{legend|#0cff8696|Medicare complex}}

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The city was served by Yaniv station on the Chernihiv–Ovruch railway. It was an important passenger hub of the line and was located between the southern suburb of Pripyat and Yaniv. An electric train terminus of Semikhody, built in 1988 and located in front of the nuclear plant, is currently the only operating station near Pripyat connecting it to Slavutych.{{cite web|url=http://www.radioactiverailroad.com/places.html|title=Radioactive Railroad|access-date=25 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121154441/http://www.radioactiverailroad.com/places.html|archive-date=21 November 2015|url-status=live}}

• Markiyan Kamysh (born 1988) writer, illegal Chernobyl explorer ("stalker")
• Vitali Klitschko (born 1971) politician, mayor of Kyiv and former professional boxer
• Wladimir Klitschko (born 1976) former professional boxer
• Alexander Sirota (born 1976) photographer, journalist and filmmaker
• Lyubov Sirota (born 1956) poet, writer, playwright, journalist and translator

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|File:Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (2015) 75.JPG|Pripyat in winter

|File:Pripyat-today.jpg|Pripyat in winter

|File:Included in a city Prypyat' 2000.JPG|A gate in Pripyat city, 2000

|File:Pripyat - ferris wheel.jpg|Ferris wheel of the Pripyat amusement park

|File:Pripyat - Hotel_Polissia.jpg|Polissya hotel

|File:Prypjat dose rate meter.jpg|Pripyat city limit sign with a radiation dosimeter

|File:Pripyat - Palace of culture.jpg|Palace of Culture Energetik — artistic, cultural, entertainment and recreational activities center

|File:Pripyat Stadium.jpg|The former football stadium of Pripyat

|File:PRIPYAT FOOTBALL GROUND NEAR THE CHERNOBYL PLANT NOW ABANDONED UKRAINE SEP 2013 (10006750744).jpg|Abandoned football ground

|File:Red Forest (38344451736).jpg|Forest area near the city

|File:Pripjat 2019 06.jpg|Pripyat pier

|File:Pripyat Abandoned School.jpg|Abandoned school

|File:Chernobyl and Pripyat (4853749429).jpg|Pripyat after the disaster

|File:Pripyat (02710024).jpg|Pripyat skyline

|File:Pripyat - Bumper cars.jpg|Pripyat bumper car floor

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• Cultural impact of the Chernobyl disaster
• FC Stroitel Pripyat

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• [https://pripyat-info.at.ua/ Pripyat-Info] – Informational Portal: «PRIPYAT :: EXCLUSION ZONE»
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20050923204239/http://pripyat.com/en/ Pripyat.com] – Site created by former residents
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20131003023936/http://www.astrium-geo.com/en/152-25-years-of-satellite-imagery-over-chernobyl 25 years of satellite imagery over Chernobyl] Pripyat map
• {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190814070024/https://pripyatpanorama.com/ pripyatpanorama.com]}} – Pripyat in Panoramas Project
• [http://www.exploringthezone.com exploringthezone.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212172453/http://www.exploringthezone.com/ |date=12 December 2020 }} – 5-year project documenting the Pripyat and Chernobyl Zone
• [http://www.pripyat-city.ru Pripyat-city.ru] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217074243/http://pripyat-city.ru/ |date=17 December 2020 }} – Blog related to Pripyat
• [http://chernobylgallery.com/ ChernobylGallery.com] – Photographs of Pripyat and Chernobyl
• {{youTube|RSpE1Zhyha0|Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Pripyat 2018}} – 2018 Footage of Pripyat and Chernobyl

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