Secondary School No. 3 is one of five secondary schools in Pripyat, located on Sportivnaya Street. The school houses the most photographed collection of gas masks in Pripyat. Hundreds lie scattered across the floor, looted from storage by looters searching for the small amounts of silver in the filters.

The Russian-made, child-sized masks were said to have been stockpiled locally during the Cold War and were designed to protect against nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) attacks.