Prypiat is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, Kiev region, close to the border with Belarus. The city was founded in the early 70s, being built for the employees of the Chernobyl nuclear plant. The communists have developed a modern city, to attract more people from Chernobyl. The city was abandoned in 1986 because of the calamity at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant , which is located 14.5 km north-west from the village. Although the city had 50,000 inhabitants before the disast...