Avanhard Stadium (Pripyat)
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Avanhard Stadium ( uk, Стадіон «Авангард») is an abandoned football stadium in
Pripyat Pripyat ( ; russian: При́пять), also known as Prypiat ( uk, При́пʼять, , ), is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1 ...
, Ukraine. It was built to become the home ground of
FC Stroitel Pripyat Stroitel Football Club Pripyat (russian: Футбольный клуб «Строитель» Припять, Futbol'nyy klub "Stroitel'" Pripyat'), also known as Budivelnyk Football Club Pripyat ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Будіве ...
. Due to the
Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is one of only two nuc ...
it was never realized. It was named, like several other grounds, after the Ukrainian sports society trade union. The town of Pripyat was evacuated following the
Chernobyl disaster The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the No. 4 reactor in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Pripyat in the north of the Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is one of only two nuc ...
on 26 April 1986, which occurred a few kilometers away.


In popular culture

*
Markiyan Kamysh Markiyan Kamysh ( uk, Маркіян Камиш, born 19 October 1988) is a Ukrainian novelist. Biography Markiyan Kamysh is the only person who represents the Chernobyl underground in literature. Since 2010, he has been illegally exploring the ...
's novel ''A Stroll to the Zone'' is about illegal tourist trips to Pripyat. * In '' S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl'' the Avanhard Stadium makes a minor appearance as the player exits Pripyat. * The stadium also showed in the documentary television series ''
Life After People ''Life After People'' is a television series on which scientists, mechanical engineers, and other experts speculate about what might become of planet Earth if humanity suddenly disappeared. The featured experts also talk about the impact of hu ...
'' (2008) as a part of the story of Pripyat.


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See also

* Azure Swimming Pool *
Chernobyl Exclusion Zone The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, Belarusian: Хона адчужэння Чарнобыльскай АЭС, ''Zona adčužennia Čarnobyĺskaj AES'', russian: Зона отчуждения Чернобыльской АЭС ...


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Sports venues in Kyiv Oblast Buildings and structures in Pripyat Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Football venues in Ukraine 1979 establishments in Ukraine Sports venues completed in 1979 {{Ukraine-struct-stub