Azure Swimming Pool (Pripyat)

The Azure Swimming Pool pictured in October 1996.

The exterior of the swimming pool in 2009.

The Azure Swimming Pool (Ukrainian: Басейн Лазурний; Russian: Бассейн Лазурный) is one of the indoor swimming pools in the abandoned city of Pripyat,^[1] Ukraine (which was affected by the Chernobyl disaster). It was built in the 1970s and was used until 1998 (12 years after the Chernobyl disaster); during those 12 years the swimming pool was mainly used by the liquidators.^[2] The swimming pool is considered one of the cleanest places of Pripyat.^[3] Currently, the swimming pool is abandoned.

Cultural references

• The swimming pool is featured in the video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare in the mission One Shot, One Kill.
• The swimming pool is featured in the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat.
• The swimming pool is featured in the video game S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl.
• The swimming pool appears in the music video of the song Marooned (instrumental) of Pink Floyd.^[4]
• The swimming pool is featured in the music video of the song Sweet People performed by Alyosha.^[5]
• The swimming pool appears in the short film Postcards from Pripyat, which was filmed by the CBS cameraman, Danny Cooke.^[6]
• The swimming pool is featured in the DJI Story, Lost City of Chernobyl.^[7]

References

1. "Swimming Pool Azure". The Chernobyl Gallery. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
2. "Припятское: плавательный бассейн в мертвом городе". livejournal.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
3. "Припять: бассейн "Лазурный"". livejournal.com. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
4. Pink Floyd release new Marooned video...and TDB20 countdown!
5. Video Alyosha - Sweet People (Ukraine). 18 May 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2016 – via YouTube.
6. Drone in Pripyat (Chernobyl) Postcards from Pripyat
7. DJI Stories - The Lost City of Chernobyl

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