The Real Pripyat Scene of S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Access to Pripyat, unlike cities of military importance, was not restricted before the disaster
as nuclear power stations were seen by the Soviet Union as safer than other types of power
plants. Nuclear power stations were presented as being an achievement of Soviet
engineering, where nuclear power was harnessed for peaceful projects. The slogan peaceful
atom was popular during those times. The original plan had been to build the plant only 25
km (16 mi) from Kiev, but the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, among other bodies, expressed
concern about it being too close to the city. As a result, the power station and Pripyat were
built at their current locations, about 100 km (62 mi) from Kiev. After the disaster the city of
Pripyat was evacuated in two days.

A toy lies in the window frame of a kindergarten in the deserted town of in Pripyat, Ukraine,
November 27, 2012, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the Chernobyl nuclear plant.

A cross with a crucifix is seen in the deserted Ukrainian town of Pripyat November 27, 2012. The
town's population was evacuated following the disaster at the nearby Chernobyl nuclear reactor in
1986)

A view of empty houses in the deserted town of Pripyat near the closed Chernobyl nuclear power
plant Ukraine, November 27, 2012.

A view of empty houses in the deserted town of Pripyat near the closed Chernobyl nuclear power
plant Ukraine November 27, 2012.

An abandoned kindergarten in the deserted city of Pripyat, which was built to house the workers of
the Chernobyl nuclear power station some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the plant, November 27,
2012.

A damaged bench near an abandoned apartment building in the deserted city of Pripyat, which was
built to house the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear power station some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles)
from the plant, November 27, 2012. Pripyat, the city of 47,000 had already been evacuated after the
April 26, 1986, explosion of Reactor No. 4.

An abandoned kindergarten in the deserted city of Pripyat, which was built to house the workers of
the Chernobyl nuclear power station some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the plant, November 27,
2012.

A playground in the deserted town of Pripyat, Ukraine, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the
Chernobyl nuclear power plant Ukraine, November 27, 2012.

A view of empty houses in the town of Pripyat near the closed Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Ukraine November 27, 2012.

A view of an underpass in the deserted town of Pripyat near the closed Chernobyl nuclear power
plant Ukraine November 27, 2012.

A playground in the deserted town of Pripyat, Ukraine, some 3 kilometers (1.86 miles) from the
Chernobyl nuclear plant Ukraine, November 27, 2012.