How Pripyat Would Look if Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster Never Happened

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.