Avanhard Stadium (Pripyat)

Summary

Avanhard Stadium (Ukrainian: 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.

Avanhard Stadium
Avanhard Stadium in 2013
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Full nameСтадіон «Авангард»
LocationPripyat, Ukraine
Coordinates51°24′38.1″N 30°03′15.8″E / 51.410583°N 30.054389°E / 51.410583; 30.054389
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Built1970s
Opened1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Closed26 April 1986; 37 years ago (1986-04-26)
Tenants
Stroitel Pripyat
OSM locator map of the stadium within the city of Pripyat

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  1. ^ "Football in Pripyat". Sports.ru (in Russian). 27 April 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Stadion Avanhard of Pripyat". goroda-prizraki.narod.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 19 December 2015.

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