The Botanical Garden of the V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University is a nationally significant natural reserve in Kharkiv. It was founded simultaneously with Kharkiv University in 1804, making it the oldest botanical garden in Ukraine.

The total area of ​​the botanical garden is 41.9 hectares. The “old site,” located at Klochkivska St, 52 (shown in these photos), covers 5.5 hectares; the new site, on the slope of Sarzhyn Yar (Otakara Yarosha St, 24), covers 36.4 hectares.

The collection includes over 7,000 species of local and global flora. Admission to the Kharkiv Botanical Garden is free. However, visiting is strictly limited to hours from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Photos by: Olena Ilchenko.

vivid colors of autumn in Kharkiv

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Today, Pripyat is an abandoned city located in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, 3 km northwest of the closed Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, about 110 km north of Kyiv in a straight line. Immediately after the accident, radiation levels in the Chernobyl zone and Pripyat were very high.

However, 39 years ago, it was a rapidly growing city with a population of about 47,500 people. Pripyat on Google Maps. Photos: pripyat-city.ru

Pripyat, not yet abandoned

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