Pripyat was a brand-new Soviet city of nearly 50,000 people — until Reactor 4 exploded on April 26, 1986, and the whole city was emptied in a single afternoon, never to be lived in again. In this video you learn: why nearly 50,000 residents were told to pack food for just three days — and why those three days never ended; how the city's brand-new amusement park was due to open on May 1, 1986, and never did; and how wolves and wild horses now roam streets where children once played.
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