Opachychi

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Opachychi
Опачичі
Village
Opachychi is located in Kyiv Oblast
Opachychi
Opachychi
Location of Opachychi in Ukraine
Coordinates: 51°12′25.3″N 30°18′38.1″E / 51.207028°N 30.310583°E / 51.207028; 30.310583Coordinates: 51°12′25.3″N 30°18′38.1″E / 51.207028°N 30.310583°E / 51.207028; 30.310583
Country Ukraine
Oblast Kyiv Oblast
RaionChernobyl (1923–1988)
Ivankiv (1988-2020)
Vyshhorod (since 2020)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total15[1]
Area code(s)+380 4493

Opachychi (Ukrainian: Опачичі) was a village in the Vyshhorod Raion (district), in Kyiv Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located south-east of Chernobyl.

History[]

The village is infamous for being an outlying area within the Chernobyl accident exclusion zone. The permanent population was evacuated following the 1986 accident, and officially the village was liquidated (i.e. excluded from the list of settlements of Kyiv Oblast) in 1999. However, despite radioactive contamination a few residents (samosely) have returned to live there, and as of 28 March 2006 the population was 19.[1]

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References[]

  1. ^ a b Stone, Richard (2006-03-28). "The Long Shadow of Chernobyl". National Geographic. p. 32. Retrieved 2006-03-28.
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