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Azure Swimming Pool

Coordinates: 51°24′26″N 30°03′30″E / 51.40715°N 30.05823°E / 51.40715; 30.05823
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Azure Swimming Pool
The Azure Swimming Pool in October 1996 before its closure in 1998
Building information
CityPripyat, Ukraine
Coordinates51°24′24″N 30°02′57″E / 51.4068°N 30.0492°E / 51.4068; 30.0492
Opened1970s
Closed1998
Pool
Width22 m
Lanes5
OSM locator map of the swimming pool within the city of Pripyat
The swimming pool in 2009

The Azure Swimming Pool (Ukrainian: Басейн Лазурний) is one of the indoor swimming pools in the abandoned city of Pripyat,[1][2] Ukraine, which was affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

History

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The complex was built in the 1970s and remained in use until 1998 (12 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster); during those 12 years the swimming pool was mainly used by Chernobyl liquidators.[3] The swimming pool was considered to be one of the cleanest places in Pripyat.[4] However, the swimming pool and the adjacent indoor basketball court have been abandoned and left to decay since its closure in 1998.

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The swimming pool appears in the following:

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  • The exterior of the swimming pool in 2009
    The exterior of the swimming pool in 2009
  • Another view of the exterior of the pool in 2009. The outdoor clock is visible in the upper right corner of the picture.
    Another view of the exterior of the pool in 2009. The outdoor clock is visible in the upper right corner of the picture.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Swimming Pool Azure". The Chernobyl Gallery. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  2. ^ "site". The Chernobyl Gallery. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. ^ "Припятское: плавательный бассейн в мертвом городе". livejournal.com. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Припять: бассейн "Лазурный"". livejournal.com. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Чорнобильська зона відчуження: Загроза смерті чи відродження? (На матеріалі подорожнього нарису Маркіяна Камиша 'Оформляндія або прогулянка в зону')" [Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Threat of death or revival? (Based on Markiyan Kamysh's travel sketch 'Decoration, or A Stroll to the Zone')]. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  6. ^ Pink Floyd release new Marooned video...and TDB20 countdown!
  7. ^ Video Alyosha - Sweet People (Ukraine). 18 May 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2016 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ Drone in Pripyat (Chernobyl) Postcards from Pripyat
  9. ^ DJI Stories - The Lost City of Chernobyl
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Media related to Azure Swimming Pool at Wikimedia Commons

  1. Photographs of the Azure Swimming Pool in 2016

51°24′26″N 30°03′30″E / 51.40715°N 30.05823°E / 51.40715; 30.05823

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