Yaniv

Yaniv is an abandoned village in Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast, northern Ukraine. It is located south of Pripyat and west of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Locality
Description: abandoned Ukrainian village in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Also known as: “Yaniv, Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast” and “Yanov”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yaniv railway station (former) and City Park.

Yaniv railway station (former)

Railway station

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Yaniv railway station, also named Yanov station, is an abandoned Ukrainian station located in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Sometimes referred to as Pripyat station, it lies in the village of Yaniv, south of the city of Pripyat, and is part of the Chernihiv–Ovruch railway.

City Park

Park

Photo: Justin Stahlman, CC BY 2.0.

The Pripyat amusement park is an abandoned amusement park located in Pripyat, Ukraine. It was to have its grand opening on 1 May 1986, in time for the May Day celebrations, but these plans were cancelled on 26 April, when the Chernobyl disaster occurred a few kilometers away.

Polissya

Hotel building

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The Polissya hotel is one of the tallest buildings in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine. In operation for just over a decade, the Hotel Polissya was used as quarters for Soviet officials and engineers after the Chernobyl disaster in late April 1986.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pripyat and Novoshepelychi.

Pripyat

Town

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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, it was founded on 4 February 1970.

Novoshepelychi

Locality

Photo: Vertovfan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Novoshepelychi was a village near Pripyat, Ukraine, south-west of the Pripyat River basin. After the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 the village was contaminated by fallout and subsequently evacuated, and now lies within the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone. Novoshepelychi is situated 4 km northwest of Yaniv.