Pripyat' Riverside Cafe, Glass Windows II
A stained glass window mixes mystical and scientific elements at the Pripyat’ riverside café, a popular stop for visitors on the macabre tourist trial in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Pripyat’ (Ukrainian: Прип’ять) is a ghost city which was built to house the workers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, just 3 kilometres away. Named after the nearby river Pripyat, the city was founded on 4 February 1970, as the ninth nuclear city or “atomgrad” in the USSR. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979 and had grown to a population of 49,360 by the time it was evacuated on the afternoon of 27 April 1986, the day after the Chernobyl disaster.
The Soviet authorities wanted to attract the best workers to the strategically and economically critical megaproject, so Pripyat’ had a notably high standard of living compared with most Soviet cities, with generously sized apartments, well-stocked supermarkets and hotels, and even its own amusement park. The quality of this glasswork reflects the significant efforts that were made to make Pripyat' one of the most attractive towns in the whole of the USSR.
Pripyat' Riverside Cafe, Glass Windows II
A stained glass window mixes mystical and scientific elements at the Pripyat’ riverside café, a popular stop for visitors on the macabre tourist trial in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Pripyat’ (Ukrainian: Прип’ять) is a ghost city which was built to house the workers of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, just 3 kilometres away. Named after the nearby river Pripyat, the city was founded on 4 February 1970, as the ninth nuclear city or “atomgrad” in the USSR. It was officially proclaimed a city in 1979 and had grown to a population of 49,360 by the time it was evacuated on the afternoon of 27 April 1986, the day after the Chernobyl disaster.
The Soviet authorities wanted to attract the best workers to the strategically and economically critical megaproject, so Pripyat’ had a notably high standard of living compared with most Soviet cities, with generously sized apartments, well-stocked supermarkets and hotels, and even its own amusement park. The quality of this glasswork reflects the significant efforts that were made to make Pripyat' one of the most attractive towns in the whole of the USSR.