The Palace of Culture Energetik was built during the 1970s for the citizens of the town of Pripyat. The name “Energetik” is a play on words, as it means both “energetic” (lively) and “power plant worker”.
Palaces of Culture were large community centers established during the Soviet era with over 137,000 in the Soviet Union by 1988. These generally physically impressive buildings were designed as a focal point for people to enjoy a range of recreational and artistic activities all under the banner, quite literally in many cases, of political propaganda. Pripyat's Palace of Culture includes what's left of a cinema, theatre, library, gymnasium, swimming pool, boxing/wrestling ring, dancing and meeting halls and even has a shooting range in the basement.[3]
After the Chernobyl Disaster in 1986, the majority of the inhabitants of Pripyat were evacuated and the buildings were abandoned. The building was temporary utilized as a makeshift courtroom in July 1987, where 6 defendants who were accused as being responsible for the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster stood trial.[4] Currently, the Palace of Culture is in a dilapidated condition.[5]
The Ukrainian writer Lyubov Sirota worked briefly in the Palace of Culture.
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^"Palace of Culture "Energetik" - The Chernobyl Gallery". 26 December 2011.
^"Zone Of Alienation – Pripyat: The Palace Of Culture "Energetik"". 12 January 2011.
^"Palace of Culture". from the original on 2013-10-19.
^"6 Go on Trial in Chernobyl Disaster : Former Chief of Nuclear Plant, 5 Aides Face Prison Terms -". LA Times, JULY 8, 1987.
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palace, culture, energetik, ukrainian, Палац, культури, Енергетик, romanized, palats, kultury, enerhetyk, russian, Дворец, культуры, Энергетик, abandoned, palace, culture, located, town, pripyat, chernobyl, exclusion, zone, ukraine, energetiklocationlenin, squ. The Palace of Culture Energetik Ukrainian Palac kulturi Energetik romanized Palats kultury Enerhetyk Russian Dvorec kultury Energetik is an abandoned palace of culture located in the town of Pripyat at the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine EnergetikLocationLenin Square PripyatChernobyl Exclusion Zone UkraineCoordinates51 24 24 3 N 30 03 24 0 E 51 406750 N 30 056667 E 51 406750 30 056667TypeCinema Theatre Concert hall Swimming pool Gymnasium Boxing Ring Study Hall Shooting range Do it yourself 1 2 ConstructionBuilt1970sOpened1970sClosed1986 OSM locator map of the palace within the city of Pripyat Contents 1 History 2 Gallery 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe Palace of Culture Energetik was built during the 1970s for the citizens of the town of Pripyat The name Energetik is a play on words as it means both energetic lively and power plant worker Palaces of Culture were large community centers established during the Soviet era with over 137 000 in the Soviet Union by 1988 These generally physically impressive buildings were designed as a focal point for people to enjoy a range of recreational and artistic activities all under the banner quite literally in many cases of political propaganda Pripyat s Palace of Culture includes what s left of a cinema theatre library gymnasium swimming pool boxing wrestling ring dancing and meeting halls and even has a shooting range in the basement 3 After the Chernobyl Disaster in 1986 the majority of the inhabitants of Pripyat were evacuated and the buildings were abandoned The building was temporary utilized as a makeshift courtroom in July 1987 where 6 defendants who were accused as being responsible for the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster stood trial 4 Currently the Palace of Culture is in a dilapidated condition 5 The Ukrainian writer Lyubov Sirota worked briefly in the Palace of Culture Gallery edit nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp References edit Palace of Culture Energetik The Chernobyl Gallery 26 December 2011 Zone Of Alienation Pripyat The Palace Of Culture Energetik 12 January 2011 Palace of Culture Archived from the original on 2013 10 19 6 Go on Trial in Chernobyl Disaster Former Chief of Nuclear Plant 5 Aides Face Prison Terms LA Times JULY 8 1987 Palace of Culture External links edit nbsp Media related to Palace of culture in Prypyat at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Palace of Culture Energetik amp oldid 1171747298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
