Palace of Culture - "Energetik" (Prypiat)

Ukraine / Kyyivska / Prypyat / Prypiat / vulytsia Kurchatova, 10
 abandoned / shut down, community centre / hall, cultural center / centre, 1979_construction, дом творчества юных/центр раннего развития детей (ru)
Palaces of Culture were large community centers during the Soviet era. There were more than 137,000 in the Soviet Union by 1987. Each had their own name, this one being "Energetik" - a play on words, since it means both "energetic" (as in vigorous and healthy) and "power plant worker".

Palaces of Culture would usually have a cinema, a concert hall, dance studios, a swimming pool, study halls, boxing/wrestling rings, a full-sized gymnasium, music rooms with instruments, a do-it-yourself repair area with tools, etc.

In this building

  1. Boxing ring
  2. Gym
  3. Movie hall
  4. Local telephone exchange
  5. Swimming pool
  6. Неоновая вывеска «Дворец культуры „Энергетик”»
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_Energetik
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Coordinates:   51°24'24"N   30°3'23"E

Comments

  • Энергетик
  • Notice how trees and shrubs are simply taking root in the concrete steps and walkway areas. Someday nature will reclaim this entire city, and it will only be remembered through photographs. Very sad.
  • wow this a priyat