Chernobyl

Ukraine is a country located in Eastern Central Europe. It consists almost entirely of level plains at an average elevation of 574 feet above sea level. It is blessed with a type of climate that has cold, snowy winters, but warm summers. If you are wondering when is the best time to visit this country, it …

In the northern part of Ukraine lies the small village of Pripyat, not too far from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the Ukrainian border with Belarus. Chernobyl is located roughly 65 miles from the country’s capital, Kyiv. Unfortunately, Pripyat was close to the site of this terrible nuclear accident in April of 1986 known …