Aravichy (; ) is an abandoned village in
Khoiniki District,
Gomel Region,
Belarus
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.
History
Founded in the 16th century, in 1959 its population was 923, with 222 families. Following the
1986 nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, it was abandoned and, from 1988, included in the
Polesie State Radioecological Reserve;
a Belarusian nature reserve that adjoins the
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, also called the 30-Kilometre Zone or simply The Zone, was established shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in the Ukrainian SSR of the Soviet Union.
Initially, Soviet authorities declar ...
in
Ukraine
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.
Geography
The village is located by the eastern shore of the
Pripyat River
The Pripyat or Prypiat is a river in Eastern Europe. The river, which is approximately long, flows east through Ukraine, Belarus, and into Ukraine again, before draining into the Dnieper at Kyiv Reservoir.
Name etymology
Max Vasmer notes in h ...
, in front of
Dzernavichy, between the cities of
Pripyat
Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat (river), Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth ''atomgrad'' ...
, in
Ukraine
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, and
Narowlya. Other near towns are
Khoiniki and
Brahin.
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See also
*Ghost town
A ghost town, deserted city, extinct town, or abandoned city is an abandoned settlement, usually one that contains substantial visible remaining buildings and infrastructure such as roads. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economi ...
References
Populated places in Gomel region
Ghost towns in the Polesie State Radioecological Reserve
Khoiniki district
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