Pripyat

"The city of broken hearts, thousands used to live here. One day, they left... Leaving behind everything. The Zone has given it new inhabitants, it'd be wise to avoid this place at night "

- Dr W.W. Jacobs'

Background
26th of April, 1986 - An important date for most of Europe and Russian Federation, the day the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant or CNPP suffered a catastrophic metldown, blowing the roof off reactor #4 and covering most of Europe and Eurasian countries in lethal radiation. The immediate area around the CNPP, a radius of 30km was evacuated due to incredibly high levels of radiation. This included the modern city of Pripyat which was evacuated hastely in a day. The 30km 'dead zone' is known as the Zone of Alienation or Exclusion Zone.

Season 1
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