Avanhard Stadium (Pripyat)

Avanhard Stadium is an abandoned football stadium in Pripyat, Ukraine. It was built to become the home ground of FC Stroitel Pripyat. Due to the Chernobyl disaster it was never realized. It was named, like several other grounds, after the Ukrainian sports society trade union. The town of Pripyat was evacuated following the Chernobyl disaster on 26 April 1986, which occurred a few kilometers away.

In popular culture

• Markiyan Kamysh’s novel A Stroll to the Zone is about illegal tourist trips to Pripyat.
• In S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl the Avanhard Stadium makes a minor appearance as the player exits Pripyat.
• The stadium also showed in the documentary television series Life After People (2008) as a part of the story of Pripyat.