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The following photos are from Public Pool “Lazurny” (Басейн “Лазурний”), which was located near several residential buildings on Sportivnaya Street in Pripyat. Strangely, the pool was in use until 1998, 12 years after the Chernobyl disaster. It’s considered one of the least contaminated places in Pripyat and was mainly used by liquidators. Liquidators were the military and civil personnel charged with limiting both the immediate and long-term consequences of the disaster.
We first walked through the lobby and past the office before entering the pool area.
The pool was definitely one of the highlights of the tour. It was very photogenic and looked like a nightmarish scene. Still, it’s unbelievable to me that it was being used so long after the disaster.
We exited past the women’s locker room and back through the lobby.
