Deserted house in Bryansk region, 1990

Bryansk region, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. A view of a deserted house in the Svyatskoye village in the Bryansk region. The ancient settlement, traditionally inhabited by Old Believers, was abandoned by the villagers due to radioactive contamination generated by the Chernobyl reactor catastrophe. (Photo TASS / Leonid Sverdlov)

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