CPOY 76 Team Picture Story Silver: Bryansk Region
The Bryansk Region is located in Central Russia southwest of Moscow and near the borders of Ukraine and Belarus. As a result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986, part of the territory the Bryansk region was contaminated with long-lived radionuclides. Currently, many of the residents continue to live in contaminated areas. During the Soviet era, it was a highly developed agricultural region. But after fall of the USSR it lost this importance.
Victor is a resident of the city of Novozybkov. Mows grass in the cemetery at the grave of his parents in the village of Svyatsk. The village of Svyatsk was evacuated after the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 26, 1986. The town of Novozybkov is the largest settlement in the Bryansk region in the “resettlement zone” not evacuated after accident. The zone not suitable for human habitation begins 1 kilometre west of the city limits.
