About Slavutych
In the north of Ukraine, like an island in the middle of pine forests, the town of Slavutych was located.
Slavutych is a young town with a unique history.
The town was created after the biggest man-made disaster of the 20th century – the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. For a long time, Slavutych was an integral part of the world’s most famous tourist route to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.
Town of unconquered people!
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The war fundamentally changed the way of life in a cozy town. Only thanks to their indomitability and faith in the stability of their country, the people of Slavutych were able to survive the terrible events of the occupation. When the enemy entered Slavutych, all the townspeople went to the Central Square of the town and almost bare handed drove the invaders away!
Atomograd was founded in 1987
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Unique architecture
Yes, Slavutych always has something to surprise you! It is a compact, green town that has its own unique architectural ensemble, which was created by Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine. Walking through the town, it is as if you are immersed in different corners of the world, because each country has built its quarter in traditions characteristic only for it.
Stay in 2 regions at the same time
When you visit Slavutych, you be in two regions at the same time. By the way, the electric train, which goes non-stop from Slavutych to the Chornobyl NPP, you can go for an interesting excursion to a large-scale object of industrial and extreme tourism. Necessary information about such a tour can be found in the Tourist Information Center of Slavutych and on the website of Chernobyl.
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Slavutych has its own island
Silence and the smell of pine trees
Here you can breathe fresh air to your heart’s content and see for yourself that there is a city without minibuses, trams, subways and it’s comfortable. Slavutych is a city in the middle of the forest and a forest in the middle of the city. Pines, chestnuts, maples, spruces, willows… Vegetation here exceeds the norm of greenery by as much in 4 times! It is in Slavutych that birds sing on the balcony in the morning. And in the evening Slavutych will present a starry sky, which is not visible in big cities. This city is not crowded with houses with many floors and allows you to breathe space.
This is the perfect Slow City – a dream for a comfortable family life and, at the same time, teleportation between very different urban spaces.
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Naked Monuments
Slavutych is the only city in Ukraine where all but one monuments are naked.
According to the ecological concept of the town, the sculpture had not only to fit in, but also to blend in with its surroundings.
Highlights of Slavutych
Only in Slavutych, in Ukraine, you can be in Armenia at the same time and grill barbecue on an outdoor grill right next to your house, admire Georgian cypresses as if in Batumi, go shopping at the «Daugava» store and have dinner at the restaurant «Old Tallinn».
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Cultural concentrate
Every year the city hosts significant events for Ukraine. In autumn, the International Festival of Children’s Democracy, Television, Press and Creativity “Golden Autumn of Slavutych” takes place here. The new GoldenFest festival first gathered active citizens of respectable age in 2019, in the same year Slavutych opened an art residence for artists for the first time and became the World Capital of Semantic Surrealism. And this year he won a project from the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation and became the “Small Cultural Capital of Ukraine 2021”. Those who will come will see what happens next.
