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The Chernobyl disaster, also referred to as the Chernobyl accident, was a catastrophic nuclear accident.

Christmas tree decorated in Chernobyl 'ghost town'

Feb 16,2020 3:36 am

Former residents returned to The Abandoned city to decorate The Tree

A Christmas tree has been put up for the First Time since the 1986 Chernobyl Disaster in the Central Square of the nearby "Ghost Town " of Pripyat, Ukraine's ZIK TV channel reports.

Once home to More Than 47,000 residents, Pripyat - about 3km (1. 9 miles) from the former nuclear plant - remains deserted because of radiation pollution.

Former residents came to The Abandoned city to decorate The Tree with family photos as part of a campaign organised by The Association of Chernobyl Tour Operators.

Some of them told Suspilne. Media that they had also brought Clock decorations as a "symbol of the flow of time and the fact that over time The Town does not die but gets revived".

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Kateryna Aslamova from the Chernobyl Tour company said it was the First Time some former residents had returned to Pripyat since their evacuation after The World 's worst nuclear Accident .

Clock decorations were hung up to symbolise the passing of time

"The Town must live, and for this to happen it must be saved," She Said .

Her company would like to see Pripyat and parts of the exclusion zone around the plant become a

"Life is returning to Pripyat," said Yaroslav Yemelyanenko, founder of the Chernobyl Hub.

"It is unusual, irregular and touristic. Every Day , The Once deserted town is filled with tourists from all over The World . They come to learn our history, which changed the course of events in the whole world. "

Reporting by Masha Kondrachuk

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Source of news: bbc.com

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