Tag: stroitel

The ghosts of Pripyat: how the Chernobyl disaster ended the progress of a promising local football club

Making headway in regional leagues, with a new stadium on the horizon, the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl also destroyed local club FC Stroitel Pripyat

A Stalinist utopia and the Ghosts of Avanhard

Once standing on the cusp of professional status, Ukrainian side Stroitel even had a brand new stadium waiting for them. Then the Chernobyl disaster struck