After my tour of Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex in Kyiv, I noticed Dynamo Kyiv had a game a few days later against Illichivets Mariupol. I bought a ticket to the game and went to the stadium after my Soviet nuclear missile base tour.
I woke up and headed to Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti) in Kyiv to get picked up for a tour to an old Soviet nuclear missile base – the Strategic Missile Forces Museum.
Chernihiv is famous for it’s three monasteries: Eletsky Monastery, St. Elias Monastery, and Trinity Monastery. The monasteries are south of the city center. Eletsky is about a 10 minute walk while Trinity and St. Elias are a good 25 minutes away. All three monasteries are part of the Ancient Chernihiv National Architecture and Historical Reserve.
Detinets Park is the oldest part of Chernihiv. It was the location of ancient Chernihiv, founded around 700. The park is part of the Ancient Chernihiv National Architectural and Historical Reserve, and contains several historic buildings and monuments. It’s also a nice place to relax and have an ice cream while sitting under the shade of the trees.
Once I was dropped off in the city center of Chernihiv, I got my bearings and began walking around the historic city center.
From Kyiv, I took an easy day trip to Chernihiv, one of the most historic cities in the Ukraine. It’s over 1300 years old and has lots of cathedrals and monasteries.
After visiting Pripyat, the final stop on the Chernobyl tour was the town of Chernobyl. Before the evacuation in 1986, Chernobyl had about 14,000 residents.
During the Chernobyl tour, we walked past several different residential buildings in Pripyat. Some were several stories high while others stood only a few stories.
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.
Middle School #5 in Pripyat was one of the more interesting buildings we visit on the Chernobyl tour. It’s located in a residential area near the stadium, which was home to FC Stroitel Pripyat. I’ll let the photos speak for themselves: