The town Orbita near Chyhyryn does not have the formal status of a settlement.
The history of the ghost town began in 1977, when the builders of the future Chyhyryn State Power Plant arrived here, in the area of the village of Vitove. Soon they built housing for their families and started building a station, as well as social infrastructure for energy workers. In 1981, the construction of the GRES and the city was suspended and preserved. There were plans to use the construction site of the station for the construction of the Chyhyryn NPP. However, in 1989, 3 years after the accident at the Chornobyl NPP, construction was finally stopped under public pressure.
Many construction workers stayed to live in two five-story buildings in the middle of the unfinished buildings of ...
Last update
4/10/2024
Categories | Historic area |
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Date of foundation | 1977 |
Address | Chyhyryn |
Coordinates |
49.08737° N, 32.76646° E
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Phone | , |
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