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The city is named after the [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] word for [[Artemisia vulgaris|mugwort]] or wormwood (''Artemisia vulgaris''), which is чорнобиль "chornobyl". The word is a combination of the words ''chornyi'' (чорний, black) and ''byllia'' (билля, grass blades or stalks), hence it literally means black grass or black stalks. That may signify burnt grass, perhaps prior to cultivation. |
The city is named after the [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]] word for [[Artemisia vulgaris|mugwort]] or wormwood (''Artemisia vulgaris''), which is чорнобиль "chornobyl". The word is a combination of the words ''chornyi'' (чорний, black) and ''byllia'' (билля, grass blades or stalks), hence it literally means black grass or black stalks. That may signify burnt grass, perhaps prior to cultivation. |
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==History== |
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Chernobyl first appeared in a charter of 1193, described as a hunting-lodge of [[Knyaz]] [[Rostislavich]].<ref name="ND">[[Norman Davies]], ''[[Europe: A History]]'', Oxford University Press, 1996, ISBN 0198201710</ref><ref>[http://www.chornobyl.in.ua/en/chornobyl.htm Chernobyl ancient history and maps].</ref> It was a crown village of the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] in the 13th century. The village was granted as a [[fiefdom]] to [[Filon Kmita]], a captain of the royal [[cavalry]], in 1566. The province containing Chernobyl was transferred to the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]] in 1569, and then annexed by the [[Russian Empire]] in 1793.<ref name="ND2">Davies, Norman (1995) "Chernobyl", [http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~sarmatia/195/index.html ''The Sarmatian Review, vol. 15'', No. 1].</ref> Prior to the 20th century, Chernobyl was inhabited by [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] and some [[Poles|Polish]] [[peasant]]s, and a relatively large number of [[Jew]]s. |
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Chernobyl had a rich religious history. The Jews were brought by [[Filon Kmita]], during the Polish campaign of colonization. The traditionally Christian [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]] Ukrainian peasantry of the district was largely forced, by Poland, to convert to the [[Greek Catholic]] Uniate religion after 1596, and then forceably returned to [[Eastern Orthodox]]y by the Tsar only after the Partitions of Poland. |
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The [[Dominican order|Dominican]] church and [[monastery]] were founded in 1626 by Lukasz Sapieha, at the height of the [[Counter-reformation]]. There was a group of [[Old Catholics]], who opposed the decrees of the [[Council of Trent]]. The Dominican monastery was sequestrated in 1832, following the failed Polish November Uprising, and the church of the Old Catholics was disbanded in 1852.<ref name="ND"/> |
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In the second half of the 18th century, Chernobyl became one of the major centers of [[Hasidic Judaism]]. The [[Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)|Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty]] had been founded by Rabbi [[Menachem Nachum Twersky]]. The Jewish population suffered greatly from [[pogrom]]s in October 1905 and in March–April 1919, when many Jews were killed and others were robbed, at the instigation of the Russian nationalist [[Black Hundreds]]. In 1920, the Twersky dynasty left Chernobyl, and it ceased to exist as a Hasidic center. |
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Since the 1880s, Chernobyl has seen many changes of fortune. In 1898 Chernobyl had a population of 10,800, including 7,200 [[Jews]]. In [[World War I]] the village was occupied, and in the ensuing [[Ukraine after the Russian Revolution|Civil War]], Chernobyl was fought over by [[Bolshevik]]s and Ukrainians. In the [[Polish-Soviet War]] of 1919–20, it was taken first by the Polish Army and then by cavalry of the [[Red Army]]. From 1921, it was incorporated into the [[Ukrainian SSR]].<ref name="ND"/> |
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During the period 1929–33, Chernobyl suffered greatly from mass killings during [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]'s [[collectivization]] campaign, and in the [[Holodomor]] (famine) that followed. The Polish community of Chernobyl was deported to [[Kazakhstan]] in 1936 during the [[Frontier Clearances]]. The Jewish community was murdered during the [[Reichskommissariat Ukraine|German occupation of 1941–44]].<ref name="ND"/> Twenty years later, the area was chosen as the site of the first nuclear power station on Ukrainian soil. |
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The Duga-3 [[over-the-horizon radar]] array several miles out of Chernobyl was the origin of the infamous [[Russian Woodpecker]], designed as part of Russia's [[anti-ballistic missile]] [[early warning radar]] network. |
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With the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union]] in 1991, Chernobyl remained part of [[Ukraine]], now an independent nation. |
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However, in 2011 there continue to live a small number of people; those who refused to leave their native city after the Chernobyl Disaster of 1986. |
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==Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster== |
==Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster== |
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Revision as of 00:29, 3 February 2011
Chernobyl | |
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| Country |  Ukraine |
| Oblast |  Kiev |
| Raion |  Ivankiv (since 1986) |
| Government | |
| • Administration | Zone of alienation |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 500 |
| Postal code | 07270 |
| Area code | +380 4493 |
Chernobyl (IPA: [tɕɪˈrnobɨlʲ]) or Chornobyl (Ukrainian: Чорнобиль, pronounced [tʃɔrˈnɔbɪlʲ]), is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city used to be the administrative center of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932.
The city was evacuated in 1986 due to the Chernobyl disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, located 14.5 kilometers (9 miles) north-northwest. The power plant was within Chernobyl Raion (District), but the city was not the residence of the power plant workers. When the power plant was under construction, Prypiat, a city larger and closer to the power plant, had been built as home for the power plant workers. After the accident the Chernobyl Raion administration was transferred to the neighboring Ivankiv Raion.
Though the city today is mostly uninhabited, a small number of people reside in houses marked with signs stating that the "Owner of this house lives here". Workers on watch and administrative personnel of the Zone of Alienation are stationed in the city on a long term basis. Prior to its evacuation, the city was inhabited by about 14,000 residents.[1] The city of Slavutych was built specifically for the evacuated population of Chernobyl. Although it is still mostly uninhabited, rumors exist that the Ukraine government want to make Chernobyl a future tourist location.[citation needed]
Name origin
The city is named after the Ukrainian word for mugwort or wormwood (Artemisia vulgaris), which is чорнобиль "chornobyl". The word is a combination of the words chornyi (чорний, black) and byllia (билля, grass blades or stalks), hence it literally means black grass or black stalks. That may signify burnt grass, perhaps prior to cultivation.
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Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster
On April 26, 1986, Reactor #4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the town of Pripyat, Ukraine, exploded. The explosion took place at around one in the morning while the neighboring town of Pripyat slept. Two workers were killed instantly. Forty hours later, the residents of Pripyat were ordered to evacuate, and most never returned; By that time, many of the residents had suffered varying degrees of radiation poisoning.
In 2003, the United Nations Development Programme launched a project called the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme (CRDP) for the recovery of the affected areas.[2] The program launched its activities based on the Human Consequences of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident report recommendations and was initiated in February 2002. The main goal of the CRDP's activities is supporting the Government of Ukraine to mitigate long-term social, economic and ecological consequences of the Chernobyl catastrophe, among others. CRDP works in the four most Chernobyl-affected areas in Ukraine: Kiev Oblast, Zhytomyrska Oblast, partially Kiev, Chernihivska Oblast and Rivne Oblast.
Chernobylite
Chernobylite is the name cited by two media sources[3][4] for highly radioactive, unusual and potentially novel crystalline formations found at the Chernobyl power-plant after the explosion. These formations were found in the basement below Reactor #4 during an investigation into missing reactor fuel.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Mould, Richard. "Evacuation zones and populations". Chernobyl Record. Bristol, England: Institute of Physics. p. 105. ISBN 0-7503-0670-X.
- ^ CRDP: Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme (United Nations Development Program)
- ^ BBC Special Report: 1997: Containing Chernobyl?
- ^ Suicide Mission to Chernobyl: NOVA, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)1991, 60mins
- ^ excerpt
External links
- United Nations Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme See the actions of the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme towards Chernobyl-affected area and its population.
- The Flickr Chernobyl-Pripyat Group
- Chernobyl and Pripyat 22 years later
- EU To Extend Checks On Food From Chernobyl Area
- Chernobyl: Unlikely Tourist Spot - slideshow by Life magazine