Chernobyl, also known as Chornobyl, is a partially abandoned city in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, situated in the Vyshhorod Raion of northern Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Chernobyl is about 90 kilometres north of Kyiv, and 160 kilometres southwest of the Belarusian city of Gomel. Before its evacuation, the city had about 14,000 residents, while around 1,000 people live in the city today. First mentioned as a ducal hunting lodge in 1193, the city has changed hands multiple times over the course of history. Jews were introduced to the city in the 16th century, and a now-defunct monastery was established near the city in 1626. By the end of the 18th century, Chernobyl was a major centre of Hasidic Judaism under the Twersky Dynasty, who left Chernobyl after the city was subject to pogroms in the early 20th century. The Jewish community was later murdered during the Holocaust.
| Raion | Chernobyl Raion (1923–1988), Ivankiv Raion (1988-2020), Vyshhorod Raion (since 2020) |
| First mentioned | 1193 |
| City status | 1941 |
| Administration | State Agency of Ukraine on the Exclusion Zone Management |
| Postal code | 07270 |
| Area code(s) | +380-4593 |
About Chernobyl
Five-part historical miniseries which depicts the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in April 1986. It was written and created by Craig Mazin.
Achievement of Chernobyl
The show was a co-production between HBO and the British television network Sky. The production location of the series was Lithuania.
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