Walking in Pripyat: school and swimming pool • Secret land

School No 3 was the largest in Pripyat. Here it is in the photo before the accident

The old photo of school in Pripyat — School in Pripyat before the accident

And this is how the school No 3 in Pripyat looks like in 2017. It’s hard to believe this is the same place from the photo above. The school building is barely visible through the trees.

School in Pripyat in 2017 — School No. 3 in 2017

Let’s go into the school

The school canteen is now a graveyard of gas masks

Gas masks in the school cafeteria — Gas masks in the school canteen

Lots of of textbooks, notebooks, newspapers and gas masks are scattered everywhere.

Soviet Russian language textbook for the second grade

old soviet Russian language textbook — Soviet Russian language textbook

Writing practice notebook for beginners and some books

Exercise book in school in Pripyat — Writing practice notebook

Abandoned school corridors

School hall Pripyat — Abandoned school hall

Everything is covered in dust

Thematic stand about Soviet competitions of frugality

soviet school stand — Soviet school stand

Russian language notebook by Andrey Kovalchuk

Forever abandoned school classroom in Pripyat

Thematic stand “Human and Nature” about the importance of water for humanity

Information stand about the importance of water — Thematic stand “Human and Nature”

An amazing artifact – a jar of mushrooms from 1984. We didn’t salt mushrooms at school.

April 26 1986 was Saturday. The children were sent home early. Probably leaving, pupils put the chairs on the tables, as usually. And never returned to that class again.

Forever abandoned school class in Pripyat

Old newspapers. The school has huge amount of old Soviet newspapers, you can see the newspaper «Moloda gvardia» (Young Guard) in the photo belong.

It is forbidden to take out books and notebooks from the school as souvenirs, they are taken away at the checkpoint and the perpetrators must pay a large fine.