The Azure Swimming Pool () is one of the indoor

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s in the abandoned city of

Pripyat Pripyat, also known as Prypiat, is an abandoned industrial city in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat (river), Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1970 as the ninth ''atomgrad'' ...

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, which was affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

History

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. The swimming pool was considered to be one of the cleanest places in Pripyat. However, the swimming pool and the adjacent indoor

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have been abandoned and left to decay since its closure in 1998.

In popular culture

The swimming pool appears in the following: * Ukrainian writer

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's novel ''A Stroll to the Zone'', which is centred around illegal trips to Pripyat * The video game '' Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare'' in the mission "One Shot, One Kill" and also in the multiplayer map "Bloc" * Music video of the song " Marooned" by English rock band

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* Music video of the song " Sweet People" by Ukrainian singer Alyosha * The short film ''Postcards from Pripyat'', filmed by

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cameraman Danny Cooke * Chinese technology company DJI's story, ''Lost City of Chernobyl''DJI Stories - The Lost City of Chernobyl
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(along with other locations in Pripyat) *The video game '' Warface'' *The video game '' Call of Duty: Warzone'' *The video game '' Metro Exodus'' "Sam's Story" DLC *The HBO miniseries ''Chernobyl'' *At a location called 'The Storage' in the video game ''

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'' *The video game '' Chernobylite''

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Photographs of the Azure Swimming Pool in 2016
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History

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