Chernobyl (Tchernobyl) Chernobyl is a city in Kiev Oblast, Ukraine. It is located 96 km north of Kiev. The city of Chernobyl is known for the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, although this plant is located in the city of Pripyat 15 km northwest of Chernobyl, which took place on April 26, 1986 at … Continue reading Chernobyl (Ukraine) History and Disaster of Nuclear Contamination