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Vilcha (Ukrainian: Вільча, Russian: Вильча) is a Ukrainian abandoned settlement and former urban-type settlement in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, part of Vyshhorod Raion, Kyiv Oblast.

Vilcha Вільча
Urban-type settlement
Vilcha Fire Station
Vilcha Location of Vilcha in Ukraine Show map of Kyiv Oblast Vilcha Vilcha (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine
Coordinates: 51°21′35″N 29°25′53″E
Country	Ukraine
Oblast	Kyiv Oblast
Raion	Poliske (to 2020) Vyshhorod (since 2020)
Founded	1926
Elevation	151 m (495 ft)
Population (2012)
• Total	3
	(2,200 in 1981)[1]
Postal code	07011
Area code	+380 4592

History

The settlement was founded in 1926 on the site of a settlement named Oleksiivka (Ukrainian: Олексіївка). After the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, 45 km far from Vilcha, the settlement was not included into the "Exclusion Zone" before 1993. During 1993 to 1996, most of the 2,000 residents moved to Kharkiv Oblast, where they founded a New Vilcha (709 km away), few kilometres south of the town of Vovchansk.[2]

The ghost town, today one of the checkpoints to the Exclusion Zone,[3] was resettled by few samosely some years later.[4]

From February to April 2022, Vilcha was occupied by Russia as a result of the 2022 invasion.

Geography

Located near the borders with Zhytomyr Oblast and the Belarusian Oblast of Gomel, Vilcha is located in the middle of the natural region of Polesia, close to its radioecological reserve. It is 17 km from Poliske, 40 km from Krasiatychi (the raion's administrative seat), 43 km from Pripyat, 44 km from Ovruch and 95 km from Slavutych.[5]

Transport

The settlement is crossed in the middle by the regional highway P02 Ovruch-Kyiv (150 km south), and is the southern end of the T1035 road from Oleksandrivka, Naroulia District, in Belarus, that continues as P37 highway to Naroulia and Mazyr (95 km north). It also has a railway station, officially in service but without passenger traffic, on the Chernihiv–Ovruch line.[4][5]

Gallery

A rail track nearby Vilcha station
Friendship monument at the Belarusian border
An abandoned house, hidden by vegetation

References

"UkrMap.Net :: Топографическая карта Украины. Лист: M-35-023 | Topographic Map M-35-23, 1981 edition". ukrmap.net. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
""The anniversary of the Chernobyl accident: "live" and "dead" villages of Vilcha"".^{[permanent dead link]}
"Securing the Chornobyl exclusion zone against illegal movement of radioactive materials" (IRPA)
"Radioactive Railroad - A journey through the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone". radioactiverailroad.com. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
337509100 Vilcha on OpenStreetMap

External links

Media related to Vilcha at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Populated places of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
Raions¹	Chernobyl (former) Ivankiv (former) Luhyny (former) Narodychi (former) Ovruch (former) Poliske (former) Vyshhorod Korosten
Cities	Chernobyl Pripyat (ghost town)
Urban-type settlements	Poliske (ghost town) Vilcha (ghost town)
Villages	Andriivka Benivka Bober Bovyshche Buda Buda-Varovychi Budoliubivka Buriakivka Bychky Chapaievka Cherevach Chistohalivka Denisovychi Derevtsi Derkachi Dibrova Dovhyi Lis Fabrykivka Hlynka Horodchan Horodyshche Hrezlia Hriazeve Illintsi Ilovnytsia Ivanivka Kamianka Khryplia Klyvyny Kopachi Korohod Korolivka Kosharivka Koshivka Kotsiubynske Kovshylivka Krasne I Krasne II Kryva Hora Kupuvate Ladyzhychi Leliv Lubianka Lypski Romany Malenivka Mali Klishchi Mali Minky Malynka Martynovychi Masheve Moshchanytsia Motyli Nova Krasnytsia Nove Sharne Novoshepelychi Novosilky Novyi Mir Omelnyky Opachychi Otashiv Paryshiv Pereizd Peremoha Pidchashia Pliutovyshche Poliske Richytsia Rohy Rozizhdzhe Rozsokha Rudky Rudnia-Hrezlianska Rudnia-Illinetska Rudnia-Ososhnia Rudnia-Veresnia Severivka Shevchenkove Shyshelivka Sloboda Sosnivka Stara Krasnytsia Stara Rudnia Stare Sharne Stari Shepelychi Starosillia Stebli Stechanka Stepky Sytivka Tarasy Terekhy Teremtsi Tovstyi Lis Usiv Varovychi Velyki Klishchi Vesniane Vilshanka Volodymyrivka Yampil Yaniv Yasen Zalissia Zamoshnia Zapillia Zholudivka Zhovtneve Zhurba Zvizdal Zymovyshche
¹Only portions of these raions (large or small) were affected due to the Chernobyl disaster List of places in the PSRER (Belarus)

На других языках

[de] Wiltscha (Poliske)

Wiltscha (ukrainisch Вільча; russisch Вильча) war eine Siedlung städtischen Typs in Polesien im Nordwesten der ukrainischen Oblast Kiew. Sie wurde 1986 durch den Nuklearunfall im Kernkraftwerk Tschernobyl radioaktiv kontaminiert und 1999 offiziell aufgelöst.

- [en] Vilcha, Kyiv Oblast

[es] Vilcha

Vilcha (en ucraniano, Вільча, en ruso, Вильча) es una localidad ucraniana localizada al norte del óblast de Kiev, cerca a la frontera con Bielorrusia, deshabitada desde 1993 a causa del desastre de Chernóbil. La localidad se ubicaba 15 kilómetros al noreste de Poliske, la capital del raión en ese entonces.

[ru] Вильча (Киевская область)

Ви́льча (укр. Вільча) — посёлок городского типа в Вильчанском поселковом совете Полесского района Киевской области Украины, отселённый в результате аварии на ЧАЭС.

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