Hotel Polissia (Prypiat)

Ukraine / Kyyivska / Prypyat / Prypiat / vulytsia Kurchatova, 8
 hotel, abandoned / shut down, 1978_construction
The Polissya Hotel’s 1 of the tallest buildings in the abandoned city of Pryp‘iat,’
Ukraine, which was affected by the Chernobyl disaster. The hotel was built in the mid-1970’s to house delegations & guests visiting the Chernobyl Power Plant. Currently, The Polissya Hotel’s half-ruined. The Polissya Hotel’s featured in the video-game, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, & featured in Suede’s music video, “Life’s Golden.”
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Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polissya_hotel
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Coordinates:   51°24'25"N   30°3'30"E

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  • Because of the view it affords of the station the upper floors and hotel roof top were used by the government commission investigating the accident. It was also used as an air traffic control site to direct the helicopter bombardment of Block Four with boron, sand, lead and other chemicals. As you climb the stairs to the roof you will notice the pink plastic film that was sprayed on the walls and steps to trap radioactive dust. This film is commonly seen in the city's buildings. There are small trees growing through the floor of the observation area at the top of the hotel.
  • This is the hotel used as a sniping position in Call of Duty 4, a video game.
  • Enough video game references.
  • where was Imran Zakhaev snipped?
  • Stop making Video game references, This is REAL. this was never made for a stupid game
  • Nobody cares about your your silly video game fantasy adventures. This is the Hotel Polissya used as a place of rest in real life.
  • @true. You, need to get your head out your effing video games--obviously. Especially if you think that some waste of time video game is more important than a real country with real people. You're so caught up in your precious video games that you've forgotten you live in the real world, haven't you? Well, NEWSFLASH --- this is the real world, and real people died here. Real people. There's no reset button, there's no way for those people to come back alive, when they died. They died. The End. They're gone. There's no second chances and there's no way to fix it. It's the people like you -- the iggnorent ones that make this world the way it is.
  • Your absolutely right. I find it rude that this C.O.D. video game used this city in their game. I think its rude to the people that lives were ruined and the people that lost their lives. You sir. Need to get a grip on reality. And let of go of your xbox controller.
  • @true.. You Sir, are absolutely sick.. this was one of history's most catastrophic events and you are likening its severity to that of a fictional piece of media? You need to wake up! @idspence.. I understand what your saying, but just to make you aware.. I am a fan of the video game in question and I can assure you that the references it makes to Pripyat are both brief and quite respectful. A short history lesson if you will regarding the city and its events is actually given during the level that features Pripyat, and it's makers have done a fantastic job in hammering home the significance of the events that occured here. There are a number of younger players of said game that, without it's references to Pripyat, would otherwise remain oblivious to the events. I am only 23 years old myself, fortunately my father taught me alot of history and Chernobyl was a subject that I had a great deal of awareness of long before I picked up the Xbox controller. However, events like this are simply no longer discussed in schools and amoung the younger generation.. it is becoming increasingly popular for games like this to educate through entertainment, as this method seems to be the only effective solution for ignorant youngsters!
  • With all due respect try reading a book instead of game. My relatives were in Pripyat when Chornobyl blew. It was horrific. The city was beautiful and clean. The people friendly and intelligent. A lot of people later died and lives ruined forever. There was virtually no panic and evacuation proceeded calmly. They were only allowed to take very few items - ones that weren't irradiated - they were told by Soviet officials that it was only temporary and they would return in a few days...It is shame that looters destroyed city. Saddest part is photos of schools. The dolls, books, lessons, etc...it is a total shame that events like this are no longer taught in American schools. Americans have very short memories on world events such as this. Europeans, Ukrainians and Russians have very long memories... By making a silly, violent video game out of this tragedy had cheapened the city and its people.
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