Walking in Pripyat • Secret land

The city of Pripyat began to be built in 1970 as a satellite city of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Pripyat was originally planned as an exemplary city of superior comfort. Houses with better apartments, kindergartens, large spacious schools, a palace of culture, a stadium, a recreation park and much more were built here.

This wide avenue in Pripyat has turned into a forest. You can see the photo of Pripyat before the Chernobyl accident

Old photo of Pripyat before the accident — Photo of Pripyat before the Chernobyl accident

Photo from the Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv – View of the central square along Lenin Street, Pripyat 1985

View from the central square tj the Lenin street, Pripyat 1985

Now this place from the previous photo looks like this

Abandoned houses in Pripyat — Abandoned houses of Pripyat

Another photo from the Chernobyl Museum – Pripyat 1983, Kurchatov Street

Palace of Culture Energetic

Palace of Culture Energetic in 1985 – photo from the Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv

The palace of culture Energetic in August 2017

Inside the palace you can see the soviet murals on the walls

It was a gym in the Palace of Culture in Pripyat. The words “strong”, “brave”, “nimble” are written on the wall

Hotel Polissya

In the series “Chernobyl” of the HBO channel, the main characters – Valery Legasov, Boris Shcherbina, Ulyana Khomyuk live in this hotel.

Park of Culture and Leisure

Ferris wheel. The wheel was launched only in test mode, the official opening was scheduled for May 1, 1986. No one has ever ridden on it.

Everyone’s favorite cars in Soviet childhood. Always had to queue for 20 minutes.

Soviet attraction cars in Pripyat — Popular Soviet attraction

Stadium in Pripyat

This was the stadium track, now it is a forest

Tribunes of the stadium in Pripyat

The houses are barely visible among the trees. Once upon a time there was a street, cars drove along it

Everywhere in Pripyat you can see ghostly high-rise buildings. We climbed onto the roof of one of them and entered the apartments. Read about it here.

Kindergarten in Pripyat

This is a kindergarten in Pripyat. Kindergartens in Pripyat were larger than the standard project. There were 15 kindergartens for 50 thousand people. And even with so many kindergartens, there were not enough places – there were a lot of children in Pripyat.