Tarasy


Tarasy is an abandoned settlement and former village in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, part of Kiev Oblast, Ukraine. It was located in Poliske Raion.

History

The village was found in the 18th century. After the nuclear disaster of April 26, 1986, it was abandoned. However, in 1999 it was taken out of a registry as it was completely depopulated being located in the Zone of Alienation. Currently nobody lives there.

Geography

The village is located along the right bank of Uzh River, 7 km from Poliske, the former district center, and 22 km from the nearest railway station, at Vilcha. Across the river Tarasy borders with the village of Stupyscha, Narodytsky Raion, Zhytomyr Oblast.

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