Avanhard Stadium (Pripyat) Explained
| Avanhard Stadium |
| Fullname: | Стадіон «Авангард» |
| Location: | Pripyat, Ukraine |
| Built: | 1970s |
| Surface: | Grass |
| Tenants: | Stroitel Pripyat |
Avanhard Stadium (uk|Стадіон «Авангард») is an abandoned football stadium in Pripyat, Ukraine. It was built to become the home ground of FC Stroitel Pripyat. Due to the Chernobyl disaster it was never realized.[1] [2] It was named, like several other grounds, after the Ukrainian sports society trade union. The town of Pripyat was evacuated following the Chernobyl disaster on 26 April 1986, which occurred a few kilometers away.
In popular culture
- Markiyan Kamysh's novel A Stroll to the Zone is about illegal tourist trips to Pripyat.
- In the Avanhard Stadium makes a minor appearance as the player exits Pripyat.
- The stadium also showed in the documentary television series Life After People (2008) as a part of the story of Pripyat.
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Football in Pripyat . Sports.ru . 19 December 2015 . Russian . 27 April 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160327121847/http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/golden_ball/605515.html . 27 March 2016 .
- Web site: Stadion Avanhard of Pripyat. goroda-prizraki.narod.ru. 19 December 2015. Russian.
