https://abandoned.blog/ https://abandoned.blog/og-cover.png AbandonedHQ Open Graph Cover Editorial cover image for the Abandoned.blog encyclopedia of abandoned places https://abandoned.blog/blog/pripyat-ukraine-chernobyl-exclusion-zone-city https://abandoned.blog/images/pripyat-ferris-wheel.jpg Abandoned Ferris wheel in Pripyat's never-opened amusement park The iconic Ferris wheel in Pripyat's never-opened amusement park, scheduled to open May 1, 1986. https://abandoned.blog/blog/pripyat-ukraine-chernobyl-exclusion-zone-city https://abandoned.blog/images/pripyat-apartments.jpg Soviet-era apartment blocks in Pripyat with vegetation reclaiming the balconies Apartment blocks in residential microdistrict 4. Vegetation has extensively reclaimed the facades since 1986. https://abandoned.blog/blog/pripyat-ukraine-chernobyl-exclusion-zone-city https://abandoned.blog/images/pripyat-school.jpg Abandoned school classroom in Pripyat with gas masks on shelves A school classroom in Pripyat. The gas masks visible in photographs were part of Soviet civil-defense preparedness. https://abandoned.blog/blog/pripyat-ukraine-chernobyl-exclusion-zone-city https://abandoned.blog/images/pripyat-pool.jpg The abandoned Azure swimming pool in Pripyat, Ukraine The Azure swimming pool, one of the city's popular recreational facilities, drained and abandoned in 1986.