Tarasy

For other uses, see Taras (disambiguation).
Tarasy
<span class="nickname" lang=""ua"">Тараси

Abandoned administrative building, 2007
Tarasy

Location of Tarasy in Ukraine

Coordinates: 51°15′50″N 29°17′16″E / 51.26389°N 29.28778°E / 51.26389; 29.28778Coordinates: 51°15′50″N 29°17′16″E / 51.26389°N 29.28778°E / 51.26389; 29.28778
Country  Ukraine
Oblast  Kiev
Raion Poliske
Founded unknown, about 18th Century
Population
 • Total 0
  (ca 630 in 1986)
Area code(s) +380 4592

Tarasy (Ukrainian: Тараси) is an abandoned settlement and former village in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, part of Kiev Oblast, Ukraine. It was located in Poliske Raion (district).

History

The village was found in the 18th Century. After the nuclear disaster of April 26, 1986, it was abandoned. However, in 1999 it was taken out of a registry as it was completely depopulated being located in the Zone of Alienation. Currently nobody live there.[1][2]

Geography

The village is located along the right bank of Uzh River, 7 km from Poliske (Habne), the former district center, and 22  km from the nearest railway station, at Vilcha. Across the river Tarasy borders with the village of Stupyscha (now part of Motiyky village), Narodytsky Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast.[3][4]

The building of the old school in the village. Photo of 2007. (51°15′44″N 29°18′07″E / 51.262327°N 29.301840°E / 51.262327; 29.301840) 
The building of the new school in the village. Photo of 2007. (51°15′39″N 29°17′41″E / 51.260824°N 29.294760°E / 51.260824; 29.294760) 
Monument
Inscription
Monument to the village residents who fought and died in World War II.

See also

References

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