How the Soviet Paradise of Pripyat Froze in Time By Alexandra Odynova The St. Petersburg Times Published: April 27, 2011 (Issue # 1653) PRIPYAT, Chernobyl’s Exclusion Zone — Once built as the model of a perfect Soviet town, Pripyat is now the perfect model of undisturbed silence. “We thought we were living in the best city,” said Natalya Oleinichenko, 50, a former […]