Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Abandoned-Amusement-Park-in-Pripyat-27MZIFIRHBE9.htmlConceptually similarAbandoned Flat in PripyatGP0310MCompleted★★★★Abandoned Classroom in PripyatGP0310ICompleted★★★★Abandoned Baby Shoes in PripyatGP03123Completed★★★★★★Abandoned Baby Shoes in PripyatGP0312XCompleted★★★★Abandoned School in PripyatGP03124Completed★★★★Abandoned Hospital in PripyatGP03126Completed★★★★Abandoned Hospital in PripyatGP03127Completed★★★★Abandoned Hospital in PripyatGP03128Completed★★★★Abandoned Hospital in PripyatGP03125Completed★★★★★★View AllGP0310NAbandoned Amusement Park in PripyatA large ferris wheel was part of an amusement park in Pripyat. Before the Chernobyl accident, the town of Pripyat was considered the "glory" of the former Soviet Union. More than 48,000 inhabitants were living here - less than 3 kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Many of them were employed directly in the power plant. Today Pripyat is like a ghost town.In original language:Vergnuegungspark in PripyatVergnuegungspark Das Riesenrad gehoert zum Vergnuegungspark von Pripyat. Vor dem Reaktorunfall von Tschernobyl galt die Stadt Pripyat als "Prunkstueck" der damaligen Sowjetunion. Mehr als 48.000 Menschen lebten hier nur drei Kilometer vom Atomkraftwerk entfernt, wo viele Pripyater auch arbeiteten. Heute ist Pripyat eine Geisterstadt.Locations:Eastern Europe-Pripyat-UkraineDate:28 Jul, 2005Credit:© Vaclav Vasku / GreenpeaceMaximum size:3661px X 2415pxKeywords:Amusement parks-Day-KWCI (GPI)-Nuclear (campaign title)-Nuclear accidents-Nuclear energy-Nuclear radiation-Outdoors-Sadness-Wide angleShoot:Chernobyl 20 Years After the Nuclear DisasterDocumentation of regions and people affected by the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster, photographed nearly twenty years after the event.
