Velikiy Cherevach
District of Khutor Krasnyy
Kyiv Oblast - Ukraine

Chernobyl (city)

Chernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in the restricted Chernobyl Exclusion Zone situated in northern Kiev Oblast, Ukraine near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932. The city was evacuated in 1986 due to the Chernobyl disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located 14.5 kilometres north-northwest. The power plant was within Chernobyl Raion (District), but the city was not the residence of the power plant workers.

Located at 51.2722, 30.2242 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
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Chernobyl (city), Cities in Kiev Oblast, 1193 establishments, Chernobyl disaster, Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty), Jewish Polish history, Jewish Russian and Soviet history, Jewish Ukrainian history, Shtetls, Ghost towns in Ukraine, Environmental disaster ghost towns

Russian Woodpecker

The Russian Woodpecker was a notorious Soviet radio signal that could be sporadically heard on the shortwave radio bands worldwide between July 1976 and December 1989. It sounded like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise, at 10 Hz, giving rise to the "Woodpecker" name. The random frequency hops disrupted legitimate broadcast, amateur radio, commercial aviation communications, utility transmissions, and resulted in thousands of complaints by many countries worldwide.

Located at 51.3045, 30.0648 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Cold War history of the Soviet Union, Amateur radio history, International broadcasting, Russian and Soviet military radars, 1976 establishments in the Soviet Union, 1989 disestablishments, Science and technology in the Soviet Union

Uzh River (Northern Ukraine)

The Uzh is a river, a right tributary of the Pripyat, which empties into the Kiev Reservoir, in central Ukraine. It takes its source in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine, and then flows briefly near the delta of the Berezina River. The Uzh then flows near the city of Chernobyl of Kiev Oblast, into the Pripyat River. Its length is 256 km and its drainage basin is 8,080 km . The length of the river's valleys are 1–7 km ( ) long, and the length of its channels are about 5–40 km ( ).

Located at 51.2614, 30.2644 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Rivers of Ukraine

Hornostaipil

Hornostaypil is a village in the Kiev Oblast located on the Teteriv River and the Kiev Reservoir. Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky was from Hornostaypil.

Located at 51.07, 30.25 (Lat. / Lng.), about 14 miles away.
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Villages in Kiev Oblast, Shtetls

Kopachi

Kopachi was a village near Chernobyl, Ukraine, just south-west of the Pripyat River Basin. After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated and is now within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone; and thus has been abandoned since 1986. After Kopachi village was evacuated by the authorities, as an experiment, had all the houses torn down and buried. This village was the only village suffering this fate as a result of the Chernobyl disaster.

Located at 51.351, 30.132 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
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Chernobyl disaster, Ghost towns in Ukraine, Populated places disestablished in 1986

Duga-3 (western) transmitter

Duga-3 ("duga" means "arc") or "Steel Yard" was a Soviet experimental over-the-horizon radar (OTH) system. It was developed for the Soviet ABM early-warning network. The system operated from 1976 to 1989. Two stations of Duga-3 were installed: a western system around Chernobyl and an eastern system in Siberia. The transmitter for the western Duga-3 was located a few kilometers southwest of Chernobyl (south of Minsk, northwest of Kiev).

Located at 51.3053, 30.0659 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Ground radars, Cold War military equipment of the Soviet Union, Russian and Soviet military radars