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Slavutych, a Ukrainian provincial city north of Kyiv, seems in many respects to belong to a different era. Built after the ­Chornobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 to replace the contaminated dwellings of workers from the power plant, ­Slavutych is the last ideal planned city of the Soviet Union. However, the city is still highly topical. ­Slavutych is an architectural manifestation of the ­Soviet people's friendship, with architects throughout the Soviet Union involved in its planning and construction. As a result, Slavutych's post­modernist architecture is characterised by socialist paradigms and regional influences from the Caucasus region, Baltic States and Russia. Furthermore, the search undertaken by the last Soviet generation of ­architects for an environmentally sustainable, habitable architecture is still relevant today. To mark the thirtieth anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear catastrophe, the Architectural Guide ­Slavutych documents numerous buildings and all of the city districts, thus providing a critical analysis of unique late Soviet architecture and urban planning in the context of perestroika.