Hanna Zavorotnya, 83 years old, lives in Kupuvate village in Chernobyl zone. In 1986 when Chernobyl nuclear station exploded her family was moved to Kopyliv village in Kyiv region but the next year she came back to native village. From Kupuvate village to Chernobyl nuclear station about 30 kilometers. This village was removed from the maps of Ukraine in 1999 as empty but today 24 settlers live here. (Photo by: Oleksandr Khomenko / Pacific Press)

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Keywords: chernobyl, chornobyl, disaster, nuclear, selfsettler, settler, teremtsi, ukraine, village