Eastern Europe
Ukraine
Kyiv Oblast

Yaniv

Yaniv is an abandoned village in , , northern . It is located south of and west of the .
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  • 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 Amusement Park.

Railway station
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yaniv railway station, also named Yanov station, is an abandoned 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 , and is part of the Chernihiv–Ovruch railway.

Photo: Justin Stahlman, CC BY 2.0.
The Pripyat is an abandoned located in , . 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.

Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0.
The is an abandoned factory located on the outskirts of , in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in northern . Officially a manufacturer of cassette recorders and components for home appliances, the factory secretly produced semiconductor components for the military, and had test workshops for robotic systems.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pripyat and Novoshepelychi.

Town
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in , , located near the border with . Named after the nearby river, , it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth atomgrad, catering the nearby .

Locality
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was a village near , , 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. is situated 4 km northwest of Yaniv.

Locality
Photo: Vertovfan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a locality, which is situated 4½ km southwest of Yaniv.

Yaniv

Latitude
51.39211° or 51° 23′ 32″ north
Longitude
30.05535° or 30° 3′ 19″ east
Elevation
119 metres (390 feet)
Open location code
9G3G93R4+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7419559220
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
8391716
Wiki­data ID
Q2567788
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Yaniv” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Яніў (Чарнобыльскі раён)”
  • Belarusian: “Яніў”
  • Czech: “Janiv”
  • Czech: “Janov”
  • Dutch: “Yaniv”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يانيف”
  • Hungarian: “Janyiv”
  • Lithuanian: “Janivas”
  • Lithuanian: “Janovas”
  • Portuguese: “Yaniv”
  • Romanian: “Ianiv, Prîpeat”
  • Romanian: “Ianiv”
  • Russian: “Янов”
  • Russian: “Янова”
  • Slovenian: “Janiv (vas)”
  • Slovenian: “Janiv, Kijevska oblast”
  • Spanish: “Yaniv”
  • Ukrainian: “Yaniv”
  • Ukrainian: “Янів”
  • “Янів”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Yaniv”. Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 3.0.