Chernobyl In Winter, Pripyat, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine

However, in 2010 there continue to live a small number of people; those who refused to leave their native city after the Chernobyl Disaster of 1986.
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.