Apartment Building (Chernihiv Quarter)
Location: Slavutych, Ukraine
Completed: 1990s
Architect: Not known
Genre: Modernist, Soviet architecture, former USSR
Slavutych is a purpose-built city in the north of Ukraine that was created from scratch to house civilians evacuated from the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. The city was designed and built by architects and workers from eight different countries, all of which were part of the Soviet Union at the time. These were Armenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine and representatives from each one were tasked with planning and building a section of the city that was indicative of the architectural style in their own country.
Along with neighbouring Dobrynja and Pechersʹkyy Quarters, the Chernihiv Quarter was added at some point in the 1990s and not part of the original blueprint for the city. More information about Slavutych.
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