Chernobyl exclusion zone
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The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation is an officially designated exclusion zone around the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. It is also commonly known as the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, the 30-Kilometre Zone, or simply The Zone.
The entrance to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone at Checkpoint "Dytiatky"
Satellite image of the reactor and surrounding area in April 2009.
The oak Partisan's Tree or Cross Tree. The power plant is visible in the background.
Abandoned apartment blocks in Pripyat
Kyiv Oblast
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Kyiv Oblast, also called Kyivshchyna, is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, which is administered as a city with special status. However, Kyiv also serves as the administrative center of the oblast. The Kyiv metropolitan area extends out from Kyiv city into parts of the oblast, which is significantly dependent on the urban economy and transportation of Kyiv.
View of the historical landscape park "Oleksandriya" in the city of Bila Tserkva.
Aerial view of Boryspil, home of the Boryspil Airport from an airplane.
Arboretum Oleksandriya in Bila Tserkva
Mezhyhirya Residence