Avanhard Stadium(Ukrainian:Стадіон «Авангард») is an abandoned football stadium inPripyat,Ukraine. It was built to become the home ground ofFC Stroitel Pripyat.Due to theChernobyl disasterit was never realized.[1][2]It was named, like several other grounds, after theUkrainian sports society trade union.The town of Pripyat was evacuated following theChernobyl disasteron 26 April 1986, which occurred a few kilometers away.
 Avanhard Stadium in 2013 | |
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| Full name | Стадіон «Авангард» |
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| Location | Pripyat,Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 51°24′38.1″N30°03′15.8″E/ 51.410583°N 30.054389°E |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1970s |
| Opened | 1979 |
| Closed | 26 April 1986 |
| Tenants | |
| Stroitel Pripyat | |
In popular culture
edit- Markiyan Kamysh's novelA Stroll to the Zoneis aboutillegal tourist tripsto Pripyat.
- InS.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobylthe Avanhard Stadium makes a minor appearance as the player exits Pripyat.
- The stadium also showed in the documentary television seriesLife After People(2008) as a part of the story of Pripyat.
Gallery
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Terrace -
Main terrace in June 2019
See also
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edit- ^"Football in Pripyat".Sports.ru(in Russian). 27 April 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 27 March 2016.Retrieved19 December2015.
- ^"Stadion Avanhard of Pripyat".goroda-prizraki.narod.ru(in Russian).Retrieved19 December2015.
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