Polissya hotel

The Polissya hotel in May 2009

The Polissya hotel (Ukrainian: Готель Полісся, romanizedHotel Polissia; Russian: Гостиница Полесье, romanizedGostinitsa Polesye) is one of the tallest buildings in the abandoned city of Pripyat,[1] Ukraine.

In operation for just over a decade, the Hotel Polissya was used as quarters for Soviet officials and engineers after the Chernobyl disaster in late April 1986. It was left to the elements after the Soviet government's initial response to the Chernobyl disaster concluded, and has now stood abandoned for almost 40 years.

History

The Hotel Polissya was built in the mid-1970s to house delegations and guests visiting the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.[2]

The hotel's last ordinary guests abruptly left as the Chernobyl plant meltdown on 26 April 1986 forced a mass evacuation, but the building continued to be occupied for weeks after the evacuation of Pripyat, housing nuclear engineers from across the USSR who came to observe the disaster and evaluate its consequences. The Soviet military helicopters that dumped sand, lead, and boric acid onto the burning reactor core were directed by spotters posted on the hotel's roof[1].

Images taken outside the hotel 30 years after its abandonment show heavily-overgrown vegetation reclaiming the property, though the hotel and its pavement remain recognisable. The interior is in poor condition, with little fittings or furniture remaining.

As of 2021, a section of the hotel's roof has become noticeably unstable, sparking concerns of a potential collapse.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Pripyat.com Archived March 17, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "At the Very Sources of the History of the Pripyat City" Archived 2010-08-14 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
  3. ^ Infinity Ward (2007-11-06). Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Windows) (1.0 ed.). Activision.
  4. ^ CS2 MAPS IN REAL LIFE (LEAKED LOCATIONS) on YouTube

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