the marshy areas. They often needed to build tracks with logs, over which they could pull light loads in horse-drawn vehicles. Proposed drainage in the 1950s There was a plan to drain the wetlands during 1952, when the area of the marshes was under Soviet administration. Chernobyl nuclear disaster In 1986, the region became world-famous because of the Chernobyl disaster; however, the Pripet Marshes should not be confused with the ghost city of Pripyat; the area within which the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is located. It is approximately east-southeast of the geographic centre of the Pinsk Marshes area. See also Pripyatsky National Park Geography of Belarus Geography of Ukraine References External links Science team plunges into Pripyat Marshes - Kyiv Post Marshes of Belarus Marshes of Ukraine Marshes Natural regions of Europe Belarus–Ukraine border