Pripyat (Ukrainian: При́п'ять, Prýp'jat́; Russian: При́пять, Pri'pyatï’ About this sound Pronunciation) is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, near the border with Belarus.Named after the nearby Pripyat River, Pripyat was founded on 4 February 1970, the ninth nuclear city in the Soviet Union, to serve the nearby Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.