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How Pripyat Would Look if Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Never Happened

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The explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant happened in the early hours of 26 April 1986. Since then, nearly 3,000 square miles of territory in northern Ukraine and parts of Belarus have been depopulated, with 1,000 square miles considered an exclusion zone due to elevated levels of radiation.

Once populated by more than 47,000 people, the city of Pripyat - the closest one to the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant -  has become a ghost town.

The streets are overgrown with grass and trees, houses are gradually collapsing and only old Soviet signs over the city's key buildings have survived.

Enthusiasts Dmitriy Didenko and Andrey Gupsa, who is interested in the history of this place, has used their imagination (and a little bit of Photoshop) to show how the city would look if the nuclear disaster never happened.

© Photo : Dmitriy DidenkoCafe Pripyat in the eponymous city of Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
Photos of Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how the city would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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Cafe Pripyat in the eponymous city of Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
© Photo : Dmitriy DidenkoA hospital in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
A hospital in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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A hospital in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
© Photo : Dmitriy DidenkoHouses in Pripyat nowadays (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how they would look if the disaster never happened.
Houses in Pripyat nowadays (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how they would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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Houses in Pripyat nowadays (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how they would look if the disaster never happened.
© Photo : Dmitriy DidenkoA pool in Pripyat, Ukraine today (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
A pool in Pripyat, Ukraine today (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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A pool in Pripyat, Ukraine today (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
© Photo : Dmitriy DidenkoThe city's square today (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
The city's square today (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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The city's square today (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
© Photo : Dmitriy DidenkoPhotos of a building in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
Photos of a building in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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Photos of a building in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
© Photo : Dmitriy DidenkoA hotel in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
A hotel in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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A hotel in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
© Photo : Andrey GoopsaAn observation wheel in one of the city's park today (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
An observation wheel in one of the city's park today (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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An observation wheel in one of the city's park today (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
© Photo : Dmitriy DidenkoVoskhod self-service shop in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
Voskhod self-service shop in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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Voskhod self-service shop in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (top) and the artist's impression (bottom) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
© Photo : Andrey GoopsaThe community centre in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
The community centre in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened - Sputnik International
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The community centre in Pripyat, Ukraine after the Chernobyl disaster (left) and the artist's impression (right) of how it would look if the disaster never happened.
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